Staff Attorney-Veterans (Part-Time)

Bay Area Legal Services; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 84,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401k retirement match

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid holidays

Vacation time

Job summary

Bay Area Legal Services seeks a part-time Staff Attorney to join the Veterans Team in Tampa, delivering high-quality legal advice, counseling, and brief services to low-income veterans and vulnerable clients. The role emphasizes client interviewing, poverty-law knowledge, and the ability to provide immediate assistance without extended litigation.

The position is remote with a flexible schedule, offering a starting hourly rate of $39.30 and a robust benefits package including retirement

Qualifications

• Admitted to the Florida Bar in good standing with at least four years of experience as a staff attorney or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work closely with team members.
• Ability to interview clients to determine essential facts and legal needs.
• Willingness to take on major management tasks and work with supervision.
• Experience with poverty law and veterans' issues is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Process legal services requests and assess complexity, income eligibility and referrals.
• Provide legal services as needed, including advice, research, and brief services.
• Review documents from applicants, including powers of attorney and guardianship letters.
• Determine if extended services are needed and coordinate referrals within Bay Area and external partners.
• Develop and update legal advice letters and instructional materials.

Skills

Communication skills

Client interviewing

Independent work

Team collaboration

Job description

Are you interested in making a difference in your community?Are you passionate about helping others who are in need across different groups? Do you value work life balance? If you answer yes to these questions, Bay Area Legal Services may be the workplace for you!

Bay Area Legal Services is seeking to fill a part-time Staff Attorney role on its Veterans Team.

This is a professional position involving the delivery of high-quality legal advice, counseling and brief services as a licensed attorney. It requires excellent client interviewing skills, a substantial knowledge of a broad range of poverty law issues and the ability to give immediate assistance to clients whose problems do not require litigation or other complex advocacy services. Represents veterans, low-income, and/or other vulnerable client populations who have limited access to legal services. The position also includes involvement in the overall support of the Veterans Legal Helpline.

Office Location

Ybor City
1302 N 19th Street
Suite 400
Tampa, FL 33605

This position is remote.

Illustrative Duties:

• Process legal services requests and evaluate the complexity of each client’s legal problem,assessincomeeligibility,confirmapplicanteligibilitydeterminations,andmake appropriate legal and social services referrals for applicants and clients not eligible for Bay Area’s Services.Recommend exceptions to financial guidelines to the supervisor if appropriate.
• Provideslegalservicesasneededincludingadvice,research,andbriefservicestoclients who do not need extended representation, including preparing appropriate confirming letters as necessary and providing self-help materials.
• Reviews documents submitted by applicants including durable and other powers of attorney and letters of guardianship.
• Determine whether extended legal services may be needed for FVLH clients and when appropriate,processreferralswithinBayAreaandtooutsidelegalreferralpartners accordingtotheguidelinesestablishedbytheFVLH Manager
• Assistindevelopingandupdatingappropriatelegaladviceandbriefservicesletters,legal instructional materials and other written materials as requested by the VLH Manager

Minimum Qualifications:

• Admissiontothe FloridaBar andin goodstandingwithatleastfour yearsofexperience as a staff attorney or equivalent practice experience.
• Excellentcommunicationskills and theability towork closely and cooperatively with other team members.
• Demonstratedabilitytointerviewclientstodetermineessentialfactsregardingthe nature and severity of their legal problems.
• Demonstratedabilitytoacceptmajorresponsibilityandtoworkeffectivelyinanindependent but closely supervised environment.
• Awillingnesstoundertakemajormanagementtasks.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experienceingenerallegalpracticewithapreferencegiventolegalservicesexperience.
• Experienceand/orabilitytosupervise andworkcloselywith others.
• Sympathetic understanding of social, economic, as well as legal problems of individuals with limited access to legal services.

Compensation:

• Starting hourly rate is $39.30/hr. (increases based on relevant experience).
• Reimbursement for travel expenses for work events (mileage etc.)
• Bay Area offers a comprehensive benefit package including a 4% match for the 403b retirement plan with immediate vesting as well as Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability coverage and more.
• Bay Area also offers generous time off and work life balance with 13 paid holidays and three (3) weeks’ vacation for the 1st year of employment and a 37.5-hour work week.
• Bay Area attorneys may be eligible for some loan forgiveness programs through the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and the Florida Bar Foundation (FBF).

This position requires successful completion of a level II background screening based on the required duties and responsibilities. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Bay Area Legal Services is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran.

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