Hybrid Staff Attorney

at MICHIGAN ADVOCACY PROGRAM

• Job title: Staff Attorney
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $64,946 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Kalamazoo, United States

About the role

• Staff Attorney responsible for direct representation of farmworkers in legal matters. Joining MAP Farmworker Legal Services, a non-profit law office focused on civil legal services for farmworkers in Michigan.

Responsibilities

• Provide civil legal services to farmworkers and animal production workers throughout Michigan.
• Responsible for direct representation of clients, ranging from advice to full litigation in State and Federal Courts.
• Duties may include filing administrative complaints or immigration applications or work on cases involving wage theft, trafficking, discrimination, sexual harassment, housing, workplace health and safety, and H-2A visa program issues.
• Significant collaboration with local and national community partners.

Requirements

• Licensed to practice law in Michigan, qualify to be admitted by waiver or as a student attorney under MRPC Rule 8.120, or able to take the next available bar exam in Michigan
• Demonstrate commitment to low-income individuals, farmworkers, immigrants, or victims of crime
• Willing to occasionally work a flexible schedule that may include travel and evening or weekend work
• Demonstrate success working effectively in teams as well as independently to meet multiple deadlines
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Reside in Michigan during employment
• Experience litigating at state or federal level
• Working knowledge in employment and labor law, the U.S. immigration system, the agricultural industry, farmworker advocacy, or legal services
• Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, in Spanish and/or proficiency in Haitian Creole or indigenous languages native to Mexico or Central America

Benefits

• Salary starts at $64,946 and increases based on years of relevant experience.
• 401K retirement plan with an annual 2% contribution and 2% employer-match for eligible staff after 6 months of employment and subject to board approval.
• Generous benefits package, including life, short and long term disability, health, vision, dental, fully funded deductibles, and flexible spending accounts.
• Annual $1,500 payout for applicants that do not require health benefits.
• Generous leave policy allowing staff to accrue 4 weeks paid leave the first year in addition to 15 paid holidays and additional paid leave to take the Michigan bar exam.
• Unionized program and a qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.