Post-Grad Law Fellow- Preventing and Ending Homelessness

Bet Tzedek Legal Services has provided high-quality, free legal services to Los Angeles’ most vulnerable residents for over 50 years. They are seeking a Post-Grad Law Fellow to help provide comprehensive legal services aimed at removing barriers to housing for both housed and unhoused individuals.

Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of an attorney: file Civil Rights Department complaints, write reasonable accommodation letters for tenants with disabilities, enforce rights against housing discrimination, prevent and appeal terminations from subsidized housing programs, file motions to mask/seal eviction records, represent clients in settlement negotiations, and engage in discovery practice
• Assist with trainings, know-your-rights presentations, and/or outreach events on issues related to housing
• Attend monthly clinics to provide legal advice and limited scope representation to individuals who are at risk of eviction or who have experienced eviction
• Collaborate with Bet Tzedek’s Community Outreach Coordinator, NCJW|LA, and Community Coalition to develop and review community education materials
• Other assignments as deemed appropriate

Skills

• Law School graduate (required)
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high-volume environment (required)
• Work well as part of a team, but also self-motivated and able to work independently with appropriate level of supervision (required)
• Demonstrate an understanding and commitment to Bet Tzedek's mission of equal justice for all and Bet Tzedek's core values of leadership, community-based advocacy, and innovation (required)
• Demonstrated commitment to applying principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in performance of job duties (required)
• Non-profit legal services experience (strongly preferred)
• Ease with oral and written communication (strongly preferred)
• Experience in fair housing or landlord-tenant law (strongly preferred)

Benefits

• A generous number of paid holidays, vacation, and sick days annually.
• Personal and floating holidays.
• Compensatory time for exempt employees.
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave (after 1 year of employment).
• Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and acupuncture coverage for employees and dependents, with office visit co-pay reimbursement for HMO enrollees.
• Life/accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan.
• Voluntary (employee-contributed) life/AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital confinement, and pet insurance.
• Employee-contributed 403(b) plan.
• Employer-contributed Pension plan.
• Healthcare and childcare flexible spending accounts.
• Commuter transit and/or parking benefits.

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