Housing Attorney – Richmond Office
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (CVLAS) seeks a full-time housing law staff attorney for its Richmond office.
The person selected for this role will:
- Advise and represent clients in courts, before governmental agencies, and in other legal matters consistent with the parameters of the attorney’s respective area or program
- Communicate with clients, colleagues and others involved in the case
- Conduct research and analysis of legal problems
- Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations for area of law
- Prepare and file legal documents
- Maintain cases in CVLAS’ case management system (including court and/or hearing dates, pertinent documents, case notes, and hours spent on case work)
- Engage in outreach, strategic partnership building, and community education in housing related matters
Must possess the following:
- An active Virginia State Bar license
- Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Strong oral and negotiation skills
- Knowledge of housing and benefits law and/or experience with housing and benefits agencies and other relevant practice experience are preferred
Salary range $70,000 – $90,000 depending on experience
To apply for this position, please submit a resume to Jill Pierce, Director of Human Resources, at Jill@cvlas.org. Applications for this position will be taken until the position is filled.
CVLAS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Heirs’ Property Attorney – Richmond Office or Petersburg Office
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (CVLAS), in partnership with the Richmond Heirs’ Property Network, seeks a full-time, grant funded staff attorney focused on heirs’ property. Heirs’ property is real estate that has passed between generations without clear documentation or legal title. It may involve multiple owners or “tangled title”. The attorney will assist clients with clearing titles and obtaining the full legal rights of homeownership.
The person selected for this role will:
- Maintain an active caseload of heirs’ property clients
- Provide client advice and counsel on real estate, probate, and other homeownership issues
- Draft, execute, and file real estate and probate documents
- Litigate adverse possession, partition, and quiet title actions in local courts
- Conduct legal research and monitor developments in laws affecting property, probate, and inheritance.
- Engage in outreach, strategic partnership building, and community education in heirs’ property related matters
- Participate in a monthly case review with other attorneys in the Richmond Heirs’ Property Network
- Collaborate with the CVLAS Pro Bono team to ensure that eligible clients receive life planning documents such as wills, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives
- Maintain cases in CVLAS’ case management system (including court and/or hearing dates, pertinent documents, case notes, and hours spent on case work)
Must possess the following:
- An active Virginia State Bar license
- Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Strong oral and negotiation skills
- Knowledge of real property, estate administration, and elderly law and/or experience in these practice areas and practice experience are preferred
Salary range $70,000 – $90,000 depending on experience
To apply for this position, please submit a resume to Jill Pierce, Director of Human Resources, at Jill@cvlas.org. Applications for this position will be taken until the position is filled.
CVLAS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
