Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Pro Bono Paralegal to work in our Downtown, Atlanta, Georgia office, with occasional travel to our other offices and for clinics and events in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties. Our nonprofit represents low-income persons in a variety of civil legal matters including family, housing, consumer, public benefits, education and health law. Our firmwide Pro Bono team plans, develops, manages, coordinates and supports pro bono projects that span Legal Aid’s five-county service area. Legal Aid Pro Bono currently comprises a Director of Pro Bono, a staff attorney, and a paralegal, and is expanding!
Responsibilities:
- Coordinating, developing, and supporting new and current pro bono projects and clinics
- Identifying and supporting staff, volunteer and community partner needs
- Case intake/management including conducting initial client intakes and interviews
- Entering data into and retrieving data from our database, including preparing reports
- Gathering, reviewing, organizing, and scanning documents
- Providing clients with information and advice under the supervision of an attorney
- Monitoring and responding to email and website volunteer inquiries
- Occasional travel within our five-county service area to our other offices and for clinics and events in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties
- Other tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
- Degree or certificate in paralegal studies is preferred but not required
- Strong work ethic, adaptability, and resourcefulness
- Highly responsive and enjoy working with volunteers
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening, writing and organizational skills
- Patience, compassion, people skills, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative, hybrid team model, with an appreciation for diversity
- Eagerness to learn and openness to feedback
- Demonstrated commitment to public service and previous work with low-income people are strongly preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, with a willingness to learn other software
- Notary public or willingness to obtain certification
Salary and Benefits:
- The salary is $50,000, depending on work 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, and long 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
- 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; 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.