Job Description

Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Staff Attorney to work in its Grady Medical Legal Partnership.

Our non-profit law firm represents low-income people in a variety of civil legal matters, including family, housing, consumer, public benefits, education, and health law. The Grady MLP is a community-based, medical-legal partnership between Atlanta Legal Aid and the Grady Health System, a level 1 trauma center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The Grady MLP aims to improve the health and well-being of underserved Georgians by coordinating services to address legal, social, and economic conditions threatening their health. The MLP is currently staffed by one part-time staff attorney and one paralegal who report to the managing attorney of the Decatur office. Work is performed at Grady Hospital in downtown Atlanta and in the Decatur office. In the future, the Grady MLP may become part of the Health Law Unit of Atlanta Legal Aid, which has an interim managing attorney, a staff attorney, and two support staff. The Grady MLP represents clients in a variety of civil law problems, including public benefits and health insurance, disability-related issues, poor housing conditions, and family law matters. The MLP also coordinates with and trains doctors, social workers, and other health care professionals; recruits and trains volunteer attorneys; works with students in law, medicine, social work, public health, and bioethics; and participates in task forces and committees of other service providers. 

The Staff Attorney oversees and performs the work of the Grady MLP, collaborating with medical providers to identify patients in need of civil legal aid and provides direct legal services to those patients. The Staff Attorney completes client intake and provides referrals, advice, brief service, or representation in a variety of civil legal matters affecting clients’ health including public benefits, health insurance, access to appropriate support services, disability rights, poor housing conditions, loss of housing, end of life planning, family law, and consumer law. The Staff Attorney also performs regular outreach and education for patients and medical providers. 

Qualifications:  

• Active member in good standing in the State Bar of Georgia.
• Minimum of three years of relevant legal experience.
• Applicants should have courtroom/litigation experience or a desire to develop those skills.
• Strong work ethic and adaptability.
• Excellent legal writing and oral advocacy skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening, and organizational skills.
• Ability to balance compassion and pragmatism.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative, hybrid team model, with an appreciation for diversity.
• Eager to learn and open to feedback.
• Demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics or trial advocacy courses, familiarity with poverty law, and previous work with low-income people are strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in languages other than English is highly valued.

Salary and Benefits:

• The salary is $65,350 , depending on experience. Salaries are reviewed and adjusted annually, depending on funding.
• Generous fringe benefits, including 18 paid holidays in 2025, 6 weeks of paid time off (accruing at 2.5 days per month) in the first two years, and 6 weeks of parental leave (12 weeks after one year).
• Individual health insurance, including optional dental and vision coverage, with partial payment for dependent health insurance.
• Life, long-term, and short-term disability insurance.
• Salary reduction option for a flexible spending account.
• Educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month (after a set off of other loan reimbursement amounts).
• Voluntary tax-sheltered annuity with 3% match.
• State Bar of Georgia dues and CLE expenses.
• This position may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the U.S. Department of Education.
• Legal Aid offers a hybrid work schedule that allows staff to work 2 days remotely, subject to management approval and a probationary employment period.

Application Requirements:
Submit a letter of interest, resume, writing sample (advice letter, legal memorandum or brief), official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable pending your order of an official transcript), and the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work) with a brief statement as to the connection to the applicant, as one (1) PDF using our online application system at the following link: Atlantalegalaid.org/jobs. Only applications with all the requested documents will be considered for an interview.

Your application will be acknowledged. No phone calls, please. For technical difficulties in submitting your application, please email [email protected] .

ALAS considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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Full time, Temporary work, Interim role, Work at office, Remote work, Flexible hours,

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