September 4, 2009

Attorney Needed

Attorney opening in Stroudsburg office. Practice areas include family, consumer, administrative and landlord/tenant cases. See "jobs" at www.northpennlegal.org.  Resumes accepted until position filled. Prefer two years experience. PA Bar required.

Reply to resumes@northpennlegal.org, or HR Manager, North Penn Legal Services, 329 Market St., Williamsport, PA 17701. Ref. 082709Str

EOE

Attorney Needed

Attorney opening in Towanda office. Practice areas include family, consumer, administrative and landlord/tenant cases. See "Jobs" at www.northpennlegal.org.  Resumes accepted until position filled. Prefer two years in practice. PA Bar required.

Reply to resumes@northpennlegal.org, or HR Manager, North Penn Legal Services, 329 Market St., Williamsport, PA 17701. Ref. 070709TOW

EOE

Maryland Legal Aid
Chief Counsel

Maryland Legal Aid is a private, non-profit law firm providing free legal services to low-income people in Baltimore City and throughout Maryland's 23 counties from 13 office locations. Legal Aid is an independent, 501(c)3 charitable organization with diverse funding sources, including federal, state and local governments, the United Way, foundations, law firms and individuals, and other private sources. Our current annualized operating budget is approximately $23 million.

Legal Aid’s mission is to provide high quality legal services to Maryland’s poor through a mix of services and to bring about the changes poor people want in the systems that affect them. The Chief Counsel directs the substantive work of Legal Aid and is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality legal services, meeting client needs through an innovative, aggressive, client-centered and thoughtful advocacy program.

High priority roles and responsibilities for the Chief Counsel include:

1. With the Executive Director and the Chief Operating Officer, providing overall management oversight of the functions of Legal Aid and the allocation of resources to achieve the organization’s objectives.

2. With the Executive Director and the Chief Operating Officer, leading key efforts of Legal Aid’s periodic, strategic and other long-term planning efforts, including, but not limited to, needs assessments studies.

3. Overseeing the direct service delivery of Legal Aid’s offices to ensure high quality legal representation of clients.

4. Evaluating and guiding the legal practices of Legal Aid’s offices.

5. Developing effective systems to deliver services and ensure their utilization as well as adherence to established standards of practice.

6. With advocacy staff, establishing and maintaining Legal Aid’s advocacy policies, procedures and priorities.

7. Supervising and evaluating Chief Attorneys and the Director of Advocacy.

8. Consulting with the Director of Advocacy and other staff, on an as-needed basis, on non-routine advocacy efforts, including complex appeals and policy advocacy. Approving decisions to undertake major litigation.

9. Working with the Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Program Development & Compliance, and Director of Resource Development to identify potential funding sources, develop proposals, and prepare periodic reports on services rendered, based upon Legal Aid’s priorities and careful analysis of its resources and client needs.

10. With Legal Aid staff, coordinating interaction and partnerships with other legal services providers, community organizations and/or other collaborators. Helping to foster and maintain relationships with the Bench, the Bar, community organizations, governmental entities, and schools of law.

The successful Chief Counsel will:

1. Be passionate about the mission of Legal Aid and demonstrate a commitment to providing legal services to low income and elderly persons.

2. Possess 5 – 10 years of leadership and management experience, preferably in legal services.

3. Have prior involvement in significant litigation and advocacy.

4. Have knowledge of technology as it relates to the practice of law and services to clients.

5. Value diversity and be culturally competent.

6. Possess excellent communications skills.

7. Be an effective leader and member of a program team.

8. Be a creative, innovative, risk-taking advocate.

9. Have a LL.B. or J.D. degree, plus at least ten years experience as an attorney, five of which should have been in legal services.

10. Be admitted to the Maryland Bar or be eligible for and willing to take the first available bar examination.

Salary: $100,000 and up depending upon experience

Location: 500 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Benefits Include: Pension Plan, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Dental Insurance, Short-term disability and Vacation, Sick, and Holiday Leave.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. In order to receive full consideration, however, candidates are urged to submit their materials before May 1, 2009. Interested candidates should submit a letter expressing in detail why they are interested in the position of Chief Counsel of Maryland Legal Aid, as well as what they believe they can contribute to the future of the organization and client community. The letter should be accompanied by a current resume, writing sample of five to ten pages which exemplifies their advocacy efforts, and names and contact information for three references.

Materials should be submitted electronically to Phillip Stillman, Chief of Human Resources, pstillman@mdlab.org  in Microsoft Word format.

Maryland Legal Aid is being assisted in the search by Patricia Pap, Executive Director, Management Information Exchange, 617-556-0288, ppap@m-i-e.org. Candidates with questions about the position or process are encouraged to contact her.

MARYLAND LEGAL AID IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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