Job o’ the Day: Staff Attorney with Legal Aid of Northwest Texas in Dallas!
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas, a nonprofit organization with offices all over the state, provides free civil legal services to eligible low-income residents in 114 counties. The downtown Dallas office is currently looking for a recent law graduate to fill a staff attorney position in the Housing, Consumer Protection, and Economic Benefits Unit.
From the PSJD job description:
LANWT seeks a dynamic, self-starting attorney who has vision, initiative, and a demonstrated commitment to public interest law to fill a staff attorney position in the Housing, Consumer Protection, and Economic Benefits Unit of its downtown Dallas office. In addition to providing daily representation in non-family civil legal matters, the successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to identifying and taking advantage of opportunities for strategic advocacy and to engaging in outreach to and collaboration with low-income persons, including community groups that are made up of or serve the indigent. LANWT particularly seeks an attorney who can spearhead the systemic advocacy for low-income consumers of the Dallas office, as well as accept cases for and collaborate with the Unit’s existing special projects in public housing advocacy, wage-and-hour litigation, and representation of the homeless.
A staff attorney must be able to gather evidence, advise clients about their rights, draft legal documents, and conduct civil lawsuits. A staff attorney must interview clients and witnesses with cultural competence, as well as handle other tasks in representing clients. A staff attorney represents clients in court and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies of government. The staff attorney also interprets laws, rulings, and regulations for clients and the client community.
The deadline to apply is tomorrow, 11/2/2012! For more information on salary, qualifications and application instructions, view the full listing at PSJD.org (log-in required)!