Post-Grad Law Fellow, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project

Bet Tzedek Legal Services; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage (employees & depends)

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Chiropractic & acupuncture coverage

Life/AD&D insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Employee Assistance Plan

403(b) plan

Flexible spending accounts

Commuter transit/parking

Job summary

Bet Tzedek Legal Services in Los Angeles seeks an attorney for a two-year law fellowship focused on trauma-informed, wrap-around housing services for housed and unhoused individuals. The fellowship offers a pathway to open attorney positions, with salary dependent on bar admittance status.

Hybrid/remote work is possible; candidates must be located in Southern California and able to commute. The salary ranges from $70,304.00 (Unbarred) to $75,395.03 (Barred), reflecting bar status and funding

Qualifications

• Law school graduate required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Work well in a team but also independently with supervision.
• Non-profit legal services experience preferred.
• Experience in fair housing or landlord-tenant law preferred.
• Commitment to Bet Tzedek’s mission and core values.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in duties.

Responsibilities

• File Civil Rights Department complaints under attorney supervision.
• Draft letters, motions, and pleadings; assist in discovery and negotiations.
• Litigate landlord-tenant/eviction cases; prepare briefs and court materials.
• Participate in in-person know-your-rights presentations and outreach.
• Attend monthly clinics to provide legal services to unhoused individuals.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisors.

Skills

Non-profit experience

Team player

Oral and written communication

Independent work

Fair housing experience

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

For over 50 years, Bet Tzedek Legal Services has provided high-quality, free legal services to Los Angeles’ most vulnerable residents. In that tradition, Bet Tzedek is seeking an attorney to help staff an exciting partnership to provide comprehensive, trauma informed, wrap-around legal services designed to remove barriers to safe, stable housing for housed and unhoused people.

The law fellowship will be a two-year program, with the opportunity for eligible fellows to apply for open attorney positions towards the end of the fellowship. The salary extended is dependent on the candidate’s bar admittance status at the time an offer of employment is provided.

This position is eligible for Bet Tzedek Legal Services’ hybrid/remote workplace designation. While the primary workplace is Bet Tzedek’s offices, at the discretion of the immediate supervisor, the employee may be permitted to work remotely or may be required to work in other locations depending on workload/business obligations. Candidates must be located in the Southern California region and able to commute if needed.

$70,304.00 (Unbarred), $75,395.03 (Barred)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Under the supervision of an attorney: file Civil Rights Department complaints, write reasonable accommodation letters for tenants with disabilities, file motions to seal criminal conviction and eviction records, and prevent and appeal terminations from subsidized housing programs;
• Under the supervision of an attorney, litigate landlord-tenant/eviction cases including interview clients, draft affirmative and responsive court forms, pleadings, motions, briefs, and correspondence; engage in discovery practice and assist in settlement negotiations, trial preparation, and court appearances;
• Participate in in-person know-your-rights presentations and outreach events;
• Attend in-person monthly clinics to provide legal services to unhoused and unstably housed individuals; and
• Other assignments as deemed appropriate.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Law School graduate (required);
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high-volume environment (required);
• Work well as part of a team, but also self-motivated and able to work independently with appropriate level of supervision (required);
• Non-profit legal services experience (strongly preferred);
• Ease with oral and written communication (strongly preferred);
• Experience in fair housing or landlord-tenant law (strongly preferred);
• Demonstrate an understanding and commitment to Bet Tzedek’s mission of equal justice for all and Bet Tzedek’s core values of leadership, community-based advocacy, and innovation (required); and
• Demonstrated commitment to applying principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in performance of job duties (required).

BENEFITS PACKAGE

Bet Tzedek offers an excellent benefits package in addition to competitive salaries. These benefits currently include:

• A generous number of paid holidays, vacation, and sick days annually.
• Personal and floating holidays.
• Compensatory time for exempt employees.
• Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and acupuncture coverage for employees and dependents, with office visit co-pay reimbursement for HMO enrollees.
• Life/accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan.
• Voluntary (employee-contributed) life/AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital confinement, and pet insurance.
• Employer-contributed profit-sharing plan.
• Employee-contributed 403(b) plan.
• Healthcare and childcare flexible spending accounts.
• Commuter transit and/or parking benefits.

Note: All positions are subject to funding; ongoing funding or employment cannot be assured.

Bet Tzedek is a unionized environment. Our salary range for unionized positions reflects our agreed upon step placement system, and the final offer extended to candidates is based on an internal equity review and candidates’ relevant experience, skills, background, and bar date, if applicable.

To best serve our communities, Bet Tzedek seeks diverse staff with cultural competency reflecting our client populations. We strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities and historically oppressed groups to apply.

Links: CBA 2023-2025, 2026 Collective Bargaining TAs