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Supervisory Attorney (Public Benefits- Veterans Rights)

Description: 

For more than 50 years the Legal Aid Chicago (formerly LAF) has provided people living in poverty in metropolitan Chicago with comprehensive free legal services to resolve non-criminal issues. Each year, Legal Aid Chicago’s more than 80 full-time attorneys and staff help resolve civil legal problems, including public benefits issues, domestic violence, consumer fraud, and unfair evictions. Our work impacts over 30,000 people each year. Position Legal Aid Chicago seeks a full-time attorney to serve as a Supervisor in our Public Benefits Practice Group. The Practice Group provides individual legal representation and engages in broad-based advocacy in the areas of public benefits from the Illinois Department of Human Services, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. The Veterans Rights Project not only assists veterans and their families in obtaining benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs and discharge upgrades from the military branches but also directly provides and coordinates other civil legal services (Children and Family, Consumer, Housing and Immigration and Workers Rights) for veterans and their families.

Responsibilities include, without limitation
• Supervise the legal work of staff attorneys, paralegals, law students, volunteers, and others, in our Veterans Rights Project;
• Co-counsel cases as part of staff development and be responsible for training staff and overseeing their professional development;
• Maintain a caseload of individual cases; • Engage in advocacy designed to have a lasting, measureable effect on our client community;
• Engage in community outreach addressing issues affecting veterans and their families;
• Work with Legal Aid Chicago External Relations to manage grants within the Veterans Rights Project including reporting on the outcomes and meeting the requirements of funders;
• Work with Legal Aid Chicago External Relations to identify new funding sources and contribute to funding applications: and • Work closely with other supervisors in IWR to meet the supervisory needs of the group.

Requirements: 

Qualifications Applicants must be licensed to practice law in the state of Illinois, and have at least five years of legal services or general civil practice experience. Experience working directly with veterans, people with disabilities, and people with limited income highly desired. Spanish language proficiency preferred. Applicants must be highly collegial and willing to work in an interdisciplinary manner with all Legal Aid Chicago staff. Spanish proficiency required. Driver’s license required.

To Apply: 

Send a cover letter, resume, and the contact information for two professional references to resume@legalaidchicago.org Please type “Supervisor Veterans Rights Project: PB Practice Group” in the email subject line. This position will remain open until filled.

Legal Aid Chicago is firmly committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age religion, marital or parental status, alienage, disability, political affiliation or belief, military or military discharge status, or ex-offender status. Applicants who have experiences with our client communities are encouraged to apply.

Information

Submission Deadline: 
November 11, 2019
Organization Information: 
Legal Aid Chicago
United States