Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Staff Attorney for the Health Law Partnership (“HeLP”). HeLP is a community-based, medical-legal partnership between Georgia State University College of Law, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. The project aims to improve the health and well-being of low-income children, who are patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, by coordinating services to address legal, social and economic conditions threatening their health.
Legal Aid’s component of HeLP provides legal services to low-income families of children in Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s three hospitals: Scottish Rite, Arthur M. Blank, and Hughes Spalding; children seen in Children’s Clinics and physician offices that are part of the Clinically Integrated Network; and children at the Center for Advanced Pediatrics. Legal Aid attorneys are located at each of the three hospitals, and at the Center for Advanced Pediatrics.
Qualifications: A Georgia bar license or eligibility for the next exam, and a minimum of 2 years of relevant legal experience are required. Applicants must possess excellent legal writing and oral advocacy skills; a strong work ethic; the ability to communicate effectively with children, families, doctors, social workers and hospital staff; the ability to work alone and as a team member; eagerness to learn and openness to evaluation; and an appreciation of diversity. A demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics, trial advocacy courses, familiarity with areas of poverty law, previous work with low-income persons and/or persons with serious health issues, and knowledge of health law, poverty law and children’s legal issues are preferred. Proficiency in languages other than English and willingness to improve language skills is highly valued. The selected candidate will need to comply with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s health screening and immunization requirements.
Application Requirements: Submit a letter of interest; resume; writing sample (advice letter, legal memorandum or brief); official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable pending your order of an official transcript); and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work) as one (1) PDF using our online application system at atlantalegalaid.org/jobs. Only applications with all of the requested documents will be considered for an interview.
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