Full-Time STAFF ATTORNEY – LONG TERM TEMPORARY POSITION – CORI & RE-ENTRY PROJECT
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 an attorney with 4 to 8 years of experience for a long -term, one-year temporary position starting October 1, 2024 through October 1, 2025. The attorney will work in the CORI & Re-entry Project to assist individuals before and after release from incarceration in sealing and expunging their criminal records, and advising them on their legal rights related to CORI in the context of job applications, job interviews, and occupational licensing. The attorney will assist with supervising students and AmeriCorps volunteers, help with CORI clinics, will have significant client contact and will work closely with community partners in person or by zoom and other means. The attorney will represent clients in court in criminal record sealing and expungement matters.
Qualifications: Massachusetts bar admission and legal experience assisting clients with criminal record sealing matters and supervising others on these matters is required. Past experience with low- income formerly incarcerated individuals, communities of color, and community re-entry and work training programs, as well as experience delivering community legal education presentations on CORI is preferred.
This position is for an attorney with 4 to 8 years of experience. Fluency in one or more languages in addition to English spoken by GBLS clients (such as Spanish, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Arabic, etc.) is helpful but not required.
Salary is based on a union scale with current annual salary between $80,000 to $86,000 for an attorney with 4 to 8 years of experience. GBLS offers a generous benefits package and a student loan repayment assistance plan for eligible attorneys.
Candidates should submit a letter of interest and resume to the Human Resources department via email at jo**@gb**.org. Please refer to job code: CORI-ATT-LTT when applying for this position. Deadline for applications is September 25, 2024 or until position is filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
GBLS values diversity and encourages applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
How to Apply
Candidates should submit a letter of interest and resume to the Human Resources department via email at jobs@gbls.org. Please refer to job code: CORI-ATT-LTT when applying for this position. Deadline for applications is September 25, 2024 or until position is filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.76 total views, 0 today