Staff Attorney Shelby County Office

BARGAINING UNIT POSITION DESCRIPTION

STAFF ATTORNEY

Purpose of Job: To provide uniform high quality advocacy for low-income clients in all forums including the courts administrative agencies and community outreach initiatives.

Work Environment: Work performed in the office setting in the courts in administrative agencies and in the community.

Reports to Advocacy Director or other designated manager.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Provide legal representation through the policies and practices consistent with professional standards for the delivery of civil legal services to the poor and consistent with any requirement of Legal Services Corporation and all other funding sources or program policies.
2. Maintain accurate and complete files or records. Prepare reports and timely complete forms and records necessary for client services or administrative tasks related to job.
3. Interact with clients and staff and service providers professionally and appropriately. Establish and maintain rapport with clients to obtain accurate information and to establish trust. Work with other staff on client services or other program tasks in a collegial and cooperative nature. Develop and nurture good relations with service providers who make referrals or otherwise coordinate with the program.
4. Work with supervisor to develop plan for advocacy work within program priorities and funding to define balance between impact work and service work as well as community education and other outreach.
5. Work with supervisor to identify individual training needs and develop strategies with case supervisor to address those needs.
6. Attend and actively participate in planning meetings trainings and task forces as well as office meetings.
7. Occasional night and weekend work hours; some local and out of town travel.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

The Legal Aid Society values a workforce reflective of our community. We strive to create an environment welcoming to all individuals by seeking to ensure that no person employed by LAS will encounter discrimination on the basis of age color disability sex national origin race religion veterans status or any personal or background-related 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 Administration or

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 all-inclusive 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 Experience:

Staff IC