Benefits/Perks
- Community Impact
- Supervision Experience
- Flexible Hours
- Great team
Job Summary
We are seeing a Family Attorney to join our legal clinic. In this role as Family Law Attorney Supervisor you will oversee and guide our family law legal team. The ideal candidate will provide legal expertise, mentorship, and strategic direction while ensuring high-quality consultation and representation for clients. This role combines leadership, case oversight, and some direct legal work analysis, making it a key contributor to our mission of delivering exceptional family law services. If you are a self-starter with experience in family law, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
Team Supervision and Leadership: Provide supervision, mentorship, and guidance to junior attorneys, paralegals, and support staff. Oversee caseloads to ensure legal strategies align with best practices and ethical standards. Conduct regular team meetings to review case progress, address challenges, and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
Case Management and Oversight: Review legal documents, including pleadings, motions, and settlement agreements. Offer strategic advice on complex family law matters, such as divorce, custody, support, and property division. Monitor case outcomes to ensure high-quality client representation.
- Client Advocacy: Provide guidance on caseload of high-priority or complex family law cases. Assign representation to clients in court, mediation, or arbitration. Provide legal advice and develop case strategies that meet clients' individual needs.
- Compliance and Quality Assurance. Ensure adherence to legal and ethical standards in all casework and team activities. Stay updated on family law legislation and case law to inform practice and training. Assist in developing and implementing policies and procedures to improve legal services. Seek opportunities to expand legal support to the community.
Training and Development. Conduct weekly meetings for team members on family law topics and legal procedures. Support professional development by identifying training opportunities and providing performance feedback
Qualifications
- Community minded with at least 3-5 years' experience in practicing, consulting and representing the underserved and under-represented.
- Successful completion of a Juris Doctor (J.D. degree) from an accredited law school and bar exam
- Active member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
- Ability to represent both plaintiffs and defendants
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite
- Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Ability to collaborate with colleagues to best serve clients
Work Schedule and Compensation
- Part-time: Flexible hours 2-3 days a week 8- 16 hours per week
- Competitive hourly or salary compensation based on experience.
- Need for remote and in-office presence as needed.
Flexible work from home options available.
Founded in 2003, Community Advocates for Family & Youth (CAFY) was established to minimize the impact the judicial had on children. CAFY build on the founder’s passion to help children who through no fault of their own had to provide testimony in the adult court.
Later, in 2005, when a public safety officer asked a volunteer at the Sexual Assault Center at the Prince George’s County Hospital if something could be done for the crime victims who were not receiving treatment at the hospital, CAFY’s victim services began. That volunteer was Arleen B. Joell, Founder and Executive Director of CAFY. The non-profit she formed in 2003 as a result of her passion and that encounter has evolved to the point that the organization was recently described by a highly respected County activist as a victim’s “social emergency room”.
Since gaining its official nonprofit incorporation in 2005, CAFY has been the only dedicated community-based victim service provider supporting PGPD. The nonprofit she formed started servicing sexual assault victims referred by the Prince George’s Police Department (PGPD). More than ten years later, CAFY serves all victims of crime and has been lauded by State and Local officials for the work done for the citizens of Prince George’s County. CAFY now serves Prince George’s County Police Department along with the Cities of Laurel, Greenbelt and Bowie Police Departments.
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