Staff Attorney - Kinship Care (Hybrid, Public Service)

Management Information Exchange

Atlanta (GA)

Hybrid

USD 63,000 - 77,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Atlanta Legal Aid Society seeks a Staff Attorney to join its Kinship Care Unit in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The unit stabilizes family relationships for children living with a relative or non-parent caregiver, handling adoptions, guardianships, custody, and related issues across a five-county area.

The role offers a salary of $70,250, reviewed annually, with a hybrid work schedule allowing two remote days.

Qualifications

Active membership in the State Bar of Georgia.
Minimum of three years of relevant legal experience.
Excellent legal writing, analysis, advocacy, and work ethic.
Demonstrated commitment to public service and poverty law experience preferred.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening, and organizational skills.
Ability to balance compassion and pragmatism.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative, hybrid team model.
Spanish language proficiency valued.

Responsibilities

Handle kinship care matters including adoption, guardianship, custody, name change, birth certificate issues, and related education/public benefits.
Use a range of methods: advice/referral, brief service, transactional work, negotiation, mediation, and litigation across five counties.
Support a learning environment for interns and externs.
Prepare and present professional education programs for staff and volunteers.
Participate in community education, task forces, committees, bar associations.
Other tasks as assigned