Staff Attorney - Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit (Remote/Hybrid - Must Reside in Southern California)
Santa Ana, CA
About Public Law Center
Founded in 1981, The Public Law Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free legal services to low income residents and other nonprofits in Orange County. Last year, Public Law Center staff and volunteers provided over 65,000 hours of free legal services in handling over 4,500 cases benefiting low-income children, adults and seniors. The estimated value of this work is roughly $60 million in just the past three years. Our services include counseling, individual representation, community education and strategic policy advocacy and impact litigation to challenge societal injustices.About the role
The Public Law Center (PLC)’s Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit seeks an energetic, passionate advocate to join our team in fighting for justice for low- income tenants and self-represented litigants in Orange County through innovative, collaborative, community-centered lawyering to address inequities and pursue access to affordable housing.PLC’s Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit provides high quality direct representation, in addition to coordinating and supervising pro bono representation, of tenants in cases involving unlawful detainer, discrimination, harassment, housing voucher disputes, affordable housing advocacy and other issues related to housing.
The Unit also participates in community education, community-based clinics, and local and statewide advocacy.
What you'll do
- Handle a diverse caseload on behalf of low-income tenants, including eviction defense, discrimination, habitability, subsidized housing cases (including, but not limited to, Section 8), and other issues arising in landlord/tenant relationships
- Coordinate referrals to other PLC units to provide comprehensive legal services
- Investigate clients’ cases, including inspection of housing units and obtaining and reviewing documents and records from government agencies
- Represent PLC at networking and community outreach events (when possible)
- Full time position with occasional evening and weekend work required
- This position requires attendance at meetings, both remote and in person, in and outside the Public Law Center’s offices, and requires being located in Southern California. Must have ability to work at the organization’s offices in Santa Ana, CA, and travel to work sites located throughout Orange County, CA. In addition, travel to Los Angeles County and other neighboring counties may be required
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Active membership in the California State Bar/Bar Membership pending or eligibility to practice under State Bar Multijurisdictional Practice Program
- Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Vietnamese strongly preferred
- 0-5 years’ experience; eviction defense and/or housing law experience preferred
- Demonstrated commitment to working with low-income communities
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a variety of audiences
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, and work independently and as part of a team
- Must have own transportation, valid CA Driver’s license, insurance and good driving record
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless the applicant has a valid medical reason for not being fully vaccinated or a sincerely held religious belief
- Compensation dependent on experience; range of $70,000 to $90,000 (salary scale is calculated according to years of attorney licensure).
- Competitive benefits provided, and for this position include:
- Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance (100% of employee premium costs paid by PLC, and 50% of dependent health insurance premium costs paid by PLC)
- Flexible Spending Account Program to help pay for medical expenses and childcare costs
- 15 paid holidays per year
- Approximately 1 paid week off during office winter closure (between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day)
- 21 paid sick days per year
- 15 paid vacation days per year
- 2 paid wellness days per month to promote mental wellness and general wellbeing
- Birthday paid time off (2 hours of paid time off during birthday month)
- 403b retirement plan (after 6 months of employment PLC provides a matching contribution equaling 100% of salary deferral up to a maximum of 3-4%, depending on length of employment)
- Monthly $55 stipend for Wi-Fi and cell phone use
- Monthly Bilingual Pay Premium upon successful completion of an oral and/or written test ($50 for oral premium and $50 for written premium)
- Optional monthly peer support group facilitated by third party mental health clinic
- Opportunities for growth and advancement
Job Profile
Regions
Countries
Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 Must reside in Southern California
Benefits/PerksDental Insurance Disability Insurance Flexible Spending Account Health insurance Life Insurance Vision Insurance
Tasks- Coordinate referrals
- Handle caseload
- Investigate cases
- Represent at events
Bilingual Communication Case investigation Community education Eviction defense Housing law Legal representation
Experience0-5 years
CertificationsCalifornia State Bar Membership
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