Tenant Rights Attorney

If you want to develop strong courtroom advocacy skills while doing deeply meaningful work, consider applying for this position. If hired, you will work with a talented team of housing rights advocates doing cutting edge legal work. A brief overview of the position and duties is as follows:

• Defend tenants against eviction lawsuits by asserting defenses, negotiating settlement agreements, and connecting tenants to resources that will keep them safe and housed.

• Try cases in court, craft legal pleadings, work to establish pro-tenant legal precedents.

• Collaborate with other legal aid organizations defending tenants and attend monthly trainings to develop rigorous legal skills.

• Collaborate with interns, volunteers and fellow staffers.

Attorney will need to be licensed in Missouri, be able to work with diverse populations in crisis, and manage a fast-moving caseload. This job requires grit, skill, ambition and tenacity and is also very exciting and rewarding. The workplace is highly collaborative, friendly and supportive. Experience and/or a second language proficiency is a major plus but not required.

For more information about Kansas City's transformational Right to Counsel law, please see this KCUR article.

For those unfamiliar with this area: Kansas City is an extremely diverse, liberal city with a lively art, theater, food and music scene. We have a rich history of worker and tenant organizing. Because the midwest and south play such an important role in determining the direction of our nation this is also an extremely important and impactful place to do social justice work.

 HCJF is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, gender identity, or gender expression.

 Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $68,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Benefits: We offer health, dental, and vision insurance, 15 days of vacation, 10 days sick, 2 personal days, & 11 holidays per year, parental leave, SIMPLE IRA with a match, employer-paid short-term disability insurance, and professional development.

To apply, email your resume to Gina Chiala at ginachiala[@]jobsandfreedom.org