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Bet Tzedek Legal Services

<div>For more than 40 years Bet Tzedek has been committed to providing free legal services to those who need them most. In that tradition, Bet Tzedek is seeking a determined, organized, and zealous advocate for a temporary position assisting transgender individuals seeking legal remedy regarding gender-affirming identification and healthcare, discrimination, and/or harassment. Candidates should be able to articulate their passion for assisting people of diverse ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, religions, and ages with varying English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities.
This position focuses on providing legal services and advocacy to transgender and gender nonconforming individuals in Southern California. The Transgender Rights Project assists individuals in correcting legal name and gender markers for full participation in community with dignity and as fully recognized members of the community. The staff attorney provides advocacy for individuals facing coverage denials for medically necessary gender affirming healthcare.
This position is eligible for Bet Tzedek Legal Services&rsquo; hybrid/remote workplace designation. At the discretion of the immediate supervisor, the employee may be required to work in the office or other locations to meet workload/business obligations. This requirement may be on a temporary or ongoing basis. 
Requirements: 
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES<ul><li>Conduct intakes of potential clients &amp; litigants
</li><li>Assist individuals who have experienced denials of gender-affirming medical treatment through a mix of advice and counsel, limited scope services, insurance appeals, and/or representation in California&rsquo;s Independent Medical Review process.
</li><li>Manage the execution of legal name and gender marker change clinics serving pro se litigants.</li><li>Present trainings to prepare pro bono attorneys and volunteers for participation in virtual, in-house, and community-based legal name and gender marker change clinics.</li><li>Prepare matters for pro bono placement, monitor status of placements, and provide technical support to pro bono attorneys.</li><li>Address health-harming legal needs through advocacy utilizing laws mandating coverage for medically necessary gender affirming health care.</li></ul> 
QUALIFICATIONS<ul><li>Active member of California State Bar in good standing. (required)</li><li>Willingness to train and work with volunteer attorneys and students (required)</li><li>Demonstrated commitment to non-profit legal services.</li><li>Minimum one year of experience in LGBTQ+ advocacy.
</li><li>Comfort in modeling cultural humility and deep understanding of intersectionality within the context of navigating the legal system.</li><li>Experience working with transgender individuals and familiarity with the needs of transgender communities.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to communicate (verbal and written) in a clear, judicious, assertive manner.</li><li>Experience in transgender rights, LGBTQ law and policy, and other relevant areas</li></ul> 
Salary: 
 
$72,495.22-$82,001.08 (DOE/DOQ) 
Benefits: 
 
BENEFITS PACKAGE:
Bet Tzedek offers an excellent benefits package in addition to competitive salaries. These benefits currently include:<ul><li>A generous number of paid holidays (up to 21 per year), vacation (up to 20, depending on number of years with agency), and sick days (up to 45) annually.</li><li>Personal and floating holidays.</li><li>Compensatory time for exempt employees.</li><li>18 weeks of paid parental leave (after 1 year of employment.)</li><li>Various paid leaves.</li><li>Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and acupuncture coverage for employees and dependents, with office visit co-pay reimbursement for HMO enrollees.</li><li>Life/accidental death and dismemberment (AD&amp;D) insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan.</li><li>Voluntary (employee-contributed) life/AD&amp;D, accident, critical illness, hospital confinement, and pet insurance.</li><li>Employee-contributed 401(k) plan.</li><li>Employee-contributed 403(b) plan.</li><li>Healthcare and childcare flexible spending accounts.</li><li>Commuter transit and/or parking benefits.</li></ul> 
HOW TO APPLY:<ul><li>Please visit https://bettzedek.org/careers/ to submit a letter of interest, resume, and writing sample for &ldquo;Staff Attorney I, Transgender Advocacy.&rdquo; Please, no phone calls.</li></ul>
Note: All positions are subject to funding; ongoing funding or employment is not assured.
Bet Tzedek is a unionized environment. Our salary range for unionized positions reflects our agreed upon step placement system, and the final offer extended to candidates is based on an internal equity review and candidates&rsquo; relevant experience, skills, background, and bar date, if applicable.
To best serve our communities, Bet Tzedek seeks diverse staff with cultural competency reflecting our client populations. We strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities and historically oppressed groups to apply.</div>

Staff Attorney I, Transgender Advocacy

<div>For over 50 years, Bet Tzedek Legal Services has provided high-quality, free legal services to Los Angeles&rsquo; most vulnerable residents. Key among Bet Tzedek&rsquo;s initiatives is its elder justice work to provide legal advocacy on matters that improve the economic and housing stability of low-income community members. Bet Tzedek seeks an Elder Law Staff Attorney to join the agency&rsquo;s Seniors, Dependent and Caregiver Direct Services team.
Bet Tzedek&rsquo;s Senior, Dependent and Caregiver Services team has, for years, served as the only team of attorneys in Los Angeles County dedicated to the protection of dependent adults and seniors through the use of legal processes such as Advance Planning, Elder Abuse prevention and intervention tool, Medi-Cal/IHSS Benefits, and Probate Conservatorship. This ground-breaking team has pioneered efforts such as establishing and modeling a legal services estate planning practice, developing and launching an Elder/Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Order Clinic, collaborating with special education schools, providing wrap-around services to parents of older adult children living with developmental disabilities, assisting caregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer's, dementia, and traumatic brain injury, and the development of the award-winning and nationally recognized Self-Help Conservatorship Clinic. Bet Tzedek seeks an elder law attorney to support the team&rsquo;s direct services, elder law advocacy and outreach.
This position is eligible for Bet Tzedek Legal Services&rsquo; hybrid/remote workplace designation. While the primary workplace is Bet Tzedek&rsquo;s offices, at the discretion of the immediate supervisor, the employee may be permitted to work remotely or may be required to work in other locations depending on workload/business obligations. 

Requirements: 
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:<ul><li>Provide victim/client-centered, trauma-informed direct legal services, including screening and legal assessment, advice and counsel, brief service, and direct representation to older/dependent adult victims of elder abuse, probate conservatorship, defense of conservatorship, and/or estate planning.</li><li>Engage in outreach to community members and provide technical assistance to community partners.</li><li>Train and engage with volunteers and pro bono attorneys for effective placement of matters.</li><li>Participate in weekly case review meetings and support team grant deliverables.</li><li>Effective case management, data entry, and compliance with agency policies.</li><li>Other duties may be assigned.</li></ul> 
QUALIFICATIONS:<ul><li>Active member of the California State Bar in good standing or licensed in another state and eligible to practice under CRC Rule 9.45 (Registered Legal Services Attorneys) (required);</li><li>Four to five years practicing attorney (required);</li><li>Proficiency with NetDocuments or other web-based document management system (preferred);</li><li>Proficiency with case management systems (LegalServer) (preferred);</li><li>Previous experience in non-profit and/or government environment (preferred);</li><li>Previous litigation experience (required);</li><li>Demonstrated understanding and commitment to Bet Tzedek&rsquo;s mission of equal justice for all and Bet Tzedek&rsquo;s core values of leadership, community-based advocacy, and innovation (required);</li><li>Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (required); and</li><li>Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment (required).</li></ul> 
Salary: 
 
$85,305.32- $106,065.06 (DOE/DOQ) 
Benefits: 
 
BENEFITS PACKAGE:
Bet Tzedek offers an excellent benefits package in addition to competitive salaries. These benefits currently include:<ul><li>A generous number of paid holidays (up to 21 per year), vacation (up to 20, depending on number of years with</li></ul>
agency), and sick days (up to 45) annually.<ul><li>Personal and floating holidays.</li><li>Compensatory time for exempt employees.</li><li>18 weeks of paid parental leave (after 1 year of employment.)</li><li>Various paid leaves.</li><li>Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and acupuncture coverage for employees and dependents, with office visit co-pay reimbursement for HMO enrollees.</li><li>Life/accidental death and dismemberment (AD&amp;D) insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan.</li><li>Voluntary (employee-contributed) life/AD&amp;D, accident, critical illness, hospital confinement, and pet insurance.</li><li>Employee-contributed 401(k) plan.</li><li>Employee-contributed 403(b) plan.</li><li>Healthcare and childcare flexible spending accounts.</li><li>Commuter transit and/or parking benefits.</li></ul> 
How To Apply:<ul><li>
Please visit https://bettzedek.org/careers/ to submit a letter of interest, resume, and writing sample for &ldquo;Staff Attorney II &ndash; Elder Justice,&rdquo; Please no phone calls.</li></ul> 
Note: All positions are subject to funding; ongoing funding or employment cannot be assured. To best serve our communities Bet Tzedek seeks a diverse staff with cultural competency reflecting our client populations. We strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities and historically oppressed groups to apply.</div>

Staff Attorney II, Elder Justice

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Staff Attorney I, Transgender Advocacy

Staff Attorney II, Elder Justice