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Senior Regional Counsel

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full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Champaign • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $9,167 - $10,500 per month

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Serves as Senior Regional Counsel
  • Interviews Department witnesses
  • Evaluates cases involving clients where the Department is involved in court or seeking expunction or indication
  • Serves as legal advisor to regional field staff
  • Plans, directs, and conducts technical legal screening and provides case consultation to caseworkers and supervisors to help prepare cases for termination of parental rights (TPR)
  • Serves as Department liaison to judiciary, State’s Attorney’s Offices, and various court personnel in numerous counties in the region
  • Maintains current working knowledge of new legislation, Department rules and policy, and all relevant law
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

Requirements

  • Requires possession of a valid license to practice law in Illinois
  • Requires three years of experience in the practice of law
  • Prefers experience as an attorney in cases involving child welfare or juvenile law
  • Prefers experience as an attorney presenting and arguing legal cases in court and/or administrative hearings
  • Prefers experience as an attorney conducting legal analysis
  • Prefers substantive legal writing experience as an attorney in the areas of motions, pleadings, briefs, and memoranda
  • Prefers professional experience working in a liaison capacity with various internal and external entities
  • Prefers thorough knowledge of Illinois statutes and rules that have a substantial impact on Illinois juvenile court proceedings and/or DCFS’s administrative hearings
Benefits
  • A Pension Program
  • Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
  • 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
  • 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
  • Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
  • 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
  • Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
  • 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
  • Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
  • Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
  • Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
  • GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
  • 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
  • Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
legal analysissubstantive legal writingmotionspleadingsbriefsmemorandacase consultationtermination of parental rightscourt presentationsadministrative hearings
Soft Skills
interviewingadvisoryplanningdirectingconducting screeningsliaisoncommunicationcollaborationorganizationalevaluative
Certifications
valid license to practice law in Illinois