Staff Attorney
Staff Attorney
Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response (STAR)
New Orleans, LA
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Position Description: The primary duty of the Staff Attorney is to provide legal assistance and representation to sexual assault survivors. This position will provide sexual assault victims with comprehensive legal consultations, representation and referrals; practice areas include privacy, safety, employment, education, housing, financial compensation including public benefits, criminal justice system advocacy, and/or other legal needs that arise from a sexual assault.
Classification: 40 hrs/wk (Full-Time/Exempt)
Reports to: Managing Attorney
Supervises: Legal Interns (as requested)
Home Office: New Orleans Branch
Position Duties
- Provide sexual assault victims with comprehensive legal consultations, representation and referrals; practice areas include privacy, safety, employment, education, housing, financial compensation including public benefits, criminal justice system advocacy, and/or other legal needs that arise from a sexual assault
- Conduct safety plans with all survivors
- Connect survivors with additional services throughout the community as needed
- Attend court, return client calls, and draft legal documents as needed
- Participate in weekly check-in meetings to discuss new legal requests
- Attend branch meetings as available
- Attend meetings with community partners as needed
- Maintain compliance requirements for continuing legal education
- Assist in developing grant reports as required by funders.
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Seniority level
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Employment type
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Job function
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Industries
Individual and Family Services
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