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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $73k - $104k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1966

⚖️ Legal

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Legal • Non-profit • Social Impact

California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. is a nonprofit legal services organization that provides civil legal aid and community lawyering to low-income and rural residents across California. Founded in 1966, CRLA represents clients and conducts outreach on issues including housing (evictions, Section 8), employment, public benefits, education, and immigration-related matters, and operates hotlines, local offices, multilingual resources, and pro bono partnerships to prevent homelessness and enforce rights. The organization focuses on impact litigation, direct representation, and systemic advocacy to advance justice for farmworkers, veterans, families, and other underserved communities in rural California.

📋 Description

• Provides legal services to low-income clients and client groups, including advice, negotiation, litigation, and administrative advocacy • Reviews and supervises the work product of Community Workers and Clerical support staff • Undertakes statewide impact activity, including institutional and group litigation or community economic development • Develops leadership in working with community, client, and advocacy groups related to statewide impact issues • Develops specialized knowledge in a substantive area of poverty law • Acts as a resource for other staff through participation in at least one CRLA task force • Coordinates advocacy through collaboration with human services providers, non-profit organizations, and advocacy groups • Participates in CRLA training programs, local office case reviews, staff meetings, and other CRLA activities • Provides community education regarding legal rights and prepares presentation materials • Works with members of the private bar as necessary • Maintains contemporaneous time records in the CRLA case management system • Maintains a good working relationship with office staff • Performs other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Admitted to practice law in the State of CA or willing to take the next CA Bar Exam • Demonstrated commitment to working with low-income clients • Excellent written and verbal communication • Able to meet deadlines and perform multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail • Good people skills and ability to maintain positive relations with a diverse population • CRLA requires all employees to be Fully Vaccinated, defined as a CDC-approved COVID vaccination and one booster shot • Experience working with low-income families and communities (preferred) • Experience in a non-profit legal services environment (preferred) • Prior experience in legal services and additional language ability relevant (preferred) • Bilingual (English & Spanish) (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, vision, life, and short & long-term disability insurance for employees • Up to 50% dependents coverage • 401K retirement plan with CRLA contribution effective immediately • Some professional dues paid by CRLA (Bar Fees) • Up to $8,000 law school Loan Reimbursement Assistance Program (LRAP), if qualified • 15 days of sick leave • 15 holidays each year • Vacation accruing at 15 days for the first year of service and 20 days after one year of service at CRLA • Union position • Fully remote work arrangement • Family-friendly environment