Legal Services of Northern Virginia (LSNV) is a large, high-volume legal aid organization in Virginia, with 45+ attorneys spanning 7 offices. We help thousands of clients each year in civil legal matters, while cultivating relationships with community service organizations, local law firms, pro bono attorneys, and local bar associations, and other stakeholders to serve the region’s low-income and neediest populations.
Legal Services of Northern Virginia (LNSV) is currently seeking a full-time Housing, Elder & Consumer Staff Attorney to join our dedicated team.
This full-time attorney position provides legal representation to the LSNV client community, by focusing on housing, elder, and consumer law. The attorney works closely with the Managing Attorney (and the Housing, Elder, and Consumer Practice Group Chairs) to plan and implement outreach and community legal education.
This is a hybrid position which is based in our Prince William office, with occasional evening and weekend commitments outside of regular business hours.
Essential Functions:
Handles elder, consumer, and housing-related legal matters for clients whenever necessary including complex litigation and impact work.
Assists in developing and participating in legal outreach and community legal education projects and programs.
Collaborates with tenants, community groups, organizations, landlords and local government.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Substantive Functions:
Assists with Pro-Bono coordination within jurisdiction, to include, recruitment, mentoring of attorneys, and development of materials.
Conducts outreach at courthouse, senior centers, and other places in the community.
Creates, revises, and mails outreach literature.
Responsible for grant reporting initiatives that may be required.
Handles cases; completes legal research writing; drafts legal documents; represents clients in elder, consumer, and housing-related matters.
Travel: Local travel may be required.
Must be licensed with the Virginia State Bar, or have two years of practice in another state (LAC Rule 1A:9).
Commitment to social justice, racial justice, and/or public interest work, strongly preferred.
Experience in community engagement and advocacy, strongly preferred.
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Interest in litigation, preferred.
Legal aid experience, strongly preferred.
Multi-lingual (verbal and written), preferred.
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact? Please email your cover letter and resume, detailing your interest in the position, to Crystal Luu-Murdock, Human Resources Manager, at [email protected].
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