Bet Tzedek Legal Services has been providing high-quality, free legal services for over 50 years to vulnerable residents in Los Angeles. They are seeking a Post-Grad Law Fellow to 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.
Company Overview
Founded in 1974, Bet Tzedek pursues equal justice for all by providing high-quality, free legal services to the unhoused, undocumented immigrants, LGBTQIA+ community, low-wage workers, tenants, the elderly, Holocaust survivors, small business owners, and more. It was founded in 1974, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.bettzedek.org.
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