Staff Attorney

Legal Services of Northern California; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Legal Services of Northern California is seeking an attorney to participate in all facets of advocacy and litigation, including client interviews, research, discovery, document preparation, negotiations, trials, and appellate work in state and federal courts.

The role involves administrative hearings and providing legal information to individuals and eligible community groups, with frequent travel within the service area.

Qualifications

• J.D. and a member of the California Bar or willing to take the next bar exam.
• Entry-level position or higher; experience with low-income clients preferred.
• Experience with community outreach preferred; bilingual ability is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of advocacy and litigation in state and federal courts.
• Conduct client interviews, factual investigations, legal research, discovery, and document preparation.
• Engage in negotiations, trials, and appellate work; appear at administrative hearings.
• Provide legal information to clients, community groups, and the public; travel within service area.

Skills

Client interviewing

Legal research

Analytical reasoning

Excellent English writing

Negotiation

Trial skills

Appellate writing

Oral argument

Communication

Empathy for underserved

Education

J.D. and Bar admission

1–3 years of experience

Job description

Please see our website www.lsnc.net/jobs for detailed posting for the various office locations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under supervision of the managing attorney , will participate in all aspects of advocacy and litigation including, but not limited to: client interviews, factual investigation, legal research, discovery, preparation of legal documents, negotiations, trials, and appellate work in both state and federal courts; appear at administrative hearings; provide legal advice to individual clients, and general legal information to eligible community groups as well as to the public in general. Frequent travel in the counties the office serves and occasional travel in other parts of LSNC’s service area.

QUALIFICATIONS

KNOWLEDGE:

Principles and procedures of litigation in state and federal courts, administrative agencies and hearing rights; substantive areas of law relevant to program/office case priorities; principles of community development and establishment of working relationships; the theories of changes in the law and how to implement strategies for developing changes; principles and procedures of legislative advocacy; the importance of written reports to management; computer research methods.

SKILLS:

Client interviewing, investigation, legal research, analytical reasoning ability, creativity, excellent English writing skills, negotiation, trial skills, appellate writing and oral argument, communication and listening skills, ability to work under stress and short time lines, ability and desire to work with/for poor people, people with disabilities and other under-served populations; ability to empathize with the client community, and the ability to do computer research.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

J.D. and a member of the California Bar or admitted in another state and willing and qualified to take the next bar exam. This is an entry-level position or higher - attorney with one (1) to three (3) years’ experience working with low-income people preferred; experience with community outreach preferred; bilingual in a language spoken by client communities preferred, but not required.