Home Preservation Fellow

About the role

NLSLA is seeking an attorney in their first three years of practice to fill a 2-year fellowship position with our Home Preservation & Legacy Project.

Responsibilities

• Host clinics at partner sites to educate and counsel low-income homeowners about the foreclosure process and loss mitigation, and where appropriate assist them with loan modification applications and provide them with resources;
• Negotiate, mediate, and litigate cases to restore homeowner titles and cases addressing equity-stripping schemes and scams;
• Provide education and outreach to mobile homeowners;
• Collaborate with Consumer Debt & Bankruptcy team and Trusts & Estates team on matters that involve homeowners, when needed;
• Aid with marshalling project-related data and outcomes to report to our funders;

Requirements

This position is designated as hybrid. Employees are required to work on-site a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining time eligible for remote work as business needs allow. Travel to NLSLA program offices, courthouses, and other locations throughout Los Angeles County may be required.