Job Number:  01-241106-03: Family Law Staff Attorney

Company Name:  Mid-Missouri Legal Services


Family Law Staff Attorney position $65,000+ DOE.

Mid-Missouri Legal Services offers a professional and friendly environment and fosters good work-life balance. Mid-Missouri Legal Services fully covers employee health insurance. Mid-Missouri Legal Services attorneys often qualify for multiple law school loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs. Staff attorneys can select one day a week to work at home after successful completion of a six-month probationary period.

Mid-Missouri Legal Services has full-time opening for a staff attorney in its Jefferson City office to provide representation in family law cases, with opportunities to handle other types of cases as needed. The staff attorney will handle cases, including adoption, divorce, custody, paternity and modification proceedings, as well as adult and child guardianship cases, and orders of protection.

Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited law school and must be licensed to practice law in Missouri or transferring bar license from another state.

The position requires excellent communication skills, analytical skills, work ethic, and a strong commitment to provide quality legal services to low-income and/or vulnerable populations. MMLS offers a professional and friendly environment and fosters work-life balance. The attorney will have immediate and direct responsibility for own case load, trial preparation and in-court appearances. Mid-Missouri Legal Services has an experienced family law unit that fosters collegiality and provides guidance and mentoring to new family law attorneys.
 
Mid-Missouri Legal Services provides an excellent benefit package, including fully paid health, dental, long term disability and life insurance premiums; generous holiday, health leave and vacation days; employer contributions to the Mid-Missouri Legal Services 401(k) plan; and payment by Mid-Missouri Legal Services of Bar dues, CLEs and malpractice insurance.

Mid-Missouri Legal Services is a non-profit legal aid program and its attorneys often qualify for multiple law school loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs.
 


Interested Parties/How to Apply:     

Please submit cover letter, resume, three references, and a brief writing sample by email to: admin@mmls.org.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Mid-Missouri Legal Services is an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to diversity in its staff.