About Legal Aid Center<\/u>:<\/p>\n
Since 1958, Legal Aid Center has been the primary legal safety net in the Southern Nevada community, assisting over 125,000 individuals in 2018. \u00a0Every day, Legal Aid Center changes the lives of vulnerable people in our community.\u00a0Our Children\u2019s Attorney Project represents 3,000 children in the foster care system.\u00a0 We give them a voice to ensure that they are not separated from their brother or sister in a foster home, are timely reunited with parents or grandparents, or adopted quicker, so that they are not traumatized by long stays in the foster care system.\u00a0Our Family Justice Project represents victims of domestic violence, providing them a legal lifeline to reclaim a life free from violence.\u00a0Our Consumer Rights Project assists seniors abused by predators targeting their assets. We also offer an incredible array of free legal classes, up to 40 a month, in partnership with the William S. Boyd School of Law. In addition to our dedicated staff of attorneys and legal professionals, we recruit and train lawyers in the legal community to join with us in accepting our cases on a pro bono basis.\u00a0 Lastly, we run legal \u201cemergency rooms\u201d at each of the courthouses, serving nearly 100,000 people in crisis each year at those centers alone. We developed all of these programs to meet the daunting challenge of providing legal help to the staggering population of Nevada residents who qualify for our services.\u00a0Every day, we make a difference in our community.<\/p>\n
Job Type: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n One-year Community Justice Fellowship<\/p>\n Schedule: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n August 1, 2020 thru July 31, 2021, full-time<\/p>\n Experience: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Recent JD to attorney with less than 3 years of experience<\/p>\n Deadline: September 27, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Description<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n The purpose of the Community Justice Fellowship is not only to assist\u00a0with the great unmet legal need at Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada but to expose the fellow\u00a0to the workings of a public interest law practice. The fellow will rotate through Legal Aid\u00a0Center\u2019s Project areas and be exposed to all areas of practice, from interviewing vulnerable\u00a0clients to processing cases to final resolution.<\/p>\n Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada will award a one-year Community Justice Fellowship to a\u00a0law student graduate, outgoing judicial law clerk, or attorney with less than 3 years of Application Instructions:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Applications are available here<\/a>.\u00a0 Preference will be given to a\u00a0member of a diverse group that is historically underrepresented in the practice of law and is\u00a0fluent in a language spoken in a local underserved community. Information on the fellowship\u00a0and Paul Padda Law can also be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Submit all materials in a single packet (except letters of recommendation being sent directly) via email<\/a> by midnight PST on September 27, 2019<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n Salary: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The fellow\u2019s compensation will equal a staff attorney\u2019s salary at Legal Aid Center of\u00a0Southern Nevada and will include health insurance, loan repayment assistance, and other legal
\npostgraduate legal experience who wants to work in a public interest law firm and learn how the\u00a0top legal aid in Nevada assists over 125,000 individuals a year. For more information, visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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