Full-Time ATTORNEY – (2 PERMANENT Positions) EVICTION DEFENSE – 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 attorneys with 0 to 5 years of experience preferred. The attorneys will work in the Housing Unit in litigation, and eviction defense representing tenants who are facing eviction. The position may also include some of the full range of activities of the Housing Unit, including support for tenants who live 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 may be required.
Qualifications: Admission to or comity with the Massachusetts Bar is strongly preferred and admission to the bar is a requirement of the job; law graduates who are sitting for the July 2023 bar will be considered. Prior housing law and/or trial experience is preferred. Attorneys with lived experience of displacement or gentrification encouraged to apply. Fluency in one or more of the languages in addition to English spoken by GBLS clients, such as Spanish or Haitian Creole, among others, 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 $72,000 for an attorney with no experience to approximately $79,500 for an attorney with 5 years of experience. GBLS offers a generous benefits package, retirement contribution, a student loan repayment assistance plan for eligible attorneys, and generous Paid Time Off leave.
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 Team via e-mail at jobs@gbls.org. Please refer to Job Code: HU-ATT when applying for this position. Deadline for application is August 4, 2023 or until position is filled.64 total views, 0 today