Staff Attorney

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Staff Attorney

Duties: Represent low-income persons in a wide variety of family law problems, using a variety of methods, including community education, brief service, advice and referral, transactional work, negotiation, mediation, and litigation. Handle a mixed domestic relations caseload including divorce, separate maintenance, custody, juvenile court dependency, visitation, child support, alimony, contempt, legitimation, family violence protective orders, name change, birth certificate establishment, birth certificate amendment, domestication of foreign decrees, emancipation, QDROs, adoption, and temporary minor guardianship. Provide community education to low-income persons and are encouraged to participate in local bar and social service associations, and to provide support to various client organizations. Help staff the Family Law Information Center in the Fulton Superior Court.

Additional Information

Send a letter of application, resume, recent writing sample demonstrating ability to perform legal research and analyze a fact pattern, the names and contact information (including e-mail addresses) of three legal references, and an official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable, pending your order of an official transcript).

Company info

Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc
54 Ellis Street NE
Atlanta
Georgia
United States 30303
Website : http://www.atlantalegalaid.org/