Paralegal- Housing Stability

Position Description New Mexico Legal Aid (NMLA) provides civil legal services to low-income New Mexicans for a variety of legal issues including domestic violence/family law, consumer protection, housing, and benefits. NMLA has locations throughout the state including Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Gallup, Roswell, Silver City, Las Vegas, Taos, and Santa Ana. New Mexico Legal Aid seeks a paralegal for its Statewide Housing Stability program to assist with serving eligible clients threatened with loss of their housing, housing subsidies, as well as statewide clinics and outreach. Responsibilities will be statewide. Due to the range of service area, this position may be housed in any of NMLA's statewide office locations, but there is a preference for the Albuquerque office in order to work closely with the Statewide Housing Stability Manager. For this position, the Paralegal under the direction of the managing attorney will assist the attorneys with: Litigation Support Eviction prevention Habitability Reasonable accommodations Subsidized housing Low Income housing Tax Credit Other housing related work Designing statewide clinics and outreach programs The Duties Of The Housing Stability Paralegal Will Be Process intakes. Draft pleadings. Contact clients. Support attorneys in preparation for court. Send referrals to other support service agencies. Engage in outreach. Arrange and assist with legal clinics. We seek highly motivated candidates who are passionate about justice and strongly committed to helping NMLA better serve our client communities.