Los Angeles, CA30+ days ago
Active member of California State Bar in good standing, or licensed in another state and eligible to practice under CRC Rule 9.45 (required); · Minimum three (3) years of experience practicing law (required); · Minimum two (2) years of non-profit legal services experience (preferred); · Clearly demonstrated proficiency and experience in landlord-tenant law, eviction defense, or similar practice areas related to housing or homelessness (required); · Clearly demonstrated proficiency and experience in civil litigation, expungement, public benefits law, employment law, consumer law, immigration law, or administrative law (required); · Clearly demonstrated proficiency with regard to time management, problem solving, and case management skills (required); · Excellent people skills, and ability to interact calmly and patiently with individuals in distress (required); · Willingness to serve as a resource to colleagues (required). · Manage a workload the includes eviction defense and non-litigation cases, participation at in-person legal clinics, know your rights presentations, and outreach events, and maintaining partnerships with various homeless service providers, unhoused individuals, and individuals at imminent risk of homelessness (local travel required); · Proficiently and effectively interface and collaborate with case managers, social workers, outreach workers, community service providers, government agencies, legal services providers, and other external partners and stakeholders in furthering the mission of preventing and ending homelessness; QUALIFICATIONS.