Description:
Job Description:Staff Attorney III may either be a staff attorney for a clinical program or a free-standing program. Staff Attorneys working within a clinical program will have primary responsibility for cases not completed during a semester and for providing legal representation during the summer months or any other time that the College of Law is not in session.
Staff Attorneys for free standing programs will have primary responsibility for a reasonable case load related to their particular grant. Staff Attorneys must maintain data regarding outcomes and monitoring for grant reporting.
The Staff Attorney III assists the Clinic Faculty, and the Clinic Coordinator in the operations and management of their particular program.
Essential Functions (Responsibilities):
- Supervising program case dockets.
- Supervising intake process for potential new clients.
- Performing legal consultations for potential new clients.
- Representing legal clinic clients.
- Supervising the maintenance of all programmatic client communications, verbal and written.
- Drafting motions/petitions/briefs/memos.
- Appearing on behalf of clients in court hearings and proceedings.
- Supervising Staff Attorney I and II in direct representation and community outreach tasks.
- Supervising legal fellows in direct representation and community outreach tasks.
- Supervising case work of students in clinical programs (including new students and advanced students).
- Providing community education to populations served.
- Teaching a small number of clinic seminar classes under the supervision of clinical faculty.
- Assisting Clinic Faculty in development of funding strategies and working with University Development Office.
- Writing grant applications and reports for program funding.
- Working with the Director of Clinical Programs and clinical faculty and staff to identify, develop, and sustain productive community partnerships and on additional office-wide initiatives and projects.
- Works with the Director of Clinical Programs and clinical faculty and staff to identify, develop, and sustain clinic operations.
Required Qualifications:
Knowledge/Skill/Ability
Equivalent Education/Experience
- For non-immigration-based positions: in-depth knowledge of Oklahoma law and procedure.
- For immigration-based positions: Expertise in immigration law, especially humanitarian and family-based cases.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite and case management software.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excellent Legal research and writing skills.
- Juris Doctorate.
- 7 to 10 years of related experience required.
- Multi-cultural lawyering with inherent bias-awareness required.
- Fluent in Spanish preferred.
- For non-immigration related positions: Must be licensed to practice law in the State of Oklahoma.
- For immigration related positions: Must be licensed to practice law in any state, preference for Oklahoma.
- Public speaking skills.
- Knowledge and adherence to the rules of professional responsibility.
Special Job Dimensions:
This position involves working with people's highly sensitive, confidential, and often traumatic information. One is advised to take proper self-care in this position.
Overnight travel for hearings may occur.
Note: The essential job functions and associated qualifications contained in this document describe the general nature and level of the work performed. They are not intended to represent an exhaustive listing or be inclusive of all aspects of the job. The tasks and procedures involved in the performance of the essential job functions may vary from day-to-day. Major changes in areas of responsibility may occur, as directed by management, and will require revision of this job description.