- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Contract
- Department
- Legal
Description
Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a part-time Contract Attorney for its Family Law Clinic in Gwinnett County. Founded in 1924, our non-profit law firm represents low-income people in a variety of civil legal matters, including family, housing, consumer, public benefits, education, and health law in a five-county service area (Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett). The Gwinnett County Office currently consists of a Managing Attorney, an Intake Receptionist, seven Staff Attorneys, and five Paralegals.
Responsibilities: The attorney will advise and assist unrepresented litigants with completing pro se forms, but will not provide representation. The advice areas include divorce, separate maintenance, legitimation, custody, visitation, child support, alimony, contempt, family violence protective orders, name change, birth certificate amendment, domestication, and temporary minor guardianship.
Qualifications:
- Active member in good standing in the State Bar of Georgia Minimum of three years of relevant legal experience
- Excellent legal writing, analysis, advocacy, and work ethic are required
- Demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics or trial advocacy courses, familiarity with poverty law, previous work with low-income people, and an appreciation for diversity are strongly preferred
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening, and organizational skills
- Ability to balance compassion and pragmatism
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative, hybrid team model
- Proficiency in languages other than English, particularly Spanish, is highly valued