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Staff Attorney

Description: 

Full Time Staff Attorney – ILS Indianapolis branch office. The Indianapolis branch office provides a full range of civil services to clients in areas such as family, consumer, housing, health, income maintenance and employment. The full-time staff attorney will be a generalist with emphasis on family law practice. The Indianapolis branch office also provides services through special projects serving seniors, Hispanics, homeless persons, victims of predatory mortgage lending, and economic development groups.  Special grants support the Military Assistance Project, the Immigration and Language Rights Project, the Horizon House Legal Clinic and the Medical Legal Partnership. The Heartland Pro Bono District office is co-located with the ILS Indianapolis branch office. 

As part of the branch office, the staff attorney will provide legal assistance to clients who reside in a seventeen (17) county service area, including Indianapolis. ILS, of which the Indianapolis branch office is a part, is a statewide, not-for-profit organization that provides free legal services to eligible clients in civil cases through eight (8) branch offices.  ILS is funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), five (5) United Ways, twelve (12) Area Agencies on Aging and approximately fifteen (15) other funding sources including foundations, community development block grants, law firms, corporations and individuals.

 

Requirements: 

This position requires excellent oral and written communication skills, negotiation skills, litigation skills and the ability to work as a team member.  Knowledge of poverty law is preferred.  Experience in providing services to poor people is preferred.  Diverse economic, social, and cultural experiences are preferred.  A second language is preferred.  The staff attorney must be admitted to practice law in Indiana, admitted in another state and eligible for reciprocity in Indiana or qualified to sit for the next bar examination in Indiana.  

To Apply: 

Please send a resume, list of three (3) references with addresses and telephone numbers, law school transcript and legal writing sample to Norman P. Metzger, Executive Director, Indiana Legal Services, Inc., 151 North Delaware Street, Suite 1850, Indianapolis, IN 46204 and to Stephen Byers, the managing attorney of the Indianapolis office located at suite 1800, Market Square Center, 151 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Deadline: August 15, 2014 or until filled. 

Information

Submission Deadline: 
August 15, 2014
Organization Information: 
Market Square Center
151 N Delaware Street Suite 1850
Indianapolis, IN 46204
United States
Phone: 3176311395