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Employment Opportunities
Staff Attorney
Qualifications:
Member of the
Michigan bar or admissible under reciprocity. Candidate must
demonstrate excellent legal and communication skills and a
commitment to legal services for the poor. Must be bilingual
(English and Spanish).
Duties/Responsibilities:
Interviews applicants
for legal services, advises and counsels individuals and groups
regarding their legal rights, handles a reasonable caseload,
conducts outreach and community education and development
activities, and where necessary, engages in negotiation, trial
and/or appeal of legal issues in state
and federal court
that have substantial impact on the rights of eligible clients.
Summer Law Clerks
We have two paid and
three unpaid positions available every summer for law clerks and
we begin accepting resumes in October. Salary is DOE for paid
positions.
We are currently
taking applications for those positions.
Qualifications:
The duties and
responsibilities of this position require an individual who is a
self-starter, quick
learner, and very organized. You will be traveling throughout
the state visiting migrant camps and various state agencies that
also provide services for Migrants. The ability to speak Spanish
is preferred but not necessary. The positions are primarily for
the summer months, but help is needed in the fall and winter as
well.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Interviewing clients
and assessing their legal issues, developing material and a
presentation to give to migrant farmworkers on their rights,
researching legal issues specific to farmworkers and
undocumented workers in many areas of law, drafting demand
letters, memorandums of law, complaints and various
other pleadings in
state and federal court, assisting attorneys with trial
preparation, visiting migrant camps throughout the state of
Michigan to do outreach to those who cannot come to us, work
with state agencies and other organizations to provide a better
system of services to the farmworker population, lobby for
particular legislation affecting farmworkers and undocumented
workers, and much more.
Volunteer
Join us
in our struggle to provide equality, justice and education to
Migrant Families.
Please
Call about Volunteer opportunities currently available.
Volunteer Preferences
Experience with diverse cultures
Spanish
Language Skills
If interested in
applying for a position, please send a resume and cover letter
to:
MMLAP
Re: (Name of
Position Applying for)
648 Monroe NW
Suite 318
Grand Rapids, MI
49503
MMLAP is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
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