DeKalb Staff Attorney
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
- Decatur, GA
- $59,600 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The Staff Attorney handles a mixed caseload using a variety of methods including community education, advice and referral, brief service, transactional work, negotiation, mediation, and litigation.
- Attorneys are also encouraged to participate in task forces, committees, social service organizations, and local bar associations.
- A Georgia bar license is required; three or more years of experience is preferred.
- Applicants must possess a strong work ethic, excellent legal writing and oral advocacy skills, good communication and listening skills and the ability to work in a team and alone.
- Adaptability, appreciation of diversity and the ability to balance compassion and pragmatism are necessary.
- A demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics or trial advocacy courses, familiarity with poverty law, and previous work with low-income people are strongly preferred.
- Proficiency in languages other than English is highly valued.
- The salary is $59,600+ depending on experience. Salaries increase annually based on a salary scale.
- The program provides generous fringe benefits including 13 paid holidays, 6 weeks paid time off, 6 weeks parental leave; health, life, and long and short-term disability insurance; partial payment for dependent health insurance; a salary reduction option for a flexible spending account; educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month (after a set off of other loan reimbursement amounts); voluntary tax-sheltered annuity with 3% match; Georgia Bar dues and CLE expenses.
- Legal Aid offers a hybrid work schedule that allows staff to work 2 days remotely subject to management approval and a probationary employment period.
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