Staff Attorney
MICHIGAN ADVOCACY PROGRAM
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Kalamazoo • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $64,946 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Provide civil legal services to farmworkers and animal production workers throughout Michigan.
- Responsible for direct representation of clients, ranging from advice to full litigation in State and Federal Courts.
- Duties may include filing administrative complaints or immigration applications or work on cases involving wage theft, trafficking, discrimination, sexual harassment, housing, workplace health and safety, and H-2A visa program issues.
- Significant collaboration with local and national community partners.
Requirements
- Licensed to practice law in Michigan, qualify to be admitted by waiver or as a student attorney under MRPC Rule 8.120, or able to take the next available bar exam in Michigan
- Demonstrate commitment to low-income individuals, farmworkers, immigrants, or victims of crime
- Willing to occasionally work a flexible schedule that may include travel and evening or weekend work
- Demonstrate success working effectively in teams as well as independently to meet multiple deadlines
- Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Reside in Michigan during employment
- Experience litigating at state or federal level
- Working knowledge in employment and labor law, the U.S. immigration system, the agricultural industry, farmworker advocacy, or legal services
- Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, in Spanish and/or proficiency in Haitian Creole or indigenous languages native to Mexico or Central America
Benefits
- Salary starts at $64,946 and increases based on years of relevant experience.
- 401K retirement plan with an annual 2% contribution and 2% employer-match for eligible staff after 6 months of employment and subject to board approval.
- Generous benefits package, including life, short and long term disability, health, vision, dental, fully funded deductibles, and flexible spending accounts.
- Annual $1,500 payout for applicants that do not require health benefits.
- Generous leave policy allowing staff to accrue 4 weeks paid leave the first year in addition to 15 paid holidays and additional paid leave to take the Michigan bar exam.
- Unionized program and a qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
litigationadministrative complaintsimmigration applicationswage thefttraffickingdiscriminationsexual harassmenthousing lawworkplace health and safetyH-2A visa program
Soft Skills
commitment to low-income individualsteamworkindependencemeeting deadlinescommunication skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsflexibilitycollaborationcultural competency
Certifications
licensed to practice law in Michiganadmitted by waiverstudent attorney under MRPC Rule 8.120