Housing Paralegal
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $45,310 to 60,892
Rising for Justice (“RFJ”) invites applications for a full-time housing paralegal position. Reporting to the Director of RFJ’s Tenant Justice Program, this position is responsible for supporting attorneys providing legal representation to low-income residents of Washington, DC in landlord-tenant disputes and housing-related cases. This is a full-time position based on a 40-hour work week. RFJ offers a hybrid work environment with three days in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with intake, including interviewing potential clients, entering information in RFJ’s case management system, and providing non-legal information and other assistance when necessary;
- Assist attorneys with investigations, including home inspections to review clients’ housing conditions, obtaining case-related documents, serving process or subpoenas, and, as necessary, testifying in court in RFJ cases;
- Assist attorneys with updating and maintaining case files and preparing client letters and other correspondence;
- Assist supervising attorneys and program directors with quality control and oversight of data entry, including running and reviewing reports in the case management system;
- Assist attorneys with case management, including reviewing and organizing documents; preparing trial or deposition materials such as exhibits or case document binders; and assisting with reviewing, assembling, and/or serving discovery or other case documents;
- Provide support to working committees including RFJ’s Community Outreach Committee and Case Acceptance Committee, by performing administrative duties and other work as assigned;
- Oversee undergraduate internship program including managing the recruitment of interns, assigning and supervising work in coordination with RFJ’s program directors, and providing programming and support as part of the internship experience; and
- Other duties as assigned.
