Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you want to build on a project that collaborates with the legal community and health community? Legal Services of North Dakota is looking for a highly innovative person to spearhead our Medical Legal Partnership Project and transform it.
Legal Services of North Dakota is a non-profit law office that helps low income or elderly North Dakotans with civil legal need. The Medical Legal Partnership (“MLP”) is collaboration between LSND, Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota, and local healthcare providers, including the Veteran Administration Medical Center. The attorney will provide legal advice and representation to clients that are referred by the stakeholders we collaborate with for civil legal issues. Aside from this direct client service the attorney will provide education to healthcare staff and community education to organizations serving the patient population.
JD with a license to practice law
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Commitment to providing high quality civil legal services to low income and senior individuals
• Ability to interface and connect with the New American community, including individuals and leadership
• Comfortable with the use of interpreters to interview and advise clients
• Ability to interface with key stakeholders for the LAH
• Ability to communicate with and educate healthcare providers about the LAH
• Aptitude for public speaking
• Interest in assisting with or spearheading opportunities for additional grants
If interested, please submit your cover letter, resume, writing sample, law school transcript and three professional references by mail to:
LSND - LAH
PO Box 1327
Fargo, ND 58107-1327
Or email: [email protected]
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