Crime Victim Legal Assistant

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Montana Legal Services Association
Helena, MT
Full-time

The full-time Crime Victim Legal Assistant position based in MLSA’s Helena office offers support, advocacy, information and referrals to victims of crime. The Crime Victim Legal Assistant will conduct outreach and work with the Project Coordinator and Staff Attorneys to build and maintain professional relationships with criminal justice professionals, victim service providers, and other stakeholders throughout the state. Please visit our website for more information - https://www.mtcrimevictimhelp.org/

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Answer incoming calls from victims of crime in Montana and conduct initial screening.
  • Determine if there is a legal aspect to a crime victim’s problem and summarize the issue.
  • Create computer files for new clients and new cases.
  • Provide overall support to Crime Victim Attorneys.
  • Scan and upload applications and client documents to MLSA’s case management system.
  • Calendar case-related dates, advice appointments, and events in the system.
  • Assist in developing working partnerships and conducting outreach with legal and social service agencies, and criminal justice professionals.
  • Make appropriate referrals and collaborate as needed with legal and social services agencies, and criminal justice professionals.
  • Assist with data gathering, grant reporting and other duties as assigned. 
Skills/Experience: 
  • Associate’s Degree or equivalent educational experience.
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills, excellent listening skills.
  • Capacity to learn and adapt.
  • High degree of computer data entry proficiency and accuracy.
  • Ability to travel, occasionally overnight.
  • A commitment to providing high quality legal assistance to crime victims in Montana.
  • Proficient at the use of technology, including internet-based programs and computer-based legal research.
  • Comfortable using technology and learning new programs to aid legal service provision.
  • Dependability, initiative and motivation and concern for the interests of victims of crime.
Compensation/Benefits: 

$35,000, DOE. MLSA offers an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, retirement and educational loan repayment assistance.

How to Apply: 

Visit https://montanalegalservices.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=34 and fill out application or email resume, cover letter and references to [email protected].

Additional Information: 

MLSA is an equal opportunity employer and we consider the diversity of our staff to be vital to our organization's success. We strongly encourage and welcome people of all cultures, races, educational backgrounds, life experiences, socio-economic classes, sexual orientations, ages, genders, and physical abilities to apply.

Job Function: 
Legal Services

Organization Info

Montana Legal Services Association

Overview
Headquarters: 
Helena, Montana, USA
Website: 
mtlsa.org
Annual Budget : 
$1-5M
Size: 
11-50 employees
Founded: 
1966
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Legal Services / Justice System
Civil Rights / Social Justice
Mission: 

For over fifty years, the Montana Legal Services Association has helped ensure fairness for all in Montana’s justice system by providing civil, non-criminal legal services to low income Montanans living in all 56 Montana counties and on all Tribal Reservations.

Programs: 

As a private, non-profit law firm, MLSA provides non-criminal legal information, advice, and representation to thousands of Montanans each year. MLSA’s services help fight scams on seniors, assist veterans who have been denied their earned benefits, help people escape abusive relationships, and represent families living in unsafe housing conditions.

“Equal Justice for All” is our shared ideal. Every year, millions walk under these words, engraved into the United States Supreme Court building. Every day, millions of schoolchildren pledge their allegiance to a republic “with liberty and justice for all.” And on countless TV shows, you hear the words, “If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.”

Unfortunately, there is no right to an attorney for people facing non-criminal legal problems. For many people, especially those with limited incomes, the high cost of legal assistance can prevent them from obtaining even the most basic access to our court systems.

That’s why MLSA works to provide civil legal aid to low income individuals living throughout Montana – to ensure that equal justice for all is a reality for all Montanans, and not just for those who can afford it.

Awards & Accolades: 
MLSA's Medical-Legal Partnership program received a certificate of recognition for their collaborative effort to improve community health at the Montana Healthy Communities Conference.
MLSA received the Mary Byron Celebrating Solutions Award in recognition of MLSA’s work to provide civil legal assistance to survivors of domestic violence and break the cycle of violence.
MLSA received a Community Impact Award at the Montana Housing Partnership Conference recognizing the impact of the Keep My Montana Home program on saving homes from foreclosure in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis.
MLSA received the Montana Board of Crime Control’s Innovative Community Improvement Award for using technology to increase access to justice in rural Montana.
Why Work For Us?: 
  • Live your values and put your law degree to work by representing people who deserve a voice in our legal system.
  • Great benefits, generous leave, and competitive pay.
  • Access to free CLE seminars and opportunities to attend national conferences and trainings.
  • The chance to hone your litigation skills in a friendly and supportive work environment.
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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Dec 2 2021
Active Until: 
Jan 2 2022
Hiring Organization: 
Montana Legal Services Association
industry: 
Nonprofit