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San Luis Obispo Legal Assistance Foundation (SLOLAF) is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney to work in the areas of foreclosure prevention, landlord-tenant law and veterans’ services.  The position is based in our office in San Luis Obispo and will require travel throughout the County for court appearances, meetings, and community outreach. 

Under direction, provides professional attorney services including the development, planning, implementation and operation of a housing/probate law assistance program providing client-directed legal support and education services to self-represented litigants; facilitates the effectiveness of, and expedites proceedings specifically related to evictions, landlord-tenant, guardianships, and general/limited conservatorships of the person by assisting and/or teaching self-represented litigants how to plan and prepare matters for hearing; may perform other related work as assigned.

Reporting to the Rural Justice Unit Director, the Managing Attorney will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Medical Legal Partnership (MLP). This includes supervising, training and motivating MLP staff to provide the highest quality legal services. The Managing Attorney should have a firm grasp of the MLP’s priority legal areas, sound casework supervision skills, and a willingness to think creatively about strategic legal issues and problems. The Managing Attorney will work alongside the MLP staff to deepen and expand the work of the MLP, and in partnership with internal and external stakeholders will establish a vision and plan for the future of the MLP.