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Organizational Overview

Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a citywide, countywide, and statewide leader in proactively filling the void of legal representation, wraparound services, legal information and resources, and advocacy exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community's quality of life.

CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers locally, throughout Illinois, and nationally as having expertise in legal matters related to the direct and collateral consequences of the criminal legal system. Since 2014, we have been the sole legal aid services provider serving Cook County with the distinction of focusing exclusively on individuals and families who have been adversely impacted by the criminal legal system in all legal program areas: criminal records, emerging adults, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services, advocate for policy reforms, and provide legal information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We also support our clients holistically with wraparound social services from our social workers. Our policy and advocacy work is not performed as a separate entity; rather it is informed by our legal services and the lived experiences of our Leadership Council, an Advisory Group made up of former CGLA clients and community members directly impacted by the criminal legal system.

CGLA’s Mission, Purpose and Vision

• Mission: We provide holistic legal services that include social support services and advocacy for individuals and communities negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.


• Purpose: CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.


• Vision: A more just and equitable criminal legal system.

Position Overview

Responsibilities include implementing CGLA’s priorities in the criminal records practice, representing clients in criminal records-related matters, training and supervising attorneys, fellows, interns, and volunteers to provide quality legal services and representation.

Essential Duties

• Provide direct and brief legal services to CGLA clients in criminal records matters, maintaining a manageable caseload proportionate to other responsibilities.


• Manage the assignment of attorneys and volunteers and coordinate with State’s Attorneys and court personnel to assist self-represented litigants as a “friend of the court” at court hearings at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building and other courthouses.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training to individuals who qualify for relief under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Develop and deliver legal education and technical assistance to community attorneys and community-based organizations regarding records relief and licensing under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training regarding alternative forms of criminal records relief, including FDIC waivers, health care worker waivers, certificates of rehabilitation, and other forms of relief.


• Cultivate and manage relationships with workforce development agencies and other community-based organizations that have formal partnerships with CGLA to provide holistic legal services to clients.


• Schedule and conduct periodic on-site and virtual visits to partner organizations to conduct staff training and provide legal services.


• Supervise volunteer attorneys and law students at CGLA’s Criminal Records Help Desks and community summits as assigned.


• Collaborate with assigned Client Support Services staff to improve client outcomes.


• Collaborate with attorneys in other CGLA program areas when criminal records clients have civil or criminal defense legal needs, serving as co-counsel on their housing law, family law, and criminal law cases with supervisory approval as caseload capacity allows.


• Maintain up-to-date client information in CGLA’s case management system to ensure accurate data collection and statistical tracking including timely reporting of outcomes.


• Assist with developing educational materials relating to criminal records matters and conduct classes for clients, volunteers, courts, partner organizations and other personnel as assigned.


• Attend CLE classes and legal community meetings on relevant legal and social justice topics.


• Work with the CGLA leadership team to ensure all program goals are met each fiscal year.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Personnel Management

• Assist in onboarding and training new staff, interns and volunteers and reviewing their work product.


• Conduct performance appraisals and quarterly check-ins with direct reports and assigned fellows.
• Ensure timely, consistent, and detailed performance feedback is provided to each direct report. Ensure direct reports are performing at a satisfactory level.


• Provide resources and support to address staff’s needs, identify and secure professional development opportunities for staff, provide coaching and supervision, and manage and resolve conflict.


• Provide training and supervising in-house staff, fellows, interns, and volunteers to assure quality legal representation.

Education

• Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school.


• Licensed to practice law in Illinois by date of employment.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ practice experience, with at least 1 – 2 years in criminal law.


• Minimum of 1-2 years of supervisory of experience.
  

Required Skills

• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.


• Be self-driven, highly energetic and innovative.


• The ability to work collaboratively with staff, interns and volunteers.


• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results.
• Superior interpersonal skills; comfortable working with a diverse population.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in writing and orally.
• Exemplary organizational skills and keen attention to detail.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise attorneys and other employees as assigned.

Required Hours

Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

NOTE: Non-traditional hours – occasional weekends and evenings – are required.

Physical Requirements

• Communicate clearly.
• Understand the speech of another person.


• Must be able to handle high levels of mental stress.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to type, handle, or feel and reach. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Travel Requirements

Travel to the Richard J. Daley Center, the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse and the Suburban Municipal District Courthouses is required. Travel to external Workforce Development and Anti-Violence Organizations throughout the Chicagoland is also required

Working Conditions

CGLA has implemented a telecommuter and flexible work policy that allows employees to perform work remotely at the employee’s home or at an approved offsite location. Employees must have adequate internet access to work from home. If working in the office, you must be able to work in an open office setting with moderate noise levels and follow all COVID-19 safety protocols. Employee must have reliable internet access to work remotely. The candidate selected for this position will be required to work 2-3 days onsite per week. The physical office is closed every Friday and employees work remotely from home.

Benefits
We offer a generous benefits plan that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield - Health insurance, Vision Service Plan – Vision insurance, Principal Dental insurance and 100% employer paid life insurance, (EAP) Employee Assistance Program, Dependent Care and Medical Flexible spending accounts, Pet insurance, Pre Tax Programs for parking, local transit for Ventra and Metra and UberPool, and Vanguard 403(b) retirement account. Additionally, CGLA offers generous Paid Time-off, Floating Holidays and 14 paid holidays per year. During the summer months we celebrate Summer Fridays by closing the office early.

Note: Please mention how you heard about the job announcement in your cover letter.

(If selected for an in-person interview, a mock training presentation will be requested)
NO PHONE CALLS OR RECRUITING FIRMS PLEASE!

CGLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position.

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Organizational Overview

Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a citywide, countywide, and statewide leader in proactively filling the void of legal representation, wraparound services, legal information and resources, and advocacy exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community's quality of life.

CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers locally, throughout Illinois, and nationally as having expertise in legal matters related to the direct and collateral consequences of the criminal legal system. Since 2014, we have been the sole legal aid services provider serving Cook County with the distinction of focusing exclusively on individuals and families who have been adversely impacted by the criminal legal system in all legal program areas: criminal records, emerging adults, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services, advocate for policy reforms, and provide legal information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We also support our clients holistically with wraparound social services from our social workers. Our policy and advocacy work is not performed as a separate entity; rather it is informed by our legal services and the lived experiences of our Leadership Council, an Advisory Group made up of former CGLA clients and community members directly impacted by the criminal legal system.

CGLA’s Mission, Purpose and Vision

• Mission: We provide holistic legal services that include social support services and advocacy for individuals and communities negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.


• Purpose: CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.


• Vision: A more just and equitable criminal legal system.

Position Overview

Responsibilities include implementing CGLA’s priorities in the criminal records practice, representing clients in criminal records-related matters, training and supervising attorneys, fellows, interns, and volunteers to provide quality legal services and representation.

Essential Duties

• Provide direct and brief legal services to CGLA clients in criminal records matters, maintaining a manageable caseload proportionate to other responsibilities.


• Manage the assignment of attorneys and volunteers and coordinate with State’s Attorneys and court personnel to assist self-represented litigants as a “friend of the court” at court hearings at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building and other courthouses.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training to individuals who qualify for relief under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Develop and deliver legal education and technical assistance to community attorneys and community-based organizations regarding records relief and licensing under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training regarding alternative forms of criminal records relief, including FDIC waivers, health care worker waivers, certificates of rehabilitation, and other forms of relief.


• Cultivate and manage relationships with workforce development agencies and other community-based organizations that have formal partnerships with CGLA to provide holistic legal services to clients.


• Schedule and conduct periodic on-site and virtual visits to partner organizations to conduct staff training and provide legal services.


• Supervise volunteer attorneys and law students at CGLA’s Criminal Records Help Desks and community summits as assigned.


• Collaborate with assigned Client Support Services staff to improve client outcomes.


• Collaborate with attorneys in other CGLA program areas when criminal records clients have civil or criminal defense legal needs, serving as co-counsel on their housing law, family law, and criminal law cases with supervisory approval as caseload capacity allows.


• Maintain up-to-date client information in CGLA’s case management system to ensure accurate data collection and statistical tracking including timely reporting of outcomes.


• Assist with developing educational materials relating to criminal records matters and conduct classes for clients, volunteers, courts, partner organizations and other personnel as assigned.


• Attend CLE classes and legal community meetings on relevant legal and social justice topics.


• Work with the CGLA leadership team to ensure all program goals are met each fiscal year.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Personnel Management

• Assist in onboarding and training new staff, interns and volunteers and reviewing their work product.


• Conduct performance appraisals and quarterly check-ins with direct reports and assigned fellows.
• Ensure timely, consistent, and detailed performance feedback is provided to each direct report. Ensure direct reports are performing at a satisfactory level.


• Provide resources and support to address staff’s needs, identify and secure professional development opportunities for staff, provide coaching and supervision, and manage and resolve conflict.


• Provide training and supervising in-house staff, fellows, interns, and volunteers to assure quality legal representation.

Education

• Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school.


• Licensed to practice law in Illinois by date of employment.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ practice experience, with at least 1 – 2 years in criminal law.


• Minimum of 1-2 years of supervisory of experience.
  

Required Skills

• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.


• Be self-driven, highly energetic and innovative.


• The ability to work collaboratively with staff, interns and volunteers.


• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results.
• Superior interpersonal skills; comfortable working with a diverse population.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in writing and orally.
• Exemplary organizational skills and keen attention to detail.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise attorneys and other employees as assigned.

Required Hours

Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

NOTE: Non-traditional hours – occasional weekends and evenings – are required.

Physical Requirements

• Communicate clearly.
• Understand the speech of another person.


• Must be able to handle high levels of mental stress.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to type, handle, or feel and reach. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Travel Requirements

Travel to the Richard J. Daley Center, the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse and the Suburban Municipal District Courthouses is required. Travel to external Workforce Development and Anti-Violence Organizations throughout the Chicagoland is also required

Working Conditions

CGLA has implemented a telecommuter and flexible work policy that allows employees to perform work remotely at the employee’s home or at an approved offsite location. Employees must have adequate internet access to work from home. If working in the office, you must be able to work in an open office setting with moderate noise levels and follow all COVID-19 safety protocols. Employee must have reliable internet access to work remotely. The candidate selected for this position will be required to work 2-3 days onsite per week. The physical office is closed every Friday and employees work remotely from home.

Benefits
We offer a generous benefits plan that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield - Health insurance, Vision Service Plan – Vision insurance, Principal Dental insurance and 100% employer paid life insurance, (EAP) Employee Assistance Program, Dependent Care and Medical Flexible spending accounts, Pet insurance, Pre Tax Programs for parking, local transit for Ventra and Metra and UberPool, and Vanguard 403(b) retirement account. Additionally, CGLA offers generous Paid Time-off, Floating Holidays and 14 paid holidays per year. During the summer months we celebrate Summer Fridays by closing the office early.

Note: Please mention how you heard about the job announcement in your cover letter.

(If selected for an in-person interview, a mock training presentation will be requested)
NO PHONE CALLS OR RECRUITING FIRMS PLEASE!

CGLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position.

Apply for this job with Cabrini Green Legal Aid

Apply now →

By clicking the "Apply now" button, you'll be leaving Fazow and going to an external job application page for this company. Please research all companies before applying. When applying for jobs, you should NOT have to pay to apply. Fazow accepts no liability or responsibility as a consequence of any reliance upon information on external sites or in jobs listed on fazow.com.

Organizational Overview

Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a citywide, countywide, and statewide leader in proactively filling the void of legal representation, wraparound services, legal information and resources, and advocacy exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community's quality of life.

CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers locally, throughout Illinois, and nationally as having expertise in legal matters related to the direct and collateral consequences of the criminal legal system. Since 2014, we have been the sole legal aid services provider serving Cook County with the distinction of focusing exclusively on individuals and families who have been adversely impacted by the criminal legal system in all legal program areas: criminal records, emerging adults, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services, advocate for policy reforms, and provide legal information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We also support our clients holistically with wraparound social services from our social workers. Our policy and advocacy work is not performed as a separate entity; rather it is informed by our legal services and the lived experiences of our Leadership Council, an Advisory Group made up of former CGLA clients and community members directly impacted by the criminal legal system.

CGLA’s Mission, Purpose and Vision

• Mission: We provide holistic legal services that include social support services and advocacy for individuals and communities negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.


• Purpose: CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.


• Vision: A more just and equitable criminal legal system.

Position Overview

Responsibilities include implementing CGLA’s priorities in the criminal records practice, representing clients in criminal records-related matters, training and supervising attorneys, fellows, interns, and volunteers to provide quality legal services and representation.

Essential Duties

• Provide direct and brief legal services to CGLA clients in criminal records matters, maintaining a manageable caseload proportionate to other responsibilities.


• Manage the assignment of attorneys and volunteers and coordinate with State’s Attorneys and court personnel to assist self-represented litigants as a “friend of the court” at court hearings at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building and other courthouses.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training to individuals who qualify for relief under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Develop and deliver legal education and technical assistance to community attorneys and community-based organizations regarding records relief and licensing under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training regarding alternative forms of criminal records relief, including FDIC waivers, health care worker waivers, certificates of rehabilitation, and other forms of relief.


• Cultivate and manage relationships with workforce development agencies and other community-based organizations that have formal partnerships with CGLA to provide holistic legal services to clients.


• Schedule and conduct periodic on-site and virtual visits to partner organizations to conduct staff training and provide legal services.


• Supervise volunteer attorneys and law students at CGLA’s Criminal Records Help Desks and community summits as assigned.


• Collaborate with assigned Client Support Services staff to improve client outcomes.


• Collaborate with attorneys in other CGLA program areas when criminal records clients have civil or criminal defense legal needs, serving as co-counsel on their housing law, family law, and criminal law cases with supervisory approval as caseload capacity allows.


• Maintain up-to-date client information in CGLA’s case management system to ensure accurate data collection and statistical tracking including timely reporting of outcomes.


• Assist with developing educational materials relating to criminal records matters and conduct classes for clients, volunteers, courts, partner organizations and other personnel as assigned.


• Attend CLE classes and legal community meetings on relevant legal and social justice topics.


• Work with the CGLA leadership team to ensure all program goals are met each fiscal year.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Personnel Management

• Assist in onboarding and training new staff, interns and volunteers and reviewing their work product.


• Conduct performance appraisals and quarterly check-ins with direct reports and assigned fellows.
• Ensure timely, consistent, and detailed performance feedback is provided to each direct report. Ensure direct reports are performing at a satisfactory level.


• Provide resources and support to address staff’s needs, identify and secure professional development opportunities for staff, provide coaching and supervision, and manage and resolve conflict.


• Provide training and supervising in-house staff, fellows, interns, and volunteers to assure quality legal representation.

Education

• Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school.


• Licensed to practice law in Illinois by date of employment.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ practice experience, with at least 1 – 2 years in criminal law.


• Minimum of 1-2 years of supervisory of experience.
  

Required Skills

• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.


• Be self-driven, highly energetic and innovative.


• The ability to work collaboratively with staff, interns and volunteers.


• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results.
• Superior interpersonal skills; comfortable working with a diverse population.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in writing and orally.
• Exemplary organizational skills and keen attention to detail.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise attorneys and other employees as assigned.

Required Hours

Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

NOTE: Non-traditional hours – occasional weekends and evenings – are required.

Physical Requirements

• Communicate clearly.
• Understand the speech of another person.


• Must be able to handle high levels of mental stress.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to type, handle, or feel and reach. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Travel Requirements

Travel to the Richard J. Daley Center, the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse and the Suburban Municipal District Courthouses is required. Travel to external Workforce Development and Anti-Violence Organizations throughout the Chicagoland is also required

Working Conditions

CGLA has implemented a telecommuter and flexible work policy that allows employees to perform work remotely at the employee’s home or at an approved offsite location. Employees must have adequate internet access to work from home. If working in the office, you must be able to work in an open office setting with moderate noise levels and follow all COVID-19 safety protocols. Employee must have reliable internet access to work remotely. The candidate selected for this position will be required to work 2-3 days onsite per week. The physical office is closed every Friday and employees work remotely from home.

Benefits
We offer a generous benefits plan that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield - Health insurance, Vision Service Plan – Vision insurance, Principal Dental insurance and 100% employer paid life insurance, (EAP) Employee Assistance Program, Dependent Care and Medical Flexible spending accounts, Pet insurance, Pre Tax Programs for parking, local transit for Ventra and Metra and UberPool, and Vanguard 403(b) retirement account. Additionally, CGLA offers generous Paid Time-off, Floating Holidays and 14 paid holidays per year. During the summer months we celebrate Summer Fridays by closing the office early.

Note: Please mention how you heard about the job announcement in your cover letter.

(If selected for an in-person interview, a mock training presentation will be requested)
NO PHONE CALLS OR RECRUITING FIRMS PLEASE!

CGLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position.

Apply for this job with Cabrini Green Legal Aid

Apply now →

By clicking the "Apply now" button, you'll be leaving Fazow and going to an external job application page for this company. Please research all companies before applying. When applying for jobs, you should NOT have to pay to apply. Fazow accepts no liability or responsibility as a consequence of any reliance upon information on external sites or in jobs listed on fazow.com.

Organizational Overview

Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a citywide, countywide, and statewide leader in proactively filling the void of legal representation, wraparound services, legal information and resources, and advocacy exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community's quality of life.

CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers locally, throughout Illinois, and nationally as having expertise in legal matters related to the direct and collateral consequences of the criminal legal system. Since 2014, we have been the sole legal aid services provider serving Cook County with the distinction of focusing exclusively on individuals and families who have been adversely impacted by the criminal legal system in all legal program areas: criminal records, emerging adults, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services, advocate for policy reforms, and provide legal information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We also support our clients holistically with wraparound social services from our social workers. Our policy and advocacy work is not performed as a separate entity; rather it is informed by our legal services and the lived experiences of our Leadership Council, an Advisory Group made up of former CGLA clients and community members directly impacted by the criminal legal system.

CGLA’s Mission, Purpose and Vision

• Mission: We provide holistic legal services that include social support services and advocacy for individuals and communities negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.


• Purpose: CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.


• Vision: A more just and equitable criminal legal system.

Position Overview

Responsibilities include implementing CGLA’s priorities in the criminal records practice, representing clients in criminal records-related matters, training and supervising attorneys, fellows, interns, and volunteers to provide quality legal services and representation.

Essential Duties

• Provide direct and brief legal services to CGLA clients in criminal records matters, maintaining a manageable caseload proportionate to other responsibilities.


• Manage the assignment of attorneys and volunteers and coordinate with State’s Attorneys and court personnel to assist self-represented litigants as a “friend of the court” at court hearings at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building and other courthouses.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training to individuals who qualify for relief under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Develop and deliver legal education and technical assistance to community attorneys and community-based organizations regarding records relief and licensing under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training regarding alternative forms of criminal records relief, including FDIC waivers, health care worker waivers, certificates of rehabilitation, and other forms of relief.


• Cultivate and manage relationships with workforce development agencies and other community-based organizations that have formal partnerships with CGLA to provide holistic legal services to clients.


• Schedule and conduct periodic on-site and virtual visits to partner organizations to conduct staff training and provide legal services.


• Supervise volunteer attorneys and law students at CGLA’s Criminal Records Help Desks and community summits as assigned.


• Collaborate with assigned Client Support Services staff to improve client outcomes.


• Collaborate with attorneys in other CGLA program areas when criminal records clients have civil or criminal defense legal needs, serving as co-counsel on their housing law, family law, and criminal law cases with supervisory approval as caseload capacity allows.


• Maintain up-to-date client information in CGLA’s case management system to ensure accurate data collection and statistical tracking including timely reporting of outcomes.


• Assist with developing educational materials relating to criminal records matters and conduct classes for clients, volunteers, courts, partner organizations and other personnel as assigned.


• Attend CLE classes and legal community meetings on relevant legal and social justice topics.


• Work with the CGLA leadership team to ensure all program goals are met each fiscal year.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Personnel Management

• Assist in onboarding and training new staff, interns and volunteers and reviewing their work product.


• Conduct performance appraisals and quarterly check-ins with direct reports and assigned fellows.
• Ensure timely, consistent, and detailed performance feedback is provided to each direct report. Ensure direct reports are performing at a satisfactory level.


• Provide resources and support to address staff’s needs, identify and secure professional development opportunities for staff, provide coaching and supervision, and manage and resolve conflict.


• Provide training and supervising in-house staff, fellows, interns, and volunteers to assure quality legal representation.

Education

• Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school.


• Licensed to practice law in Illinois by date of employment.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ practice experience, with at least 1 – 2 years in criminal law.


• Minimum of 1-2 years of supervisory of experience.
  

Required Skills

• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.


• Be self-driven, highly energetic and innovative.


• The ability to work collaboratively with staff, interns and volunteers.


• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results.
• Superior interpersonal skills; comfortable working with a diverse population.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in writing and orally.
• Exemplary organizational skills and keen attention to detail.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise attorneys and other employees as assigned.

Required Hours

Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

NOTE: Non-traditional hours – occasional weekends and evenings – are required.

Physical Requirements

• Communicate clearly.
• Understand the speech of another person.


• Must be able to handle high levels of mental stress.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to type, handle, or feel and reach. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Travel Requirements

Travel to the Richard J. Daley Center, the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse and the Suburban Municipal District Courthouses is required. Travel to external Workforce Development and Anti-Violence Organizations throughout the Chicagoland is also required

Working Conditions

CGLA has implemented a telecommuter and flexible work policy that allows employees to perform work remotely at the employee’s home or at an approved offsite location. Employees must have adequate internet access to work from home. If working in the office, you must be able to work in an open office setting with moderate noise levels and follow all COVID-19 safety protocols. Employee must have reliable internet access to work remotely. The candidate selected for this position will be required to work 2-3 days onsite per week. The physical office is closed every Friday and employees work remotely from home.

Benefits
We offer a generous benefits plan that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield - Health insurance, Vision Service Plan – Vision insurance, Principal Dental insurance and 100% employer paid life insurance, (EAP) Employee Assistance Program, Dependent Care and Medical Flexible spending accounts, Pet insurance, Pre Tax Programs for parking, local transit for Ventra and Metra and UberPool, and Vanguard 403(b) retirement account. Additionally, CGLA offers generous Paid Time-off, Floating Holidays and 14 paid holidays per year. During the summer months we celebrate Summer Fridays by closing the office early.

Note: Please mention how you heard about the job announcement in your cover letter.

(If selected for an in-person interview, a mock training presentation will be requested)
NO PHONE CALLS OR RECRUITING FIRMS PLEASE!

CGLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position.

Apply for this job with Cabrini Green Legal Aid

Apply now →

By clicking the "Apply now" button, you'll be leaving Fazow and going to an external job application page for this company. Please research all companies before applying. When applying for jobs, you should NOT have to pay to apply. Fazow accepts no liability or responsibility as a consequence of any reliance upon information on external sites or in jobs listed on fazow.com.

Organizational Overview

Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a citywide, countywide, and statewide leader in proactively filling the void of legal representation, wraparound services, legal information and resources, and advocacy exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community's quality of life.

CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers locally, throughout Illinois, and nationally as having expertise in legal matters related to the direct and collateral consequences of the criminal legal system. Since 2014, we have been the sole legal aid services provider serving Cook County with the distinction of focusing exclusively on individuals and families who have been adversely impacted by the criminal legal system in all legal program areas: criminal records, emerging adults, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services, advocate for policy reforms, and provide legal information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We also support our clients holistically with wraparound social services from our social workers. Our policy and advocacy work is not performed as a separate entity; rather it is informed by our legal services and the lived experiences of our Leadership Council, an Advisory Group made up of former CGLA clients and community members directly impacted by the criminal legal system.

CGLA’s Mission, Purpose and Vision

• Mission: We provide holistic legal services that include social support services and advocacy for individuals and communities negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.


• Purpose: CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.


• Vision: A more just and equitable criminal legal system.

Position Overview

Responsibilities include implementing CGLA’s priorities in the criminal records practice, representing clients in criminal records-related matters, training and supervising attorneys, fellows, interns, and volunteers to provide quality legal services and representation.

Essential Duties

• Provide direct and brief legal services to CGLA clients in criminal records matters, maintaining a manageable caseload proportionate to other responsibilities.


• Manage the assignment of attorneys and volunteers and coordinate with State’s Attorneys and court personnel to assist self-represented litigants as a “friend of the court” at court hearings at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building and other courthouses.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training to individuals who qualify for relief under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Develop and deliver legal education and technical assistance to community attorneys and community-based organizations regarding records relief and licensing under the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.


• Supervise attorneys and volunteers in the provision of advice, support, and training regarding alternative forms of criminal records relief, including FDIC waivers, health care worker waivers, certificates of rehabilitation, and other forms of relief.


• Cultivate and manage relationships with workforce development agencies and other community-based organizations that have formal partnerships with CGLA to provide holistic legal services to clients.


• Schedule and conduct periodic on-site and virtual visits to partner organizations to conduct staff training and provide legal services.


• Supervise volunteer attorneys and law students at CGLA’s Criminal Records Help Desks and community summits as assigned.


• Collaborate with assigned Client Support Services staff to improve client outcomes.


• Collaborate with attorneys in other CGLA program areas when criminal records clients have civil or criminal defense legal needs, serving as co-counsel on their housing law, family law, and criminal law cases with supervisory approval as caseload capacity allows.


• Maintain up-to-date client information in CGLA’s case management system to ensure accurate data collection and statistical tracking including timely reporting of outcomes.


• Assist with developing educational materials relating to criminal records matters and conduct classes for clients, volunteers, courts, partner organizations and other personnel as assigned.


• Attend CLE classes and legal community meetings on relevant legal and social justice topics.


• Work with the CGLA leadership team to ensure all program goals are met each fiscal year.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Personnel Management

• Assist in onboarding and training new staff, interns and volunteers and reviewing their work product.


• Conduct performance appraisals and quarterly check-ins with direct reports and assigned fellows.
• Ensure timely, consistent, and detailed performance feedback is provided to each direct report. Ensure direct reports are performing at a satisfactory level.


• Provide resources and support to address staff’s needs, identify and secure professional development opportunities for staff, provide coaching and supervision, and manage and resolve conflict.


• Provide training and supervising in-house staff, fellows, interns, and volunteers to assure quality legal representation.

Education

• Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school.


• Licensed to practice law in Illinois by date of employment.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ practice experience, with at least 1 – 2 years in criminal law.


• Minimum of 1-2 years of supervisory of experience.
  

Required Skills

• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.


• Be self-driven, highly energetic and innovative.


• The ability to work collaboratively with staff, interns and volunteers.


• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results.
• Superior interpersonal skills; comfortable working with a diverse population.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in writing and orally.
• Exemplary organizational skills and keen attention to detail.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise attorneys and other employees as assigned.

Required Hours

Monday through Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

NOTE: Non-traditional hours – occasional weekends and evenings – are required.

Physical Requirements

• Sit for long periods of time


• Speak clearly so listeners can understand.


• Understand the speech of another person.


• Must be able to handle high levels of mental stress.
• The employee is regularly required to sit, walk, talk, read, see and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to type, handle, or feel and reach. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Travel Requirements

Travel to the Richard J. Daley Center, the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse and the Suburban Municipal District Courthouses is required. Travel to external Workforce Development and Anti-Violence Organizations throughout the Chicagoland is also required

Working Conditions

CGLA has implemented a telecommuter and flexible work policy that allows employees to perform work remotely at the employee’s home or at an approved offsite location. Employees must have adequate internet access to work from home. If working in the office, you must be able to work in an open office setting with moderate noise levels and follow all COVID-19 safety protocols. Employee must have reliable internet access to work remotely. The candidate selected for this position will be required to work 2-3 days onsite per week. The physical office is closed every Friday and employees work remotely from home.

Benefits
We offer a generous benefits plan that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield - Health insurance, Vision Service Plan – Vision insurance, Principal Dental insurance and 100% employer paid life insurance, (EAP) Employee Assistance Program, Dependent Care and Medical Flexible spending accounts, Pet insurance, Pre Tax Programs for parking, local transit for Ventra and Metra and UberPool, and Vanguard 403(b) retirement account. Additionally, CGLA offers generous Paid Time-off, Floating Holidays and 14 paid holidays per year. During the summer months we celebrate Summer Fridays by closing the office early.

Note: Please mention how you heard about the job announcement in your cover letter.

(If selected for an in-person interview, a mock training presentation will be requested)
NO PHONE CALLS OR RECRUITING FIRMS PLEASE!

CGLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position.

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