Student Fellow - Intake
Student Fellow - Intake
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POSITION DESCRIPTION
TEMPORARY CONTRACT STUDENT FELLOW
The Legal Aid Society is hiring aparttime Student Fellow to assist the Intake team in fielding Custody and Support hotline calls. The position is atemporary contract position working no more than 20 hours per week.
Purpose of the job: Provide support tostaff attorneys in the creation oflegal documents letters and calls to clients and other administrative duties including but not limited to research and client intake.
Work environment: Work is performed in the office setting and remotely.
Reports to Managing Attorney of Intake or other designated manager.
Essential job functions:
- Provide clients with requestedlegal documents by mail and email.
- Communicate with clients and the staff attorneysto provide efficient high quality customer service.
- Draft and edit legal documents with attorney supervision and upon request.
- Assist with other projects related to improving the operations of the unit.
- Perform other duties commensurate with duties outlined above at the discretion of his or her supervisor.
Qualifications
- Must have demonstrable commitment to understanding and addressing issues of lowincome constituents.
- Must be currently enrolled student and actively pursuing a Bachelors degree or higher. Law school students Social Work graduate students Justice Administration graduate students or similar public service graduate students with an interest in public interest law are preferred.
- Must have skills to use office technologies including case management software.
- Must be able to operate a motor vehicle hold a valid drivers license and be able to be insured under the Legal Aid Society auto insurance policy.
- Second language skills highly valued.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
The Legal Aid Society values a diverse workforce reflective of our diverse community. We strive to create an environment welcoming to all individuals and we encourage applications from individuals traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession. We seek to ensure that no person employed by LAS will encounter discrimination on the basis of age color disability sex national origin race religion sexual orientation Veterans status or any personal or backgroundrelated characteristic unrelated to job performance.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact Kristie Clark Director of Administrationor
Other:
The statements contained in this job description reflect general details necessary to describe the principal functions of this job the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility. It should not be considered an allinclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief to equalize peak work periods or to otherwise balance the workload.
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter resume and three references through the applicant link found at
Employment Type
Grant
