Student Law Clerks

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Student Law Clerks

The candidate will support representation of low-income clients across our practice areas, including family law, estate planning, probate, nonprofit, and small business law, with supervision from our staff attorneys and pro bono partners. Do extensive, substantive legal work in our various legal services departments (Family Law is our biggest and fastest growing), including legal research and document drafting, from trial memos, witness exams, motions, correspondence, to other pleadings. Draft transactional legal documents for estate planning, nonprofit, and business clients. Have direct client communication during intake consultations, in-person meetings, phone conferences, trials, and while conducting day-to-day correspondence. Use cloud-based workflow management system to manage yourself and your projects in coordination with the rest of the office. Use quality controls to ensure excellence across programs, including extensive policies and procedures, templates, checklists, and other internal systems and resources. Law student, paralegal student, or undergraduate student in good standing. Comfort working with all kinds of people. Commitment to public interest law and access to justice.

Additional Information

Submit a cover letter, resume, unofficial transcript (if available), three references, and a short writing sample.

Company info

The Commons Law Center
810 NW Marshall St, 300
Portland
Oregon
United States 97209
Website : https://thecommonslawcenter.org