West Chester Staff Attorney - Chester County, PA

Staff Attorney – West Chester (Chester County), PA
Job announcement (posted Jan. 29, 2024)
SUMMARY
Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (“LASP”) seeks an attorney to provide civil legal services in its West Chester Office in Chester County. LASP serves individuals with low incomes in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. This position has focused previously on representing clients in landlord and tenant cases including private rentals, subsidized and public housing, and family law. The position may also include other LASP practice areas such as bankruptcy, consumer, expungements, public benefits, and other cases as assigned. This is a full-time position. Staff currently work on a hybrid basis. The successful candidate will be expected to perform in-office work as well as be able to work remotely.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
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.

SUPERVISOR
Chester County Managing Attorney

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Base salary for attorneys start at $54,000 but salary is commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits, including a 401K retirement plan with generous employer contributions, health insurance option in which 100% of premium costs are provided, ancillary benefits, and generous leave provisions, including paid holidays, floating holidays, personal leave, vacation, sick, and parental leave.