Description:
About the Job:Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Staff Attorney for the General Law Unit, located in Downtown Atlanta. The General Law Unit provides advice and representation to persons in Fulton County in a variety of legal matters, including tenant protection, benefits (income and healthcare), consumer protection, and public school education. The unit is currently staffed by a managing attorney, three staff attorneys, and one support paralegal.
Attorneys in the GLU represent low-income persons in a wide variety of civil law problems, using a variety of methods, including full representation, brief service, advice and referral, transactional work, negotiation, and mediation. A significant part of this position entails litigation. The attorneys handle a mixed caseload, including housing, consumer, employment, health, public benefits, and education law issues. Attorneys provide community education to low-income persons and are encouraged to participate in local bar and social service associations.
Qualifications:
- Active member in good standing in the State Bar of Georgia (strongly preferred), or eligible to sit for the next Georgia Bar exam.
- 3-5 years of experience is preferred.
- Demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics or trial advocacy courses, familiarity with poverty law, and previous work with low-income people are strongly preferred.
- Strong work ethic and adaptability.
- Excellent legal writing and oral advocacy skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening, and organizational skills.
- Ability to balance compassion and pragmatism.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative, hybrid team model, with an appreciation for diversity.
- Proficiency in languages other than English is highly valued.
Salary and benefits:
- The full-time salary is $61,000 per year for a new attorney (recently admitted to the Georgia Bar) and may be higher depending on relevant legal experience. The salary for a new attorney pending admission to the Georgia Bar is $56,000 per year and will be adjusted upon admission to the Georgia Bar. Salaries are reviewed and adjusted annually, depending on funding.
- Generous fringe benefits, including 18 paid holidays in 2025, 6 weeks of paid time off (accruing at 2.5 days per month) in the first two years, and 6 weeks of parental leave (12 weeks after one year).
- Individual health insurance, including optional dental and vision coverage, with partial payment for dependent health insurance.
- Life, long-term, and short-term disability insurance.
- Salary reduction option for a flexible spending account.
- Educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month (after a set off of other loan reimbursement amounts).
- Voluntary tax-sheltered annuity with 3% match.
- State Bar of Georgia dues and CLE expenses.
- This position may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the U.S. Department of Education.
- Legal Aid offers a hybrid work schedule that allows staff to work 2 days remotely, subject to management approval, professional obligations, and a probationary employment period.