Staff Attorney - Jersey City, United States - Tandym Group

Description

A New Jersey based nonprofit legal services organization is currently seeking a Staff Attorney to join their growing team. In this role, the Staff Attorney will be responsible for providing direct representation to clients in a variety of legal matters, including community and public benefits, family, landlord/tenant, housing, consumer, healthcare, employment and senior law issues. The position will begin as a Temporary one and is eligible for conversion to a direct hire position.

Responsibilities:

The Staff Attorney will:

• Handle intake interviews.
• Participate in community outreach and community legal education, clinics and seminars.
• Participate in group representation, where appropriate
• Participate in staff and case acceptance meetings and program wide working groups.
• Work with the Managing Attorney, Director of Litigation and/or the Executive Director in planning, developing and litigating significant impact cases.
• Develop new ideas and methods to provide service to clients
• Work with other staff as an effective member of the team
• Assist in supervising Paralegals, clerical workers and students
• Perform other duties, as needed.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate
• Admission to a State Bar
• Public Interest experience
• Previous experience in the Legal industry

Desired Skills:

• Admission to the NJS Bar
• Bilingual (English and Spanish)