Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Legal Aid has positions open for full-time staff attorneys in its St. Joseph office.  These positions will be assisting clients with a variety of cases, including consumer, housing, and family law.  These positions offer a sign-on bonus of $2,000, $1,000 paid when an offer is accepted and $1,000 paid after the applicant completes a successful 6 months of employment, a monthly $100 stipend for any ...read more

Legal Aid seeks a full-time staff attorney for its Public Benefits Unit to provide legal representation to people with public benefit issues regarding Medicaid, Food Stamps, and Temporary Assistance.  The attorney will also handle cases involving unemployment benefits, stimulus issues and guardianships.  The attorney in this position will represent clients in administrative, judicial and ...read more

Legal Aid seeks a full-time paralegal to assist attorneys in the Consumer Protection Unit at Central Office in Kansas City, Missouri.  The paralegal will assist with our CARES Act hotline related to economic impact payments and other applications for legal services in the consumer protection context.  This position interviews applicants for legal services and presents potential cases to the ...read more

Legal Aid seeks a full-time staff attorney to provide legal counsel and courtroom advocacy on behalf of women and children who are victims of domestic violence in an eighteen-county area in Northwest Missouri. Preference is given to applicants with experience or a demonstrated commitment to service in the area of domestic violence or general domestic relations, including Circuit and Juvenile Court ...read more

Legal Aid is seeking a full-time Grant Writer.  This position works under the supervision of the Grants Manager and Director of Development.  The Grants Writer maintains and expands funding for the organization by managing existing grants, applying for new grant opportunities, and building and/or maintaining relationships with the local philanthropic and legal communities.  Legal Aid of Western ...read more

Legal Aid of Western Missouri is seeking an Information Technology Director.  This position is responsible for the implementation and support of Information Technology platform for Legal Aid of Western Missouri.  This person will develop and implement a plan for the operations of the infrastructure, systems and cloud services necessary to support the needs of the law firm. This person requires ...read more

The Community Economic Development Unit of Legal Aid of Western Missouri is seeking a full-time attorney in one of its satellite offices in Kansas City, Missouri. The attorney will work with inner-city neighborhood associations and local non-profit community development corporations on targeted inner-city community improvement initiatives. This position will focus heavily on real estate ...read more

Legal Aid of Western Missouri is seeking a full time staff attorney in the Warrensburg, Missouri office.  This position is focused primarily on family case issues, with a focus on alleviating the effects of domestic violence.  The Staff Attorney for Legal Assistance for Victims will represent victims of domestic violence in domestic cases, including dissolutions of marriage, custody, ...read more