Temporary Staff Attorney

About the position

East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) is a non-profit legal services organization, the community-based clinical program for U.C. Berkeley Law School, and one of the Bay Area’s largest and most effective systems disrupters. With a dual service and teaching mission, EBCLC is a racial justice organization committed to building a culturally diverse workplace centered on equity. With about 70 staff, 100 law students a year, and a $10 million annual budget, EBCLC is the largest provider of free legal services in Alameda County, providing multimodal, collaborative, and holistic legal services to over 4,000 clients annually and engaging in legislative and policy advocacy at the state and local level. The Clean Slate Program’s Temporary Staff Attorney will provide representation and advocacy on behalf of low-income people who face economic barriers due to criminal convictions. The position requires a strong, self-directed legal advocate with excellent case management and organizational skills, experience in records remedies, a commitment to community lawyering, and a passion for working with low-income people impacted by the criminalization of poverty and contact with the criminal justice system.

Responsibilities

• Manage a high-volume caseload providing advice, counsel, and representation to people facing barriers to economic security following contact with the court system by filing for criminal record remedies in criminal court and seeking public and private criminal record corrections.
• Complete administrative tasks, including regularly updating the case management database and related tracking tools and issuing closing letters.
• Additional tasks as assigned by Supervisor.

Requirements

• J.D. degree and member of the California State Bar in good standing
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience representing clients in records remedies cases
• Excellent time management, priority-setting, and organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral advocacy skills
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently with minimal supervision

Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience providing legal services to low-income communities
• Bilingual skills in Spanish, Cantonese, or Mandarin

Benefits

• Fully paid health insurance (medical, dental, and vision) for employees and their dependents
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid leave (vacation, sick, and holidays)
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified health, dependent care, and commute expenditures
• Retirement options