Description:
Job Description: The ideal candidate will be able to:- Provide professional representation to assigned clients;
- Attend hearings and appearances as scheduled;
- Provide support and leadership to assigned legal team;
- Evaluate cases and provide case strategies and/or solutions to legal issues;
- Perform legal research and prepare pleadings, propound discovery, prepare legal memoranda and/or briefs;
- Analyze facts, patterns and complex legal issues to provide sound legal advice;
- Prepare and file documents with courts and relevant agencies
Qualifications:
Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation and persuasion skills;
- Knowledge and proficiency in basic typing skills and computer applications such as MS Office;
- Ability to handle a high-volume caseload, multiple deadlines, and other tasks simultaneously;
- Excellent organizational skills;
- Detail oriented;
- Ability to work with minimal supervision;
- Superior client service skills;
- Perform legal research and prepare legal memoranda and/or legal briefs;
- Analyze facts, patterns and complex legal issues to provide sound legal advice;
- Ability to handle and maintain confidential information.
Required:
- J.D. degree and must be licensed to practice law in the U.S;
- Admitted to practice law in Texas;
- 1-3 years of work experience as a licensed attorney.
Preferred:
- Able to speak, read, and write Spanish fluently;
- Two years of experience in civil and/or criminal law;
- Experience in working with victims of trauma (domestic violence, family violence, sexual assault or human trafficking);
- Demonstrated multi-cultural skills and sensitivity;
- Experience working with immigrant community.
