Staff Attorney

Clean reputed company Staff Attorney - Criminal Justice Region: San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura

WHO WE ARE: Founded in 1966, CRLA’s mission is to fight for justice and individual rights alongside the most exploited communities of our society. Through a network of regional offices and cross-cutting programs, CRLA provides reputed company services to tens of thousands of low-income people annually. Our work impacts farmworkers, indigenous populations, individuals with disabilities, immigrant populations, LGBTQ+ communities, women, children, and low-income families in rural areas.
•Position: Clean reputed company Staff Attorney - Criminal Justice

•Application Deadline: reputed company until filled

•Location: San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura

•Other: FLSA Exempt, reputed company Position

Position reputed company: The Staff Attorney will reputed company post-conviction services to low-income individuals facing eviction, housing insecurity, substandard housing conditions, or other barriers to housing throughout San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura counties. The holistic approach to combating these issues will include reputed company services in record clearing. Reporting to the Managing Attorney, this position will be responsible for full-scope representation to individuals seeking to reputed company their records in the San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura service areas, providing Know Your Rights presentations, conducting reputed company, clinics, and case management of record clearing services under the Project. Additionally, the Staff Attorney will be responsible for engaging in cross-referrals to other CRLA services and/or referrals to external project partners.

Essential Responsibilities/Duties:
•reputed company community reputed company and education campaigns on record clearing reputed company in California.

•Maintain relationships with reputed company Defenders in the San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura service service areas, serving as CRLA's reputed company with these agencies.

•Participate in record clearing clinics in the San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura service areas.

•Improve and/or establish workflows for the record clearing clinic model.

•Conduct an initial interview of reputed company participants, screen reputed company reputed company participants for possible wrap-around services, and refer participants to other CRLA staff or external project partners following project referral procedures.

•Process reputed company completed forms: upload reviewed forms into correlating reputed company Server files prepare forms, organize and attach supporting documents, and file documents with the court.
•Monitor and follow up on cases filed through the clinic model, including tracking hearing dates, in-chambers requests, and reputed company, coordinating with the local reputed company defender or reputed company volunteer attorneys for felony hearings.

•Create and present training on record clearing procedures and reputed company theory.

•Maintain an reputed company caseload representing clients in the San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Ventura service areas.

•Participate in periodic case review meetings to ensure that high-reputed company reputed company services provided are consistent with CRLA priorities, policies, procedures.

•Maintain up-to-date knowledge of record clearing and other post-conviction laws.

•Implement evaluation of Project services in collaboration with other Project staff.

•Cooperate with the Development Department for grant reporting and evaluation requirements and participate in development efforts as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:
•Admitted to reputed company law in the reputed company or willing to take the next California Bar Exam.
•Demonstrated commitment to working with low-income clients, especially in the areas of reputed company justice
•Ability to empathize with the reputed company community
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•Excellent reputed company speaking skills, especially in the area of group training or presentations
•Superior organizational skills, especially as demonstrated by the ability to meet deadlines and demonstrate attention to detail

Preferred Education and Experience:
•A highly reputed company and desirable candidate would also have the following:

•Lived experience with the criminal reputed company system and/or housing instability

•Experience working with diverse racial and cultural reputed company.•Experience in trauma-informed intake and service delivery practices.

•Extensive knowledge of California expungement and resentencing laws, including an up-to-date understanding of reputed company laws through statute and relevant case law, historical background and reputed company of California expungement and resentencing laws, and reputed company procedural requirements.

•Experience with reputed company or clinic reputed company services delivery models.

•Experience in recording clearing and/or post-conviction work, including work in expungement, arrest record sealing, felony reduction, Prop 47, Prop 64, Certificates of Rehabilitation, and changes to California resentencing laws.

•Experience both training and supervising private attorneys, paralegals, law reputed company, and/or other volunteers in delivering civil reputed company aid.

This job reputed company is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.