Paralegal/Administrative Assistant (Housing Law) - Public Law Center
Santa Ana, CA 92701
About the Job
About Public Law Center
Founded in 1981, The Public Law Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free legal services to low income residents and other nonprofits in Orange County. Last year, Public Law Center staff and volunteers provided over 65,000 hours of free legal services in handling over 4,500 cases benefiting low-income children, adults and seniors. The estimated value of this work is roughly $60 million in just the past three years. Our services include counseling, individual representation, community education and strategic policy advocacy and impact litigation to challenge societal injustices.
About the role
The Public Law Center (PLC)'s Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit seeks an energetic, passionate advocate to join our team in fighting for justice for low-incomer residents of Orange County through innovative, collaborative, community-centered lawyering to address inequities and pursue access to affordable housing. PLC's Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit provides high quality direct representation to tenants in cases involving unlawful detainer, discrimination, harassment, housing voucher disputes, affordable housing advocacy and other issues related to housing in Orange County. The Unit also participates in community education, local and statewide advocacy, and community-based intake clinics.
What you"ll do
- Conduct initial client intakes, including legal issue-spotting, conflict check, and eligibility determination in eviction defense, discrimination, habitability, subsidized housing cases (including, but not limited to, Section 8), and other issues arising in landlord/tenant relationships
- Perform general case management, including, without limitation, correspondence, preparation of documents and legal forms, inspection of housing units, legal research and hearing preparation, in individual and impact cases
- Provide administrative and organizational support in community education efforts
- Under attorney supervision, convey legal information and approved legal advice
- Assist with interpretation and translation for staff and volunteer attorneys as needed
- Provide general administrative support to the office, filling in where needed
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- High school diploma or the equivalent required
- Bachelors Degree or Paralegal Certificate preferred
- Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Vietnamese required
- 1-3 years' work experience as a paralegal or legal assistant preferred
- Experience in landlord/tenant law preferred
- Demonstrated commitment to working with low-income communities preferred
- Strong oral and written communication skills required
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently and as part of a team required
- Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel and Outlook required, willingness to learn other software programs
- Must have own transportation, valid CA Driver's license, insurance and good driving record
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless the applicant has a valid medical reason for not being fully vaccinated or a sincerely held religious belief preventing vaccination
- Compensation dependent on experience; range of $24.00/hour to $26.00/hour
- Monthly Bilingual Pay Premium upon successful completion of an oral and/or written test
- Competitive benefits provided
The pay range for this role is:
24 - 26 USD per hour(Annex)
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Source : Public Law Center