Staff Attorney (Family Law)

Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a full-time Staff Attorney to provide family law consultations both in office and onsite at the Justice Resource Center (“Fulton JRC”) in the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta, and in the DeKalb Family Law Information Center (“DeKalb FLIC”) in Decatur, Georgia.

Responsibilities :

• Advising and assisting unrepresented litigants with completing pro se forms, but not providing legal representation.
• Advice areas include divorce, separate maintenance, legitimation, custody, visitation, child support, alimony, contempt, family violence protective orders, name change, birth certificate amendment, domestication, and temporary minor guardianship.

Qualifications :

Salary and Benefits :

Application Requirements :

Submit a letter of interest, resume, writing sample (advice letter, legal memorandum or brief), official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable pending your order of an official transcript), and the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work) with a brief statement as to the connection to the applicant, as one (1) PDF using our online application system at the following link : Atlantalegalaid.org / jobs.  Only applications with all requested documents will be considered for an interview.

Your application will be acknowledged. No phone calls, please. For technical difficulties in submitting your application, please email career@atlantalegalaid.org .

ALAS considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.