Description:
Job Summary: The Tax & Economic Justice Staff Attorney focuses on seeking justice for our low-income clients needing assistance with resolving tax issues with the IRS within our Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. The Staff Attorney is responsible for legal representation from intake to closure of cases in accordance with program goals and outcomes.The staff attorney will work with other program staff, interns, and volunteer attorneys to serve clients and accomplish program goals. Finally, this position is also responsible for Preventive Legal Education Workshops (PLEWs), presenting continuing legal education (CLE) courses, and other legal education events.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Represent and counsel the Clinic's clients within the Tax & Economic Justice program area
- Carry the Clinic's key messaging to internal and external parties
- Complete various assigned projects, including priorities identified by the Director of Tax & Economic Justice
- Assist with the development of annual functional area priorities
- Work with Development staff to provide work to and supervise volunteers and interns
- Work with members of other functional areas to lead preventive legal education workshops (PLEW), continuing legal education (CLE) courses, and other education events
- Engage in outreach to the community to raise awareness of tax and economic assistance provided by the Clinic
- Participate in staff, department, 1:1 and team meetings
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Demonstrated passion for working with the homeless, poor, and marginalized
- Growing knowledge of the civil legal issues facing the marginalized including, but not limited to, laws related to tax issues
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with a broad range of people
- Ability to listen carefully and combine swift decision-making with calm discretion
- Ability to be creative and develop innovative solutions to problems
- Self-starter and collegial worker
Credentials And Experience:
- Four-year degree from an accredited college or university
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
- Licensed and registered to practice law in the state of Indiana
- Prior experience working in the areas of law listed above and experience in a poverty law setting with diverse populations
- A high level of cultural competency will be heavily weighted