Staff Attorney

LEGAL AID OF WESTERN MISSOURI
Kansas City, Missouri School-based attorney
 
Legal Aid seeks a full-time staff attorney for its Justice in the Schools project. This project is funded by the Local Investment Commission (LINC) and this person will be primarily based out of the LINC offices.
 
The attorney will be providing free civil legal services for qualifying clients in a variety of legal areas including eviction defense and family law. The ideal individual will be comfortable interacting with school district families and staff members.
 
This position will require occasional outreach and the facilitation of legal presentations.
 
The qualified candidate must have the following:

• Missouri Bar License
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Flexibility
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Desire and commitment to assist in the delivery of high-quality legal assistance to low-income people
• Experience in housing and family law is a plus.

 
Legal Aid of Western Missouri offers a professional and friendly work environment with integrity as our guiding principle. We are an equal opportunity employer with recruitment efforts focused on ensuring a diverse workforce. As with all job openings at Legal Aid, second language proficiency in a language commonly spoken by Legal Aid's clients or potential clients, including but not limited to Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Somali or Dinka will be viewed favorably in our hiring decision for this job. The ability to speak in a second language, however, is not a requirement for this job.
 
Benefits: Medical & dental, life, vision, long & short-term disability insurances; 401K/match and retirement plans, paid vacation, sick & holidays; flexible spending account, parking reimbursement; paid CLE and Bar dues and professional development; qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness; and eligible to apply for loan repayment assistance through Legal Service Corporation's Loan Repayment Assistance Program.
 
Please submit resume, three professional references, and cover letter on-line at https://lawmo.org/careers/current-openings/.
 
LAWMO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Those applicants requiring accommodation to the interview/application process should contact the Human Resources Department at eoc@lawmo.org.