Job Announcement:
Clifton W. Everett, Sr. Community Lawyer Fellowship (2008-09)
Pittsboro, NC,
Job #310
Background:
Legal
Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is seeking applications for the
Clifton W. Everett, Sr. Community Lawyer Fellowships for 2008-09.
The fellowships will be placed in LANC’s field
offices that are located in Boone, NC and Pittsboro, NC. The Everett Fellowships
are entry-level, one-year, staff attorney positions.
LANC’s
Pittsboro Office provides legal services
to eligible clients primarily in the six (6) counties surrounding
Pittsboro, NC:
Alamance,
Chatham,
Lee, Moore,
Orange and
Richmond Counties. [LANC’s
Boone Office provides legal services
to eligible clients primarily in the seven (7) counties in northwest
North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga,
Wilkes and Yancey Counties. See
Job Posting #309.]
The Everett Fellowships are funded by the North Carolina
IOLTA Board of Trustees in memory
of Clifton W. Everett, Sr., a lifetime resident of eastern North Carolina
who served as President of the NC State Bar and as Vice-Chairman and
member of the Board of Trustees of the IOLTA Program. Mr. Everett played
a principal role in the creation of North Carolina IOLTA as President
of the NC State Bar. He dedicated his life to the extension of justice
in rural parts of eastern North Carolina.
Responsibilities & Duties:
Each Everett Fellow will be responsible for handling a general caseload
in the traditional areas of poverty law practice and focusing on clients
who live in rural areas. Types of cases could involve housing, employment,
consumer, domestic and public benefit issues.
Qualifications:
Everett Fellows must be licensed to practice law in North Carolina when
the fellowship begins in September 2008. Applicants will be expected
to have a demonstrated commitment to community service and to be able
to relate well to low-income people in a rural setting. Previous experience
as a
Martin Luther King, Jr. Summer Intern or as an IOLTA-funded summer
intern is a plus.
Salary:
$39,000. Excellent benefits package (Everett Fellows receive full benefits).
Relaxed office atmosphere.
Application Deadline:
Open until filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply by November
1, 2007. Send a cover letter (expressing interest in the fellowship and stating
a preference for a specific field office), your resume, a
writing sample (no more than 10 pages), and names/contact
information of three (3) references by November 1, 2007 to:
Everett Fellowship
Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc.
P.O. Box 26087
Raleigh, NC 27611.
*
Legal
Aid of North Carolina is an equal opportunity employer.*
Minorities, women, the elderly and the disabled are
encouraged
to apply.
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