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| Staff Attorney, Home Defense Program |
The Atlanta Legal Aid Society seeks an attorney to work in its Home Defense Program, a specialty unit within Atlanta Legal Aid Society which focuses primarily on predatory mortgage lending cases and foreclosure defense. Other cases include foreclosure assistance fraud, title conversion, and other home equity scams. The Home Defense Program is housed in Legal Aid’s Decatur office, and is at present comprised of two full time attorneys, a full time Skadden Arps Fellow, a part-time attorney, a housing counselor/paralegal, and paralegal. Attorneys in this project screen, investigate, evaluate, refer to private attorneys, and directly represent low income persons in danger of losing their homes. They use a variety of advocacy methods, including work with the media, community education, brief service, advice and referral, transactional work, negotiation, mediation, and litigation. Attorneys are encouraged to participate in local bar and social service associations involved in home protection. Excellent writing, analysis, advocacy, and interpersonal skills are required. A Georgia bar licence (or next exam) is also required. Appreciation of diverse staff and clientele is expected, as is adaptability to changing work pressures. Legal experience after law school graduation is preferred but not necessary. Demonstrated commitment to public service, clinical experience, familiarity with consumer protection statutes, and previous work with low income persons are strongly preferred. Knowledge of Spanish or an Asian language is also valued. The position is a one-year employment arrangement, with the opportunity for renewal depending upon funding and performance. Salary $40,000 plus $2,500 upon passage of some state bar exam, and further credit depending upon legal experience after graduation from law school; excellent fringe benefits, including educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month. Send a letter of application and resumé by mail, e-mail at mburge@atlantalegalaid.org, or FAX at (404) 525-5710 to Marian Burge. Your initial application will be acknowledged. Complete your application packet by sending a legal writing sample which demonstrates your ability to research and analyze a legal issue, the names and phone numbers of three legal references, and a school certified copy of your final law school transcript to Marian Burge, Deputy Director, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, 151 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2097. Please mark all correspondence about this position with the words “HDP Attorney." ALAS considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or sexual orientation.
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