STAFF ATTORNEY (INTAKE & STRATEGIC INTERVENTION)
Legal Assistance to the Elderly, Inc. · Oakland, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteLegal$88k–$98k/yrFull-time
We need to output only HTML fragment, no html/body tags, no markdown fences. Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Include sections only if posting has real specific content. We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The posting includes: intro paragraph about team, agency description, minimum qualifications, extremely desirable, highly desirable but not required, duties & responsibilities, supervised by, working conditions, union membership, compensation, benefits, application instructions (to remove). Also includes "Newly barred attorneys are encouraged to apply." That's part of description.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe intro), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (minimum qualifications), Qualifications (maybe extremely desirable, highly desirable), Skills (maybe bilingual etc), Benefits (benefits package), Pay (salary range), Schedule (maybe working conditions mention evening/weekend work). Also union membership maybe part of benefits? Could be separate but not required heading. We'll include only sections with content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must not include application instructions (the "TO APPLY" etc). Also remove EEO statements at end (the diversity encouragement). Those are boilerplate? They are EEO/equal-opportunity; we should remove them. Also remove "APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED..." etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information: agency description, mission, practice areas, work environment, etc. That's part of About the role? Could be under About the role or maybe a separate section like "About the organization". But headings limited to given list. We can put agency description under About the role (makes sense). Or we could create a separate section like "About the organization" but not allowed headings. So we must fit into allowed headings. Use About the role for intro and agency description. Responsibilities for duties. Requirements for minimum qualifications. Qualifications for extremely desirable and highly desirable. Skills for bilingual etc? Could be under Qualifications. But we have separate Skills heading; we could put language skills there. Benefits for benefits package. Pay for salary range. Schedule for working conditions (evening/weekend). Also union membership maybe under Benefits? Could be under Benefits as part of compensation? Might be okay to include under Benefits or Pay. But we need to ensure we don't create filler sections.
Let's extract content:
Intro: "Join the Intake and Strategic Intervention team at Legal Assistance the Elderly (LAE)! We provide a vital service, serving tenants who are seniors or have disabilities and are threatened with losing their homes. Sixty percent of LAE’s clients face housing threats including terminations of subsidies, unlawful rent increases, denials of necessary modifications, extra-judicial evictions and harassment. As a member of this team, you will conduct intakes, advise clients on housing matters, provide services designed to resolve problems before they escalate, and represent clients at administrative hearings before the San Francisco Rent Board, the San Francisco Housing Authority, and the California Civil Rights Department. Approximately 90% of the work is housing related. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney who wants to make an immediate, concrete difference in clients' lives. Newly barred attorneys are encouraged to apply."
Agency description: "For over 47 years, LAE has provided free legal advice and representation to San Francisco’s seniors and adults with disabilities. Our mission is to protect and advance the right of San Francisco’s seniors and adults with disabilities to be housed, healthy, financially stable, and safe. Our primary practice areas are Eviction Defense/Housing Preservation, Income Support, Health Law, Financial and Physical Elder Abuse Prevention, Debt Collection Defense, Foreclosure Prevention, End of Life Planning and Conservatorship Defense. LAE is a friendly and collaborative work environment."
Minimum qualifications: list bullet points: Member State Bar of California; Strong written, verbal and interviewing skills; Patient, flexible and kind; Works well in a team.
Extremely desirable: Bilingual in English and Spanish, Cantonese and/or Mandarin.
Highly desirable but not required: Knowledge of landlord-tenant law, including rent control, housing subsidies, habitability, reasonable accommodations, and housing discrimination; Experience with administrative hearings or advocacy before administrative agencies; Experience working with elderly, disabled, or homeless individuals or those experiencing a crisis; Experience working in a non-profit legal service organization or other non-profit.
Duties & responsibilities: list bullet points: Conduct intake interviews with new clients, including home and hospital visits, when necessary; Provide legal advice to tenants on housing matters; Provide brief services, such as writing estoppel letters, requests for reasonable accommodations, and requests for repairs; Represent clients at administrative hearings, including before the San Francisco Rent Board (unlawful rent increases), the San Francisco Housing Authority (subsidy terminations), and the California Civil Rights Department (housing discrimination); Work collaboratively with the team's supervisor, paralegal/client advocates, and reception staff to ensure clients are efficiently connected to the right services; Provide legal support to Client Advocates and Paralegals; Maintain accurate computerized client files and other documentation and provide project statistics to other staff as requested; Provide in-office support to teammates responding to client emergencies and agency inquiries.
Supervised by: Supervising Intake Attorney.
Working conditions: The position requires working with individuals during moments of extreme stress and instability. The position also requires the provision of culturally sensitive and empathetic services. Some evening and weekend work may be required. This is an in-office position.
Union membership: After successful completion of a 90 day probationary period, membership in the National Organization of Legal Services Workers becomes a condition of employment.
Compensation: We offer a family-friendly environment and compensation based on competitive public interest salaries along with a generous benefits package. The estimated annual salary range starts at $88,000- $98,000 (placement in the range determined by union scale primarily based on years of related experience).
Benefits: LAE’s benefits package includes 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and life insurance for employees and dependent children and up to 75% for spouses; LAE student debt reimbursement program; employer-paid CA Bar license and/or social work license fees; and 403(b) retirement plan with annual LAE contribution. LAE has a generous paid leave policy which includes sick leave, parental leave, compensation time, 20 holidays each year, and vacation (starting at 17 days and increasing after three years of employment).
We should not include application instructions or EEO statements.
Now produce HTML with headings only for sections we have content.
We need to decide which headings to use:
- About the role: combine intro + agency description.
- Responsibilities: duties & responsibilities.
- Requirements: minimum qualifications.
- Qualifications: extremely desirable + highly desirable.
- Skills: maybe bilingual? But we already put language under Qualifications. Could also put skills under Qualifications. But we have a Skills heading; we could put language skills there. However we already used Qualifications for both extremely desirable and highly desirable. Might be better to put language under Skills, and keep Qualifications for knowledge/experience. Let's think.
We have extremely desirable: bilingual language. That's a skill. So we can put that under Skills. Highly desirable: knowledge of landlord-tenant law, experience with administrative hearings, experience working with elderly/disabled/homeless, experience in non-profit. Those could go under Qualifications (or Requirements?). But Requirements already used for minimum qualifications. So Qualifications for highly desirable.
Thus:
About the role: intro + agency description.
Responsibilities: duties.
Requirements: minimum qualifications.
Qualifications: highly desirable (knowledge, experience).
Skills: bilingual.
Benefits: benefits package.
Pay: salary range.
Schedule: working conditions (evening/weekend, in-office, stress, culturally sensitive). Also union membership? Could be under Benefits? But union membership is a condition of employment, not benefit. Could be under Requirements? Not really. Could be under About the role? Might be better to include union membership under Benefits? It's not a benefit but a condition. However we have no heading for "Union". Could we include it under Benefits as a note? Might be okay to include under Benefits as part of compensation? But it's not a benefit. Could we add a section "Other"? Not allowed. Perhaps we can include union membership under Benefits as a bullet point? It's not a benefit but we could still include it there; risk of being inaccurate but maybe acceptable. Better to include under Requirements? Not really. Could we add a separate heading "Union"? Not allowed. The instructions say we should only use those headings; we cannot create other headings. So we must fit union membership into one of those headings. Where does it fit best? Perhaps under Benefits (as part of employment conditions). Or under About the role (as part of working conditions). But we already have Schedule for working conditions. Union membership is not schedule. Could put under Benefits as a note: "After successful completion of a 90 day probationary period, membership in the National Organization of Legal Services Workers becomes a condition of employment." That's not a benefit but we can still place it there; it's still substantive info. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can include union membership under Benefits as an extra bullet.
Alternatively, we could put union membership under Requirements? Not appropriate. Under Qualifications? Not appropriate. Under Skills? No.
Thus we will put union membership under Benefits.
Now schedule: we need to capture evening/weekend work may be required, in-office position, working with individuals during moments of extreme stress and instability, provision of culturally sensitive and empathetic services. That's schedule/working conditions.
Now we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. We have specific salary range.
Now produce HTML:
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Include sections only if posting has real specific content. We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The posting includes: intro paragraph about team, agency description, minimum qualifications, extremely desirable, highly desirable but not required, duties & responsibilities, supervised by, working conditions, union membership, compensation, benefits, application instructions (to remove). Also includes "Newly barred attorneys are encouraged to apply." That's part of description.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe intro), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (minimum qualifications), Qualifications (maybe extremely desirable, highly desirable), Skills (maybe bilingual etc), Benefits (benefits package), Pay (salary range), Schedule (maybe working conditions mention evening/weekend work). Also union membership maybe part of benefits? Could be separate but not required heading. We'll include only sections with content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must not include application instructions (the "TO APPLY" etc). Also remove EEO statements at end (the diversity encouragement). Those are boilerplate? They are EEO/equal-opportunity; we should remove them. Also remove "APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED..." etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information: agency description, mission, practice areas, work environment, etc. That's part of About the role? Could be under About the role or maybe a separate section like "About the organization". But headings limited to given list. We can put agency description under About the role (makes sense). Or we could create a separate section like "About the organization" but not allowed headings. So we must fit into allowed headings. Use About the role for intro and agency description. Responsibilities for duties. Requirements for minimum qualifications. Qualifications for extremely desirable and highly desirable. Skills for bilingual etc? Could be under Qualifications. But we have separate Skills heading; we could put language skills there. Benefits for benefits package. Pay for salary range. Schedule for working conditions (evening/weekend). Also union membership maybe under Benefits? Could be under Benefits as part of compensation? Might be okay to include under Benefits or Pay. But we need to ensure we don't create filler sections.
Let's extract content:
Intro: "Join the Intake and Strategic Intervention team at Legal Assistance the Elderly (LAE)! We provide a vital service, serving tenants who are seniors or have disabilities and are threatened with losing their homes. Sixty percent of LAE’s clients face housing threats including terminations of subsidies, unlawful rent increases, denials of necessary modifications, extra-judicial evictions and harassment. As a member of this team, you will conduct intakes, advise clients on housing matters, provide services designed to resolve problems before they escalate, and represent clients at administrative hearings before the San Francisco Rent Board, the San Francisco Housing Authority, and the California Civil Rights Department. Approximately 90% of the work is housing related. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney who wants to make an immediate, concrete difference in clients' lives. Newly barred attorneys are encouraged to apply."
Agency description: "For over 47 years, LAE has provided free legal advice and representation to San Francisco’s seniors and adults with disabilities. Our mission is to protect and advance the right of San Francisco’s seniors and adults with disabilities to be housed, healthy, financially stable, and safe. Our primary practice areas are Eviction Defense/Housing Preservation, Income Support, Health Law, Financial and Physical Elder Abuse Prevention, Debt Collection Defense, Foreclosure Prevention, End of Life Planning and Conservatorship Defense. LAE is a friendly and collaborative work environment."
Minimum qualifications: list bullet points: Member State Bar of California; Strong written, verbal and interviewing skills; Patient, flexible and kind; Works well in a team.
Extremely desirable: Bilingual in English and Spanish, Cantonese and/or Mandarin.
Highly desirable but not required: Knowledge of landlord-tenant law, including rent control, housing subsidies, habitability, reasonable accommodations, and housing discrimination; Experience with administrative hearings or advocacy before administrative agencies; Experience working with elderly, disabled, or homeless individuals or those experiencing a crisis; Experience working in a non-profit legal service organization or other non-profit.
Duties & responsibilities: list bullet points: Conduct intake interviews with new clients, including home and hospital visits, when necessary; Provide legal advice to tenants on housing matters; Provide brief services, such as writing estoppel letters, requests for reasonable accommodations, and requests for repairs; Represent clients at administrative hearings, including before the San Francisco Rent Board (unlawful rent increases), the San Francisco Housing Authority (subsidy terminations), and the California Civil Rights Department (housing discrimination); Work collaboratively with the team's supervisor, paralegal/client advocates, and reception staff to ensure clients are efficiently connected to the right services; Provide legal support to Client Advocates and Paralegals; Maintain accurate computerized client files and other documentation and provide project statistics to other staff as requested; Provide in-office support to teammates responding to client emergencies and agency inquiries.
Supervised by: Supervising Intake Attorney.
Working conditions: The position requires working with individuals during moments of extreme stress and instability. The position also requires the provision of culturally sensitive and empathetic services. Some evening and weekend work may be required. This is an in-office position.
Union membership: After successful completion of a 90 day probationary period, membership in the National Organization of Legal Services Workers becomes a condition of employment.
Compensation: We offer a family-friendly environment and compensation based on competitive public interest salaries along with a generous benefits package. The estimated annual salary range starts at $88,000- $98,000 (placement in the range determined by union scale primarily based on years of related experience).
Benefits: LAE’s benefits package includes 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and life insurance for employees and dependent children and up to 75% for spouses; LAE student debt reimbursement program; employer-paid CA Bar license and/or social work license fees; and 403(b) retirement plan with annual LAE contribution. LAE has a generous paid leave policy which includes sick leave, parental leave, compensation time, 20 holidays each year, and vacation (starting at 17 days and increasing after three years of employment).
We should not include application instructions or EEO statements.
Now produce HTML with headings only for sections we have content.
We need to decide which headings to use:
- About the role: combine intro + agency description.
- Responsibilities: duties & responsibilities.
- Requirements: minimum qualifications.
- Qualifications: extremely desirable + highly desirable.
- Skills: maybe bilingual? But we already put language under Qualifications. Could also put skills under Qualifications. But we have a Skills heading; we could put language skills there. However we already used Qualifications for both extremely desirable and highly desirable. Might be better to put language under Skills, and keep Qualifications for knowledge/experience. Let's think.
We have extremely desirable: bilingual language. That's a skill. So we can put that under Skills. Highly desirable: knowledge of landlord-tenant law, experience with administrative hearings, experience working with elderly/disabled/homeless, experience in non-profit. Those could go under Qualifications (or Requirements?). But Requirements already used for minimum qualifications. So Qualifications for highly desirable.
Thus:
About the role: intro + agency description.
Responsibilities: duties.
Requirements: minimum qualifications.
Qualifications: highly desirable (knowledge, experience).
Skills: bilingual.
Benefits: benefits package.
Pay: salary range.
Schedule: working conditions (evening/weekend, in-office, stress, culturally sensitive). Also union membership? Could be under Benefits? But union membership is a condition of employment, not benefit. Could be under Requirements? Not really. Could be under About the role? Might be better to include union membership under Benefits? It's not a benefit but a condition. However we have no heading for "Union". Could we include it under Benefits as a note? Might be okay to include under Benefits as part of compensation? But it's not a benefit. Could we add a section "Other"? Not allowed. Perhaps we can include union membership under Benefits as a bullet point? It's not a benefit but we could still include it there; risk of being inaccurate but maybe acceptable. Better to include under Requirements? Not really. Could we add a separate heading "Union"? Not allowed. The instructions say we should only use those headings; we cannot create other headings. So we must fit union membership into one of those headings. Where does it fit best? Perhaps under Benefits (as part of employment conditions). Or under About the role (as part of working conditions). But we already have Schedule for working conditions. Union membership is not schedule. Could put under Benefits as a note: "After successful completion of a 90 day probationary period, membership in the National Organization of Legal Services Workers becomes a condition of employment." That's not a benefit but we can still place it there; it's still substantive info. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can include union membership under Benefits as an extra bullet.
Alternatively, we could put union membership under Requirements? Not appropriate. Under Qualifications? Not appropriate. Under Skills? No.
Thus we will put union membership under Benefits.
Now schedule: we need to capture evening/weekend work may be required, in-office position, working with individuals during moments of extreme stress and instability, provision of culturally sensitive and empathetic services. That's schedule/working conditions.
Now we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. We have specific salary range.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
Join the Intake and Strategic Intervention team at Legal Assistance the Elderly (LAE)! We provide a vital service, serving tenants who are seniors or have disabilities and are threatened with losing their homes. Sixty percent of LAE’s clients face housing threats including terminations of subsidies, unlawful rent increases, denials of necessary modifications, extra-judicial evictions and harassment. As a member of this team, you will conduct intakes, advise clients on housing matters, provide services designed to resolve problems before they escalate, and represent clients at administrative hearings before the San Francisco Rent Board, the San Francisco Housing Authority, and the California Civil Rights Department. Approximately 90% of the work is housing related. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney who wants to make an immediate, concrete difference in clients' lives. Newly barred attorneys are encouraged to apply.
For over 47 years, LAE has provided free legal advice and representation to San Francisco’s seniors and adults with disabilities. Our mission is to protect and advance the right of San Francisco’s seniors and adults with disabilities to be housed, healthy, financially stable, and safe. Our primary practice areas are Eviction Defense/Housing Preservation, Income Support, Health Law, Financial and Physical Elder Abuse Prevention, Debt Collection Defense, Foreclosure Prevention, End of Life Planning and Conservatorship Defense. LAE is a friendly and collaborative work environment.
Responsibilities
- Conduct intake interviews with new clients, including home and hospital visits, when necessary
- Provide legal advice to tenants on housing matters
- Provide brief services, such as writing estoppel letters, requests for reasonable accommodations, and requests for repairs
- Represent clients at administrative hearings, including before the San Francisco Rent Board (unlawful rent increases), the San Francisco Housing Authority (subsidy terminations), and the California Civil Rights Department (housing discrimination)
- Work collaboratively with the team's supervisor, paralegal/client advocates, and reception staff to ensure clients are efficiently connected to the right services
- Provide legal support to Client Advocates and Paralegals
- Maintain accurate computerized client