Supervising Attorney: Eviction Prevention Program

Community Legal Services, Inc., (CLS) is a nonprofit law firm based in Prince George’s County, Maryland. We provide free legal representation, advice, and education to low-income and underserved individuals in various civil legal matters including eviction prevention, family law, domestic violence, wills and legacy planning, foreclosure prevention, and more. We are currently seeking to hire a full-time Supervising Attorney to supervise and manage attorneys and support staff within our Prince George’s County Eviction Prevention Program. This program operates out of the Prince George’s County District Court located in Hyattsville, Maryland. Through our Eviction Prevention Program, we provide low-income tenants with free same-day and extended scope representation in various cases including Failure to Pay Rent, Tenant Holding Over, Breach of Lease, Wrongful Detainer, and Rent Escrow cases.

The Supervising Attorney will be tasked with supervising attorneys and support staff, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the program, assigning cases to attorneys, reviewing data accuracy for grant reporting purposes, facilitating trainings and case-related guidance for staff, providing representation to tenants, and providing case support to Staff Attorneys. We are seeking a candidate who is self-driven and passionate about helping low-income and underserved individuals receive access to legal representation in their landlord/tenant matters. This position will require in-person court appearances, networking with housing advocates and other legal services providers, and attending community outreach events. This position is grant funded and contingent on funding. This is an in-person position.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Supervise staff attorneys and support staff to ensure high quality legal representation is provided to clients.
• Monitor substantive legal work of staff attorneys, and provide advice and guidance through mentoring and training.
• Review specific cases from a legal standpoint, as necessary, in order to provide guidance to intake personnel so that a determination can be made as to whether it would be appropriate for CLS to accept a particular case.
• Provide legal representation and advice to CLS clients. Representation may include providing same-day, extended, and/or limited-scope representation. Cases may include Failure to Pay Rent, Tenant Holding Over, Breach of Lease, Defensive Rent Escrow, Subsidy Termination, and Appeals.
• Periodically review legal databases to ensure client information is correct, and to ensure that cases are updated and closed whenever services are provided to clients.
• Assist with grant management and reporting which may include reviewing legal databases to ensure the accuracy of client reporting, writing grant reports, reporting on the number and types of cases handled, and the number of clients served, and assigning grant reporting duties to direct reports.
• Coordinate and attend trainings and community outreach events on behalf of CLS. Trainings may take place in the evenings and on weekends.
• Work with task forces, workgroups, and community partners to identify systemic barriers to legal services, and develop strategies to address these barriers.
• Provide additional court and clinic coverage as necessary and in partnership with other CLS programs.
• Perform additional duties as assigned and within the scope of the essential functions of the position.