Staff Attorney-Veterans Issues (William Booth Legal Aid Clinic)

Position Summary

The Staff Attorney will assist the Clinic Director in providing legal services to Military Veterans and other clients throughout Metropolitan Detroit in practice areas ranging from criminal law to consumer rights, family law, landlord-tenant disputes, veterans benefits, and more. This position will be designated to handle Military Veterans in addition to working with other clients, staff members, and interns in office settings, court proceedings, and various outreach programs. The Staff Attorney will not maintain any form of outside practice and will not represent private clients or take any new clients without Director's approval. There is no requirement for billable hours and a healthy work-life balance is encouraged.

Essential Responsibilities

• Bring hope, dignity, and justice to low-income veterans and other vulnerable Metro-Detroit residents through free legal assistance and community legal education.
• Provide legal assistance ranging from advice and brief service to full representation before administrative agencies and state trial courts.
• Appear in court and serve clients out in the community through targeted outreach events.
• Gain professional growth through a variety of responsibilities including acting as the point person for Veteran clients and issues, interviewing and providing legal advice to clients, drafting and reviewing legal documents, conducting legal research and analysis, representing clients in court proceedings, negotiating settlements and agreements, preparing and filing legal documents with the court, attending hearings, depositions, mediations, and other meetings, maintaining client confidentiality, communicating with clients, internal staff, and others to ensure cases are handled appropriately, prioritizing and managing a high volume of files with a great attention to detail and under strict deadlines, performing quality control reviews of documents and staff work, demonstrating proficiency in inputting and maintaining information into a case management system to ensure data integrity, providing supervision for law student interns and externs, assisting in all educational roles, assisting in developing, implementing, and adjusting WBLAC’s outreach strategies, representing The Salvation Army William Booth Legal Aid Clinic at specific outreach functions, assisting in fundraising for and promoting the WBLAC, and assisting and supporting the Clinic Director, as necessary.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Be a member in good standing of the State Bar of Michigan with an interest in issues affecting Military Veterans.
• Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: Maintain strict confidentiality, Ability to work independently, Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Certificates And Licenses: Complete Safe From Harm and keep current as required, Must have a current valid driver’s license and pass the Salvation Army Motor Vehicle Record check (MVR).