Full-Time STAFF ATTORNEY EVICTION DEFENSE – (2 Job Openings) HOUSING UNIT
Job Description
Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Accessible Employer and strives to ensure that our staff members reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) seeks two (2) attorneys with 0 to 7 years of experience preferred. The attorneys will work in the Housing Unit in litigation and eviction defense, representing tenants facing eviction.
The position may also include some of the full range of activities of the Housing Unit, including support of community organizing and tenants’ associations, advocacy on behalf of tenants living in public and subsidized housing, helping tenant organizations preserve affordable housing, shelter advocacy, and any other work of the Housing Unit. In addition to a substantial trial caseload (including jury trials), the work may include participation in legislative and administrative advocacy projects and impact litigation. Evening meetings at community organizations may be required.
Qualifications: Admission to or comity with the Massachusetts Bar, or those sitting for the July 2024 bar exam. Prior housing law and/or trial experience is preferred. Attorneys with lived experience of displacement or gentrification are encouraged to apply. This position is for an attorney with 0 to 7 years of experience preferred. Fluency in one or more of the languages in spoken by GBLS clients, such as Spanish or Haitian Creole, is helpful. Should funding for this position change, the attorney may be required to assume work in a different area of law within GBLS.
Salary is based on a union scale with a starting salary of $74,000 for an attorney with less than one year of experience to approximately $84,500 for an attorney with 7 years of experience. GBLS offers a generous benefits package, retirement contribution, a student loan repayment assistance plan for eligible attorneys, and generous PTO leave.
Candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and a brief writing sample to the Human Resources Department via e-mail at
jo**@gb**.org
. Please refer to Job Code: HU-ATT when applying for this position. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis after July 24, 2024. GBLS encourages applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to apply.
GBLS values diversity and encourages applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
How to Apply
Candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and a brief writing sample to the Human Resources Department via e-mail at jobs@gbls.org. Please refer to Job Code: HU-ATT when applying for this position. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis after July 24, 2024. GBLS encourages applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences to apply.62 total views, 0 today