Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) · 18 hours ago
Norristown Staff Attorney
Norristown, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid LevelLegal Aid of Southeastern PA (LASP) seeks an attorney to provide civil legal services in its Norristown Office. The role involves handling landlord and tenant cases, as well as other civil legal matters, while also engaging with the community and participating in team efforts to achieve office and program goals.
AdviceLegalProfessional Services
Responsibilities
Interviewing clients, assisting in determining eligibility for services, and ascertaining and investigating facts
Conducting legal research and interpreting statutes, case law, regulations, and other sources of law
Providing advice and counsel to clients
Preparing legal documents, including but not necessarily limited to: briefs, pleadings, motions, notices, correspondence, memoranda, discovery and documents responsive to discovery requests
Developing strategy and arguments for presentation of cases and assisting in preparation of witnesses for hearings and trials
Representing clients in trial and appellate courts and before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies
Reviewing decisions and consulting with management team to determine merit of potential appeals
Participating in external professional and community organizations relevant to casework
Conducting clinics, community education, and workshops
Becoming engaged in LASP team efforts to achieve office and program goals, including participation in program-wide affinity groups and task forces
Developing knowledge of referral resources and assessing community and client needs
Enhancing skills and substantive knowledge through training, CLE, and other educational opportunities
Abiding by all applicable professional standards of ethics and practice
Completing required administrative tasks including entering of notes and timekeeping in LASP case management software, and maintaining of physical files
Ensuring that requirements of grants and contracts which may provide funding for the position are followed, and assisting with grant reports
Performing other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned
Qualification
Required
License to practice law in Pennsylvania or admitted in another jurisdiction and eligible for admission to Pennsylvania
Demonstrated proficiency in word processing, Outlook products, case management software, and online legal research tools
Passionate commitment to public interest law and serving low-income individuals and vulnerable populations
Strong written and oral advocacy and organizational skills
The successful candidate must be willing to accept complex and challenging cases and develop creative strategies to assist clients
Preferred
Spanish language fluency is desirable
Benefits
401K retirement plan with generous employer contributions
Health insurance option in which 100% of premium costs are provided
Ancillary benefits
Generous leave provisions, including paid holidays, floating holidays, personal leave, vacation, sick, and parental leave
Company
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP)
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) provides free civil legal services in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties, with local offices in Bristol, Doylestown, Chester city, Media, Norristown, Pottstown and West Chester.
Founded in 2001
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Shawn Boehringer
Executive Director
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