Doylestown Staff Attorney

About the role

Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (“LASP”) seeks an attorney to provide family law-related legal services in its Doylestown Office in Bucks County. LASP serves low-income individuals and families in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. This is a full-time position that will primarily focus on representing parents in Children and Youth cases involving dependency and termination of parental rights, protection from abuse petitions for victims of domestic violence, and custody cases. Other cases in LASP’s core areas of practice include housing, public benefits, and criminal record clearing.

Supervisor

Doylestown Managing Attorney

Qualifications

- License to practice law in Pennsylvania or admitted in another jurisdiction and eligible for admission to Pennsylvania. - At least two (2) years’ experience as a lawyer preferred. - Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office products, case management software, and online legal research tools. - Passionate commitment to public interest law and serving low-income individuals and vulnerable populations. - Strong written and oral advocacy and organizational skills are required. - Spanish language fluency is desirable.

Compensation and benefits

- Competitive salaries, beginning at $65,500 for attorneys. Salaries are commensurate with experience. - Excellent benefits, including a 401K retirement plan with generous employer contributions, health insurance option in which 100% of premium costs are provided, ancillary benefits, and generous leave provisions including paid holidays, floating holidays, personal leave, vacation, sick, and parental leave.

Equal opportunity employer

LASP is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate in the recruitment, selection, or advancement of employees on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or on any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

To apply

Send resume and cover letter including the job title (Doylestown Staff Attorney) to Carolyn Johnson, Chief Counsel at Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, to Hiring@lasp.org. Position will remain open until filled. Visit lasp.org/careers for additional opportunities in multiple locations.