Staff Attorney

LEGAL AID OF WEST VIRGINIA INC; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

LEGAL AID OF WEST VIRGINIA INC. seeks an attorney to serve survivors re-entering the community after release from prison.

The role focuses on direct legal services in protection orders, family law, housing, and driver's license reinstatement, among other issues within the organization's scope. You will collaborate with community partners and participate in trainings to support re-entry efforts across multiple counties.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to understanding issues of low-income constituents and addressing them.
• J.D. degree and admission to practice in West Virginia or eligibility for WV Bar.
• Ability to balance administrative duties with client advocacy responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence who are re-entry clients.
• Assist survivors with protective and personal safety orders, family law matters, housing and public benefits, expungement, and license reinstatement.
• Collaborate with partner organizations to implement the project and conduct community-based trainings at various sites.

Skills

Commitment to low-income clients

Legal advocacy

Administrative balance

Education

J.D. degree

Bar admission in West Virginia

Tools

LAWV case management software

Job description

Description

The Survivor Re-entry Attorney will:

• Provide direct legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence who have recently been released from prison and who are taking part in post-conviction community supervision and re-entry programs.
• Assist survivors and victims in re-entry with protective and personal safety orders, family law matters, housing and public benefits issues, expungement and driver’s license reinstatement matters, and other legal issues that fall within LAWV’s areas of practice for survivors.
• Assist survivors in re-entry in Cabell, Clay, Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and Wayne counties.
• Collaborate with funded partners at the WVCADV, Branches, and YWCA Resolve Family Abuse Program and unfunded partners at the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish and implement the project and conduct annual community-based training at Parole Centers or other locales.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a demonstrable commitment to understanding and addressing issues of low-income constituents; and

Will have a J.D. and be admitted to practice in West Virginia and be in good standing or will be eligible for admission to the West Virginia Bar under W.Va. Supreme Court Rule 9 if admitted to practice in another state or must be eligible to take the next regularly scheduled West Virginia Bar Exam; and

Will have skills to use office technologies, including learning LAWV case management software; and

Will be able to balance administrative and client advocacy responsibilities.