Role OverviewThe Staff Attorney will provide legal assistance to veterans, including initial interviewing, giving brief advice and counsel, and providing full-scope representation to clients before the Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Discharge Review Boards, and Boards for Correction of Military Records.
What You Will Do
Provide brief legal advice and case assessment as well as full-scope representation to veterans in need of legal assistance with VA benefits claims and military discharge upgrades, review and develop evidence, conduct legal research and draft legal briefs, represent clients at hearings, and perform in-depth research and prepare written materials.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have experience with or sensitivity to the needs of clients who are unhoused, trauma survivors, experience mental health symptoms, and/or live with disabilities, and a commitment to the mission of Swords to Plowshares.
Requirements
- Juris doctor from an ABA-accredited law school
- Active bar membership in the United States
- Experience with or sensitivity to the needs of clients who are unhoused, trauma survivors, experience mental health symptoms, and/or live with disabilities
Benefits
- 100% employer-sponsored medical, vision, acupuncture, dental coverage and more
- Employee Assistance Program: 20 mental health counseling appointments available to all employees, regardless of Full-time status, at no cost to employees
- 403(b) retirement plan immediate enrollment
- Generous annual paid time off: 10 days, 13 paid holidays, and 17 vacation days available the first year!
- Access to third party legal benefits, employee discount program, pet insurance, and Commuter Benefit
- 1-hour paid lunch period, professional development reimbursements, and annual education allowance available to all employees
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