Staff Attorney - Jackson - Legal Services of South Central Michigan
Job Type: Legal ServicesLegal Services of South Central Michigan (LSSCM) has an opening for a staff attorney in its Jackson office.
LSSCM provides free legal services to very low income and senior persons in 13 counties in south-central Michigan. LSSCM also provides statewide legal services through two programs – Farmworker Legal Services, which provides services to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers; and the Michigan Poverty Law Program, which provides state support services to all the local legal aid and legal services programs in the state. LSSCM has a full time staff of about 60 people in eight offices.
The staff attorney will do service and impact work, as a generalist but with an emphasis on family law, in Hillsdale and Jackson Counties.
Applicants should be licensed to practice law in Michigan or be eligible to take the bar examination at the next opportunity, and should demonstrate a commitment to the low income community. Experience at a legal services office preferred; experience in housing, family or public benefits law preferred. Salary is from $37,000, depending on experience. Unionized program; excellent fringe benefits.
LSSCM is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage minority and disabled persons and women to apply.
Send resumes to:
Karen Lewthwaite, Managing AttorneyLegal Services of South Central Michigan
540 N. Jackson Ave.
Jackson, MI 49201
klewthwa@umich.edu
URL: Date Posted: 2008/11/07
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