Neighborhood Legal Services

VOLUNTEER AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES @ NLS-LA

NLS-LA provides a wide range of volunteer opportunities for attorneys,
paralegals, secretaries, interpreters, translators, and other professionals.
We also actively seek and recruit student interns and volunteers, including law students,
graduate students, college students, and paralegal students.

For volunteer and internship information, including attorneys interested
in volunteer and pro bono opportunities, please call (818) 834-7585 or e-mail: volunteers@nls-la.org.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES @ NLS - LA

April 2010

Staff Attorney

Staff Attorney

December 2009

Development Director

Development Director

To apply:

Forward resume and cover letter with salary requirements to (no phone calls):

Thomas Harang, Director of Human Resources

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

1102 E. Chevy Chase Drive

Glendale, CA 91205 Fax: (818) 291-1790

E-mail: employment@nls-la.org

Position:	Staff Attorney – Medical Legal Community Partnership (MLCP)
Availability:	Immediate, position open until filled. Local travel required. Work Sites: South Los Angeles and Sun Valley
Salary:	$48,570-$75,963 Salary commensurate with experience and skill Excellent Benefits: choice of medical (one plan is 100% employer-paid) and dental plans, vision, life and disability insurance, 125 plan, 403b with employer contribution, LRAP, sick pay, vacation and 13 employer-paid holidays.
Duties and Responsibilities:	The Staff Attorney will be the central advocate at NLS-LA’s innovative and nationally recognized flagship Medical Legal Community Partnership (MLCP) program located at St. John’s Well Child and Family Health Centers in South Los Angeles and at the Northeast Valley Health Corporation Sun Valley Health Center. See http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clinic13-2010mar13,0,479347.story. MLCPs require advocates who can work effectively with medical personnel and in a medical environment to address the social determinants of health. The Attorney is expected to provide individual client assistance, policy advocacy, and work closely with community organizations. Advocacy may include civil litigation, administrative hearings, and/or policy work in substantive legal areas across multiple practice areas affecting poverty communities in Los Angeles including administrative law, housing & consumer law, employment, immigration, family law, community development, and health care.
Qualifications:	California Bar membership and bilingual verbal, reading and writing skills in Spanish required. Highly motivated attorney passionate about public service work, with sensitivity to those in crisis. Prefer someone with 1-5 years experience. Excellent writing, speaking and organizational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients, community organizations, attorneys, the judiciary and the public as well as capacity to supervise students. General poverty law background, understanding of issues relating to the delivery of health care, as well as experience working with community-based organizations and client groups strongly preferred.
Program Description:	Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS-LA) is one of Los Angeles County's leading public interest law offices and has been the primary legal aid program serving the San FernandoValley for 40 years and the San Gabriel, Pomona & Antelope Valleys since 2001. The NLS-LA staff of 100+, including 45 lawyers, provides legal assistance to low-income individuals, families and groups in the areas of family law and domestic violence, housing, health care, education, public benefits, economic and job development, immigrant rights, consumer rights, and environmental justice. The NLS-LA program offices are located in the cities of Glendale, Pacoima and El Monte.

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Position:	Development Director
Availability:	January 2010: The Development Director is based in the administrative office located in Glendale, CA. The Development Director is expected to regularly travel to other program offices and locations.
Salary:	$90,000 + Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include: choice of medical (one is 100% employer-paid) dental and vision plans, as well as, life and disability insurance, 125 plan, 403b with vested employer contribution, sick and vacation leave and 13 employer-paid holidays.
Duties and Responsibilities:	Primary responsibility for the development and oversight of an effective private donor solicitation strategy, as well as creation and implementation of a capital or endowment campaign. Administration of an existing $6 Million/year grant program including grantor relations, grant compliance and oversight of proposal development and preparation. Supervision of 2-3 person Development Office including database management and design/implementation of donor tracking and cultivation program. Provide counsel and advice to the Management and the Board of Directors on development issues.
Qualifications:	Innovative and creative person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Experience creating, administering and overseeing a private donor solicitation program for a non-profit organization. Knowledge of a capital or endowment campaign in a multi-cultural urban environment helpful. Some grant writing and grant oversight experience. Commitment to public interest work and social justice. Bilingual skills desired.
Program Description:	Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS-LA) is one of Los Angeles County's leading public interest law offices and has been the primary legal aid program serving the San FernandoValley for 40 years and the San Gabriel/Pomona Valleys since 2001. The NLS staff of 100+, including 45 lawyers, provides legal assistance to low-income individuals, families and groups in the areas of family law and domestic violence, housing, health care, education, public benefits, economic and job development, immigrant rights, consumer rights, and environmental justice. Program offices are located in Glendale, Pacoima and El Monte.

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