Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Job Summary: includes description. Could be "About the role" section.
Representative Tasks: list of duties -> Responsibilities.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: could be Skills (or Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities). Could be separate sections: Skills, Requirements, Qualifications. The posting includes Minimum Qualifications, Licensing/Registration/Certification Requirements, Location, Salary and Benefits.
We need to map to allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
- About the role: we can put the Job Summary paragraph(s) describing role, organization, etc.
- Responsibilities: Representative Tasks list.
- Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications and Licensing/Registration/Certification Requirements? Or Requirements could be minimum qualifications.
- Qualifications: maybe the combination of education/training/experience? But we have both Requirements and Qualifications; we need to differentiate. Could put Minimum Qualifications under Requirements, and Licensing/Registration under Qualifications? Or vice versa. The instructions: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use any of those as appropriate. We need to avoid filler.
We have content for:
- About the role: yes.
- Responsibilities: Representative Tasks list.
- Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (six year combination, at least two years representing people in evictions/public benefit, law degree, etc.)
- Qualifications: Licensing/Registration/Certification Requirements (Admitted to practice law in Maine or ability to waive). Also maybe "Knowledge of a spoken language in addition to English is preferred but not required." That could be Skills? Actually language is a skill.
- Skills: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities list (commitment to economic and racial justice, knowledge base, problem-solving, etc.) Also includes computer programs, Salesforce experience helpful.
- Benefits: Health and dental insurance, employer-paid life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement accounts with employer contribution, vacation time, sick time, paid holidays.
- Pay: Salary range $68,000 – $82,000.
- Schedule: Location hybrid, expectation to work some days from Portland or Augusta, flexibility remote, travel throughout service area expected. That's schedule/location info. Could be Schedule section.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience" as heading content. But we can include Pay section with salary range.
We must not include Schedule if it's just location? The posting says "Location: This is a hybrid position. There is an expectation to work some days from Portland or Augusta with flexibility to work some remotely as well. Travel throughout the service area should be expected, as well as to court hearings, statewide trainings and meetings." That's schedule/location specifics, so we can include Schedule.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no markdown fences.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
Thus each section:
Section Title
then either prose or
- items.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can combine similar items.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. None present.
Now craft sections.
About the role: combine Job Summary and organization description.
Job Summary: "Maine Equal Justice (MEJ) is seeking an attorney to join our team. This position may be filled at either the Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney level, depending on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. Title and compensation will be commensurate with experience. The attorney will provide civil legal representation to low-income Maine residents with a focus on eviction defense and public benefits matters. This position will work with MEJ paralegals on resolving cases and will be responsible for supervising the collaborative case work. In addition to direct representation, the attorney is responsible for supporting MEJ’s systemic advocacy through impact litigation and legal support on administrative advocacy with state agencies and legislative advocacy. The attorney is also responsible for co-leading community outreach, trainings, and education on housing rights and public benefits to increase access to legal services by eligible individuals. Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization located in Augusta, Maine that represents the interests of people with low income in the state legislature, before the courts and administrative agencies, and through outreach and education in the community. Maine Equal Justice works to increase economic security, opportunity, and equity in Maine, ensuring that people can access adequate health care, food, income security, and higher education and training."
We can put that as prose
.
Responsibilities: Representative Tasks list (bullet points). Need to preserve each task.
List items:
- Handle legal work in an organized and timely manner in accordance with MEJ relevant ethical and professional responsibilities;
- Develop special expertise on tenant rights and housing-related matters and public benefit programs and serve as a resource for program staff and volunteers in this area;
- Represent clients at eviction court assistance projects across multiple courthouses and handle cases before state agencies, state courts, and federal court;
- Accept cases consistent with program priorities and funder requirements;
- Maintain client files with clear notes on progress and next steps so that other staff can provide coverage during leave or in an emergency;
- Ensure that all work-related communications (including correspondence and email) are handled with adherence to confidentiality standards in a professional manner;
- Act as a valued contributor and supportive colleague to other members of the Legal Services Team and to the organization as a whole;
- Collaborate with paralegals to determine next steps, needed documents, provide legal assessment and collaborate on client communication on shared cases;
- Update or develop client education materials in plain language for use by the general public within areas of focus;
- Identify and communicate effectively with individuals seeking legal assistance, including people in crisis and those who are at risk because of cultural, racial, medical or communication barriers (including those with limited English proficiency, who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, who are blind, or visually impaired, those who are illiterate or have low literacy levels, and those with mental health challenges);
- Work with and provide legal support to MEJ community organizing and policy staff, and other community partners to identify opportunities for litigation as part of broader advocacy efforts;
- Support the policy team with drafting legislation and commenting on agency rulemaking to ensure that MEJ’s policy efforts are legally enforceable.
We need to keep the semicolons? Probably okay as part of text.
Now Requirements: Minimum Qualifications.
Minimum Qualifications: "A six (6) year combination of education, training, and/or experience in working on issues that affect low-income people, including direct client contact. At least two (2) years representing people in evictions and/or public benefit matters. Knowledge and experience of the legal system and substantive and procedural law. Law degree required. Knowledge of a spoken language in addition to English is preferred but not required."
We can put as list.
Now Qualifications: Licensing/Registration/Certification Requirements.
"Admitted to practice law in Maine or ability to waive in under the Maine Bar Admission Rules."
Also maybe "Knowledge of a spoken language in addition to English is preferred but not required." but that's already in Minimum Qualifications; we could keep it there.
We'll put Licensing as list.
Now Skills: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities list.
Items:
- Commitment to and clear analysis of economic and racial justice and the ability to incorporate that analysis into their work.
- Strong knowledge base in tenant rights and eviction defense and other housing-related matters.
- Ability to build a strong knowledge base and expertise in the areas of tenant rights, eviction defense and other housing-related matters, and public benefit law and policy.
- Knowledge of additional programs and resources throughout the state that provide services or benefits to low-income people.
- Ability to evaluate a community member’s issues and concerns (sometimes beyond what they indicate that they are calling about) and make appropriate referrals.
- Strong problem-solving skills and professional judgment, including the ability to recognize when to seek guidance or support.
- Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and ability to research through statutes, program manuals, and/or consulting with appropriate experts.
- Strong organizational and case-management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, track next steps, and ensure timely follow-through on client matters.
- Ability to work in a collaborative, rapid-paced environment, including communicating proactively and reliably with clients and colleagues about responsibilities, availability, and follow-through.
- Ability to work sensitively and respectfully with individuals/families with low income.
- Demonstrated cultural humility and ability to communicate effectively and respectfully across differences, including experience or comfort working with interpreters and people with limited English proficiency.
- Ability to work with a variety of individuals in coalition and as a team, including seeking and providing support and contributing reliably to shared work.
- Commitment to ethical practice, accountability, and applicable professional responsibilities.
- Knowledge of computer programs including Microsoft Office and G-Suite.
- Salesforce experience is helpful but not required.
We can put as list.
Now Benefits: list.
- Health and dental insurance are provided, with premiums and deductibles mostly covered by the employer, as well as employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance.
- MEJ offers retirement accounts with an annual employer contribution.
- Generous vacation time (five weeks in the first year of employment).
- Generous sick time.
- 14 paid holidays per year.
Now Pay: salary range.
"The salary range for this role is $68,000 – $82,000, commensurate with experience and final title."
We can put as prose
.
Now Schedule: location/hybrid/travel.
"This is a hybrid position. There is an expectation to work some days from Portland or Augusta with flexibility to work some remotely as well. Travel throughout the service area should be expected, as well as to court hearings, statewide trainings and meetings."
We can put as prose.
Now ensure we don't include any filler like "commensurate with experience" inside Pay section? It's okay as it's part of the salary description. The instruction: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". That refers to headings with filler content. So if we have a Pay heading, we must have substantive content; we have salary range, which is substantive. The phrase "commensurate with experience" is part of the sentence but not the whole content; it's okay.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's construct:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Qualifications
- Admitted to practice law in Maine or ability to waive in under the Maine Bar Admission Rules.
Skills
- ...
...
Benefits
- ...
...
Pay
The salary range for this role is $68,000 – $82,000, commensurate with experience and final title.
Schedule
This is a hybrid position. There is an expectation to work some days from
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Thus each section:
Section Title
then eitherprose or
- items.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can combine similar items.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. None present.
Now craft sections.
About the role: combine Job Summary and organization description.
Job Summary: "Maine Equal Justice (MEJ) is seeking an attorney to join our team. This position may be filled at either the Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney level, depending on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. Title and compensation will be commensurate with experience. The attorney will provide civil legal representation to low-income Maine residents with a focus on eviction defense and public benefits matters. This position will work with MEJ paralegals on resolving cases and will be responsible for supervising the collaborative case work. In addition to direct representation, the attorney is responsible for supporting MEJ’s systemic advocacy through impact litigation and legal support on administrative advocacy with state agencies and legislative advocacy. The attorney is also responsible for co-leading community outreach, trainings, and education on housing rights and public benefits to increase access to legal services by eligible individuals. Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization located in Augusta, Maine that represents the interests of people with low income in the state legislature, before the courts and administrative agencies, and through outreach and education in the community. Maine Equal Justice works to increase economic security, opportunity, and equity in Maine, ensuring that people can access adequate health care, food, income security, and higher education and training."
We can put that as prose
. Responsibilities: Representative Tasks list (bullet points). Need to preserve each task. List items: - Handle legal work in an organized and timely manner in accordance with MEJ relevant ethical and professional responsibilities; - Develop special expertise on tenant rights and housing-related matters and public benefit programs and serve as a resource for program staff and volunteers in this area; - Represent clients at eviction court assistance projects across multiple courthouses and handle cases before state agencies, state courts, and federal court; - Accept cases consistent with program priorities and funder requirements; - Maintain client files with clear notes on progress and next steps so that other staff can provide coverage during leave or in an emergency; - Ensure that all work-related communications (including correspondence and email) are handled with adherence to confidentiality standards in a professional manner; - Act as a valued contributor and supportive colleague to other members of the Legal Services Team and to the organization as a whole; - Collaborate with paralegals to determine next steps, needed documents, provide legal assessment and collaborate on client communication on shared cases; - Update or develop client education materials in plain language for use by the general public within areas of focus; - Identify and communicate effectively with individuals seeking legal assistance, including people in crisis and those who are at risk because of cultural, racial, medical or communication barriers (including those with limited English proficiency, who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, who are blind, or visually impaired, those who are illiterate or have low literacy levels, and those with mental health challenges); - Work with and provide legal support to MEJ community organizing and policy staff, and other community partners to identify opportunities for litigation as part of broader advocacy efforts; - Support the policy team with drafting legislation and commenting on agency rulemaking to ensure that MEJ’s policy efforts are legally enforceable. We need to keep the semicolons? Probably okay as part of text. Now Requirements: Minimum Qualifications. Minimum Qualifications: "A six (6) year combination of education, training, and/or experience in working on issues that affect low-income people, including direct client contact. At least two (2) years representing people in evictions and/or public benefit matters. Knowledge and experience of the legal system and substantive and procedural law. Law degree required. Knowledge of a spoken language in addition to English is preferred but not required." We can put as list. Now Qualifications: Licensing/Registration/Certification Requirements. "Admitted to practice law in Maine or ability to waive in under the Maine Bar Admission Rules." Also maybe "Knowledge of a spoken language in addition to English is preferred but not required." but that's already in Minimum Qualifications; we could keep it there. We'll put Licensing as list. Now Skills: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities list. Items: - Commitment to and clear analysis of economic and racial justice and the ability to incorporate that analysis into their work. - Strong knowledge base in tenant rights and eviction defense and other housing-related matters. - Ability to build a strong knowledge base and expertise in the areas of tenant rights, eviction defense and other housing-related matters, and public benefit law and policy. - Knowledge of additional programs and resources throughout the state that provide services or benefits to low-income people. - Ability to evaluate a community member’s issues and concerns (sometimes beyond what they indicate that they are calling about) and make appropriate referrals. - Strong problem-solving skills and professional judgment, including the ability to recognize when to seek guidance or support. - Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and ability to research through statutes, program manuals, and/or consulting with appropriate experts. - Strong organizational and case-management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, track next steps, and ensure timely follow-through on client matters. - Ability to work in a collaborative, rapid-paced environment, including communicating proactively and reliably with clients and colleagues about responsibilities, availability, and follow-through. - Ability to work sensitively and respectfully with individuals/families with low income. - Demonstrated cultural humility and ability to communicate effectively and respectfully across differences, including experience or comfort working with interpreters and people with limited English proficiency. - Ability to work with a variety of individuals in coalition and as a team, including seeking and providing support and contributing reliably to shared work. - Commitment to ethical practice, accountability, and applicable professional responsibilities. - Knowledge of computer programs including Microsoft Office and G-Suite. - Salesforce experience is helpful but not required. We can put as list. Now Benefits: list. - Health and dental insurance are provided, with premiums and deductibles mostly covered by the employer, as well as employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance. - MEJ offers retirement accounts with an annual employer contribution. - Generous vacation time (five weeks in the first year of employment). - Generous sick time. - 14 paid holidays per year. Now Pay: salary range. "The salary range for this role is $68,000 – $82,000, commensurate with experience and final title." We can put as prose
. Now Schedule: location/hybrid/travel. "This is a hybrid position. There is an expectation to work some days from Portland or Augusta with flexibility to work some remotely as well. Travel throughout the service area should be expected, as well as to court hearings, statewide trainings and meetings." We can put as prose. Now ensure we don't include any filler like "commensurate with experience" inside Pay section? It's okay as it's part of the salary description. The instruction: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". That refers to headings with filler content. So if we have a Pay heading, we must have substantive content; we have salary range, which is substantive. The phrase "commensurate with experience" is part of the sentence but not the whole content; it's okay. Now we need to output only HTML fragment. Let's construct:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Qualifications
- Admitted to practice law in Maine or ability to waive in under the Maine Bar Admission Rules.
Skills
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Pay
The salary range for this role is $68,000 – $82,000, commensurate with experience and final title.
Schedule
This is a hybrid position. There is an expectation to work some days from
- items.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can combine similar items.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. None present.
Now craft sections.
About the role: combine Job Summary and organization description.
Job Summary: "Maine Equal Justice (MEJ) is seeking an attorney to join our team. This position may be filled at either the Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney level, depending on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. Title and compensation will be commensurate with experience. The attorney will provide civil legal representation to low-income Maine residents with a focus on eviction defense and public benefits matters. This position will work with MEJ paralegals on resolving cases and will be responsible for supervising the collaborative case work. In addition to direct representation, the attorney is responsible for supporting MEJ’s systemic advocacy through impact litigation and legal support on administrative advocacy with state agencies and legislative advocacy. The attorney is also responsible for co-leading community outreach, trainings, and education on housing rights and public benefits to increase access to legal services by eligible individuals. Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization located in Augusta, Maine that represents the interests of people with low income in the state legislature, before the courts and administrative agencies, and through outreach and education in the community. Maine Equal Justice works to increase economic security, opportunity, and equity in Maine, ensuring that people can access adequate health care, food, income security, and higher education and training."
We can put that as prose