Supervising Attorney

Description

Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio (LASCO)’s mission is to provide civil legal aid and advocacy to overcome unfairness and injustice, reduce poverty, and increase opportunity. LASCO has a long-standing history of being committed to searching out the patterns, causes of, and solutions to the repetitive and fundamental legal problems facing low-income Ohioans and pursuing the legal recourse needed to address those problems. Since 1966, our organizations have helped thousands of Ohio’s poor obtain and keep housing, secure public benefits, worked with families to gain and maintain economic stability, and helped domestic violence survivors to live free of fear and abuse and to obtain the resources needed to sustain themselves and their children. 

LASCO is actively seeking a dedicated professional Supervising Attorney to provide support to our Chillicothe office. In collaboration with the Managing Attorney, you will be responsible for directly supervising staff, reviewing and closing cases, collecting, maintaining and reporting data, community education, assisting in identifying and pursuing funding, ensuring that impact and other projects are completed and continuing to manage your own case and impact work.

Are You Someone Who:

• Is dedicated to improving the lives of low-income individuals in our communities?
• Enjoys helping clients triumph over adversity?
• Is motivated, professional and thrives within a collaborative, team-driven environment?
• Believes successful resolution can be reached beyond traditional litigation?
• Is interested in developing a wide range of legal skills and experiences?
• Promotes a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and quality?
• Has a wide range of experiences?
• Is able to effectively balance being responsive to emerging issues raised by attorneys and driving to meet organizational priorities?

You Will:

• Supervise and support staff including attorneys with a wide range of skills and experiences including training, feedback and evaluation, and reviewing/closing cases among others
• Support new attorney litigation skills and development as appropriate depending on the needs of individuals, offices and teams
• Support appeals as needed
• Assist with referrals to the private bar
• Develop and maintain resources and materials including placement on the Intranet
• Collaborate closely with the Managing Attorney on broad organizational goals, impact plans and staff support among other areas
• Serve as primary point person for those that you supervise
• Supervise collection, maintenance and reporting of data including grant reporting 
• Assist with grant requests, applications and other grant requirements in collaboration with Development and the Team Managers
• In alignment with the teams and office planning, participate in the local community including legal education, outreach activities, clinics and other community events to positively impact client communities
• Collaborate with other legal services attorneys on statewide efforts
• Promote community relations and build community relationships by engaging with the public and partner service providers? 
• In alignment with the teams and office planning, develop and maintain local bar/bench relationships, relationships with local legislators and other community leaders
• Remain current on emerging legal topics and identify relevant trends related to substantive area of focus
• Be a part of a community of collaborative and mission driven professionals
• Co-counsel, when appropriate as well as determine other methods of effectively supporting attorneys’ success in and out of the courtroom

Requirements

 You Have:

• Demonstrated progressive experience practicing law with specific expertise in the areas of poverty law
• Familiarity with a broad range of substantive areas of law and knowledge of available resources
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and written, with diverse audiences
• High ability to gather, coordinate and report required data
• High ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment 
• High ability to exercise sound judgement and discretion
• Ability to facilitate collaboration as well as build and sustain productive relationships with diverse groups and organizations
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead, manage and develop a diverse team of professionals
• Ability and willingness to collaborate and coordinate with the Managing Attorney of the Team specifically and the management team as a whole
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion both internally and externally 
• Strong work ethic with an a