About the Legal Aid Justice Center:
The Legal Aid Justice Center is a nationally recognized, non-profit organization that partners with low-income clients and communities of color in Virginia to fight for racial, social, and economic justice. We understand that the harms our clients endure are inextricably linked to overarching systems of injustice. Together we are dismantling those systems through a combination of community organizing, litigation, policy advocacy, public relations, and individual legal services.
Founded in 1967, LAJC has offices in Charlottesville, Richmond, Petersburg, and Falls Church and provides services under six key program areas: Civil Rights & Racial Justice (focuses on the criminal legal system), Housing & Consumer Justice, Youth Justice, Health Justice & Public Benefits, Immigrant Justice, and Worker Justice. As examples of LAJC’s recent work, our lawsuit and organizing against the state forced reform of Virginia’s unemployment insurance system, including advocacy that resulted in the distribution of over $1 billion in illegally withheld payments to over 160,000 Virginians. During the pandemic, we demanded and secured a statewide eviction moratorium and emergency pandemic protections that helped hundreds of families avoid eviction. We reduced incarceration across the state, including reducing the population of a local immigration detention center down to historically low levels through a coordinated effort of organizing paired with impact and individual litigation. Our staff are on the front lines of some of the most important anti-poverty fights happening today.
With a staff of over 90, the past few years have been a time of exciting growth and opportunity for the organization. In addition to the growth of programmatic efforts including increased organizing capacity, LAJC has expanded its operations and administrative capacity, created new opportunities for professional growth and leadership among staff, engaged in ongoing race equity work, and explored changes to organizational structure to deepen its efforts to create long-term, sustainable, community-driven change.
LAJC’s latest strategic plan is available at https://www.justice4all.org/lajc-strategic-plan-2022-2026/#area d.
For more information about LAJC’s work and programs, visit www.justice4all.org.
About the Position:
The Legal Aid Justice Center seeks a Legal Assistant and Client Advocate for its office in northern Virginia. Legal assistants play an essential role in the day-to-day operations of LAJC. The Legal Assistant communicates with clients in Spanish and English, conducts intake, helps with case management and document preparation and translation, maintains calendars, organizes files, maintains our reception area, and other administrative tasks as assigned. The Legal Assistant position is conducted in person, 8:30 am-5:00 pm, Monday-Friday, with the potential for one remote workday weekly after onboarding is complete. This role is a hybrid role that also includes duties related to client advocacy. LAJC’s Client Advocates communicate with clients to support their understanding of LAJC’s advocacy work, assist them in completing the intake process, and ensure they are up to date on what is happening with their case. Both our Legal Assistants and Client Advocates are members of our Administrative Team, whose mission is to promote justice and reduce poverty across Virginia by acting as a bridge between LAJC’s staff members and its client community and managing the details that keep LAJC’s offices running smoothly. This role may evolve over time to include specialized program intake services and support.
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