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Location: Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: May 14
Description
| AmeriCorp Legal Aid Associate | ||||
| Employer: | Massachusetts Legal Assistance for Self-Sufficiency Program | Function: | AmeriCorp Legal Aid Associate | |
| Job type: | Volunteer | Country: | United States | |
| Industry: | Non Profit, Law and Legal Assistance | |||
| The Massachusetts Legal Assistance for Self-Sufficiency Program will place 28 college graduates as AmeriCorps members in participating legal services organizations throughout Massachusetts. Members will work under professional supervision in providing legal assistance to low-income people in civil (non-criminal) matters. Members will be exposed to a wide range of legal assistance activities beginning with initial client contact and eligibility determinations, to case development, negotiation, hearing and appeal. The following civil law areas are commonly practiced in participating legal services organizations: - Housing - Domestic Relations/Domestic Violence - Education - Income Maintenance and Health Benefits - Legal Problems of Elders - Immigration - Community Group Representation AmeriCorps members will also conduct legal education and outreach activities, as well as developing volunteer resources for their legal service organization. Members will have defined responsibilities for completing training, conducting case activities, and fostering volunteerism. This is an eleven month program scheduled to begin in early September, 2008. All positions are contingent on approval of grant funding. Eligibility Requirements - At least 17 years of age - U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or lawful permanent resident alien of the U.S. Qualifications - A college degree - A commitment to obtaining justice for poor people - The desire to work with a diversity of low-income people - Developed oral and written communication skills - Interest in obtaining a law degree - Proficiency in a non-English language used by clients is desirable Benefits - a $17,000 taxable living allowance, paid bi-weekly - health benefits - an educational award in the amount of $4,725 - day care assistance, if eligible - hands-on, supervised exposure to the practice of law - the opportunity to change lives, using the law Sponsorship The Legal Assistance for Self-Sufficiency Program is a project of South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc., a private non-profit law firm providing legal assistance in civil matters at no charge to eligible low-income clients. The Program is funded through the Corporation for National and Community Service, and administered through the Massachusetts Service Alliance. Ad provided by Idealist.org |
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