Job Announcement: Managing Attorney
Smithfield, NC
Job #355
Background:
Legal
Aid of North Carolina
(LANC) is seeking
a full-time managing attorney to work in its Smithfield office. LANC is a statewide, nonprofit (501-c-3) law firm
that provides free legal services in civil matters to those
households whose income falls generally below 125% of the federal
poverty guidelines. The
LANC-Smithfield Office provides services
to an area comprising Harnett, Johnson, and Sampson Counties.
Theoffice has an estimable 25-year history of providing
high-quality legal advice, counsel, and representation to clients in Eastern North Carolina on both individual cases and
community development projects. The current advocacy staff is very talented but relatively new. Mindful of the offices’ long
traditions, the selected candidates will be responsible for
continuing to provide high-quality legal work to clients by keeping
the staffs well-motivated, trained, and integrated in the various
practice groups and to maintain the excellent state of community and
bar relations through participation and activism in community
efforts.
Responsibilities & Duties:
Overall leadership of the office.
Supervise the legal and support team to ensure maximum access and
the highest quality legal representation and outreach for clients
and the community. Work with local community and bar leaders
to ensure optimum participation of those groups in the work of the
program. Maintain the competence, morale, and commitment to
the mission of the staff. Ensure that legal work and outreach
conform to the rules of professional responsibility and comply with
grant and funding requirements. Collaborate with and participate on
the statewide and regional management teams to solve common
problems.
Qualifications:
North Carolina
Bar license and 6, or more, years of relevant legal and supervisory
experience. The supervisory experience may be substituted by
meaningful experience in community organizing or activism. We
are looking for a highly organized and zealous advocate with a
record of commitment to community lawyering. The ideal
candidate will be sensitive to the needs of a racially diverse
community and will be able to work effectively with local
organizations, government agencies, and the public to provide
meaningful access to justice, combat poverty, and create economic
opportunity for our clients. In short, a demonstrated and
long-standing commitment to assisting low-income people and to
social justice is essential. High proficiency in Spanish is
preferred, but not absolutely required.
Salary:
$50,000+D.O.E. Excellent benefits and leave package.
Application Deadline:
Send/E-mail a resume
and cover letter to:
Victor Boone, Regional Manager
Legal Aid of North Carolina
P. O. Box 26087, Raleigh, NC 27611
OR, by E-mail to:
victorb@legalaidnc.org
*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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Mission Statement
Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm
that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income
people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove
legal barriers to economic opportunity.