Staff Attorney

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Staff Attorney
DUTIES: Work collaboratively with others to identify the most important problems that impact victims, their families, and their communities. Engage with clients and victim services providers to identify and seek individualized and systemic solutions to institutional barriers to preventing and addressing the adverse consequences of victimization, protecting and preserving access to basic needs, such as housing, income, and security. Train victim services providers to spot legal issues and refer appropriate cases. Identify and engage with persons and groups that experience special barriers to accessing civil legal services, including immigrants, limited English speaking persons, seniors, people experiencing homelessness, veterans, children, and people with disabilities. Engage with prosecutors, U.S. Attorneys, and assistant attorney general to identify cases for co-counseling or cross-referral. Engage with law enforcement, first responders, and mandatory reporters to develop identification and referral criteria for victim of crime cases. Develop collaborative working relationships with a statewide network of advocates addressing similar and related issues throughout the state; participate in advocacy task forces or work groups to address systemic issues that arise in the context of crime victimization. Utilize NJP’s case management and timekeeping systems and comply with all applicable regulatory requirements and reporting needs. Help identify and develop on-line resources for use by attorneys and/or unrepresented litigants on crime victim rights and consequential legal impacts arising from being a victim of crime. Support the work of partners including the volunteer lawyers, private attorneys, other legal aid providers and interested parties and organizations addressing the legal needs of crime victims.

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