Community Legal Aid

About the Organization

Community Legal Aid (CLA) is the non-profit legal services program providing free civil legal assistance to low-income and elderly residents of central and western Massachusetts. CLA has over 180 dedicated, talented staff working across multiple offices. Our core work includes effective client-centered advocacy and partnerships with our client communities.

Housing Attorney Role

The attorney will represent tenants in eviction cases, assist tenants facing denials or terminations from public and subsidized housing programs, and work in CLA’s Worcester office.

Family Law Attorney Role

CLA seeks an attorney to join its Family Law Unit. The attorney will be based in CLA’s Worcester office and will assist clients with family law matters.

Immigration Law Attorney Role

Central West Justice Center (CWJC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Legal Aid (CLA), seeks an attorney to join a vibrant, talented team providing legal assistance in a range of humanitarian-based immigration law matters, including but not limited to:

• Asylum applications
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) cases
• U and T visas for victims of crime and trafficking
• VAWA petitions for survivors of domestic violence

The attorney will work across CWJC and CLA’s offices in Central and Western Massachusetts.