Assistant Supervising Attorney

Organization Overview:
Colorado Legal Services (CLS) is Colorados statewide nonprofit legal aid program with thirteen offices providing civil legal assistance to lowincome Coloradans throughout the state. CLS provides free legal assistance in a broad variety of legal areas including family law public benefits eviction defense consumer protection services to survivors of serious crime and human trafficking and many others.

CLS has strengthened lives assisted families and supported communitiesone person at a time for over 90 years. We are committed to providing highquality free legal advice and representation to eligible individuals throughout Colorado. We have a long history of successful impact and advocacy. CLS strives to bring about substantive transformational change in the lives of those we serve.

At CLS we embrace diversity. We value and respect our staff members backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to professional growth of all staff and provide opportunities to attend training programs and conferences that are relevant to their work. We also value mentorship and want to support our employees from within. We envision a fair just trusted and harm reductionist legal system which emphasizes access to and implementation of true justice for every Coloradan.

Position Summary:

The Assistant Supervising Attorney of the Denver Consumer Unit (CU) works in concert with and reports to the Supervising Attorney of the Denver Housing and Consumer Unit to lead and guide a team of staff (attorneys paralegals administrative staff) in providing assistance in representation to individuals with consumer issues including but not limited to foreclosure and mortgage issues debt collection defense consumer bankruptcy repossessions utility shutoffs and other consumer areas as needed. The Assistant Supervising Attorney is expected to lead a team of no more than 8 people within the CU. The CU serves the Denvermetro area which includes Adams Arapahoe Broomfield Denver Douglas Elbert Gilpin and Jefferson Counties along with seniors above the age of 60 in Clear Creek County.

Essential Duties:

• Lead a team of no more than 8 attorneys and paralegals in providing legal assistance and representation to individuals in the metro Denver area;

• Assist in staff training professional development and performance evaluation;

• Assist in strategic planning and short and longrange goal setting for the team and the unit including identifying and pursuing opportunities for strategic impact and appellate litigation to advance protections for lowincome consumers in Colorado through the legal system;

• Assist in the coordination and implementation of systemic consumer work and community outreach;

• Assist in overseeing the statewide work of the Home Defense Project which works to defend lowincome homeowners from foreclosure;

• Lead the hiring of team members and assist in the hiring of unit members on other teams;

• For the team oversee and manage staff workloads client relations and interpersonal conflict and working with the Supervising Attorney make recommendations to Senior Leadership for performance improvements or disciplinary action consistent with the terms of CLS Collective Bargaining Agreement;

• Maintain an active but not full caseload;

• Assist with grant management activities as needed including grant application administration and reporting;

• Complete administrative tasks such as leave request approvals timesheet review and reimbursement requests; and

• Promote an office culture that emphasizes equity diversity inclusion harmony cohesiveness work quality continuous improvement and excellent customer service.

Required Qualifications:

• Three or more years of experience as an attorney;

• Valid license to practice law in the state of Colorado or ability to obtain a Colorado license as soon as practicable;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;

• Detailoriented with strong critical thinking and analytical skills;

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three or more years legal experience in all of the following areas of consumer law: representation in defending debt collection cases filing for bankruptcy (Chapter 7 or 13 and providing representation to homeowners in defending against foreclosure actions;

• Experience with appellate work.

• Prior supervisory or leadership experience with a legal services program or law office.

• Bilingual in English/Spanish.

Compensation & Benefits

We offer a generous plan that includes 100 employer paid premiums for employee health dental vision life and longterm disability insurance as well as partial employer paid premiums for spouses/dependents based on a sliding scale. We also offer Dependent Care and Medical Flexible spending accounts and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). CLS contributes $200/month to each employees 403(b) retirement account and also matches 100 of employee contributions up to 3 of employee salary; vesting occurs gradually with full vesting after 3 years of employment. Additionally CLS offers generous paid timeoff and 13 paid holidays per year.

CLS values its employees commitment to working hard for the population it serves and recognizes the importance of work/life balance.We promote and foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically safe work environment striving to be a Best Place to Work in Colorado.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position please submit your cover letter resume legal writing sample and list of references no later than Tuesday February 18th 2025. If you have questions about this position please contact: Karen Vilner Director of People & Culture at