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Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc. (CCLA) established in 2003 is a Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funded, non-profit organization. CCLA provides free civil legal services to low-income and otherwise eligible residents of Broward County and is located in Plantation, Florida, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. Our mission is to provide equal justice to underserved communities through quality and innovative free civil legal aid. CCLA provides legal advocacy for individuals in our community, helping thousands of economically disadvantaged residents to gain greater access to justice and much-needed legal assistance to remove barriers to a healthy and stable life.

CCLA provides legal assistance in the areas of Family Law & Victims of Crime, Economic Advocacy & Community Health (public benefits), and Senior Law for people age 60 and older. At CCLA, we provide quality civil legal representation and equal access to justice, regardless of their income. CCLA’s vision is a community where everyone has the legal resources to thrive.

CCLA is currently seeking a hardworking, compassionate an experienced Attorney who represents victims of intimate partner violence for their family law and injunction for protection cases, and victims’ rights enforcement in criminal cases under Marsy’s Law as well as other civil legal needs such as benefits and housing cases.

Staff Attorney at Civil Survival
Posted by: Civil Survival. Location: Remote, Washington.

Posted on: August 20, 2026. Rolling applications.

Summary
Civil Survival is looking for a reentry legal aid attorney to assist formerly incarcerated individuals across Washington State who face legal barriers to successful reentry. The Staff Attorney will represent clients in a range of areas, including legal financial obligation (LFO) remission, relief under State v. Blake, criminal record vacation, and registration relief for people convicted of sex offenses. The Staff Attorney will also manage larger projects such as mass assistance days, engage in appellate litigation and systemic advocacy, and provide trainings and self-help materials to impacted communities.

Civil Survival is committed to maintaining a staff that reflect the diversity of experiences of the communities we work with. People of color, those directly impacted by the criminal legal system, people who identify as LGBTQIA2S+, people who are fluent in languages other than English, and those with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Organization Description
Civil Survival organizes system-impacted people, provides legal representation, and advocates for policy reform to restore opportunity to communities harmed by the criminal legal system. We envision a world without incarceration, where people are not limited by their past and are valued for their humanity. Civil Survival was founded by people harmed by the criminal legal system to advocate for each other. Most of our staff have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system. Our foundational commitment to build an organization made up of members of the communities remains at the core of our identity.

These values and commitments have allowed us to increase access to opportunity for those harmed by the criminal legal system. We have done this by:

Organizing mass assistance days that provide legal financial obligation relief to hundreds of individuals in a single day. Over the past seven years, we have hosted seven mass assistance days, eliminating over $14 million in debt for our clients.
Representing clients in over 1900 cases across 64 courts, resulting in the waiver of approximately $16 million in criminal legal debt and over 500 convictions vacated during 2025.
Leading systemic advocacy to make reentry legal relief accessible and automatic. Civil Survival led a coalition of organizations to improve Washington’s mandatory legal financial obligations (LFOs) motion forms, making this process and relief available to thousands of additional Washingtonians. Civil Survival also led the effort to pass HB 1412 and HB 1169, which allowed for restitution relief in over 100,000 cases and eliminated $600 in mandatory LFOs for every felony conviction.
Hosting multiple free monthly Attorney Office Hours to provide individuals with accessible legal advice and self-help materials to access reentry relief.
Hosting weekly Game Changer groups that provide justice-involved individuals a place to learn how to advocate for systemic change, overcome their own reentry barriers, and provide peer support.
Supporting bills that expand legal rights for justice-involved individuals. Civil Survival led the passage of the Fair Chance Employment Act, which gave Washington stronger employment protections for people with criminal histories than almost any other state.