Staff Attorney- Metro Detroit Job at National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Southfield, MI

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  • National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • Southfield, MI

Job Description

Position Description

Organization Overview:

Lakeshore Legal Aid serves low-income people, seniors, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in a holistic manner to address clients’ legal issues and improve our communities. Lakeshore provides free direct legal representation in southeast Michigan and the thumb and client intake, advice, and brief legal services throughout Michigan via our attorney-staffed hotline. Our practice areas include housing, family, consumer, elder, education, and public benefits law.

Position Overview

Lakeshore Legal Aid is seeking dedicated lawyers who will advocate and litigate on behalf of clients facing legal problems relating to housing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This attorney may represent clients in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. Staff attorneys will be responsible for representing clients in a holistic manner to achieve clients’ goals through advocacy including litigation.

General Task Areas

  • Provide timely civil legal services to low-income and senior clients and client groups through representation in trial courts, appellate courts and other forums, through litigation, advice, negotiation, drafting and review of legal documents, referrals and administrative advocacy.
  • Serve the clients in a holistic and client centered manner.
  • Develop an expertise in one or more areas of law, if required.
  • Promote and maintain civil and professional relationships with coworkers, clients, members of the judicial system, and members of the public with whom they have contact, treating all with dignity and respect.
  • Train or mentor other staff in areas of experience.
  • Create and/or deliver presentations to community groups on legal services related topics.
  • Develop continuing expertise to handle increasingly more complex litigation or other projects.
  • Perform other work-related duties as assigned by the supervising attorney, a director, CEO, or a CEO designee.

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