Attorney

• Work with veterans’ service providers, including VA medical centers, to screen for health-harming legal needs and address those needs through legal services.
• Provide representation in civil legal matters including housing, family law, public benefits, consumer debt, and civil rights.
• Provide legal advice, limited scope assistance, and full representation.
• Conduct training, hold regular office hours, and provide legal services for patients and clients of veterans’ service providers.
• Provide orientation and training activities for veterans’ service providers, including appropriate referral procedures.
• Interview, advise, and represent eligible clients in civil matters.
• Develop and maintain specialized knowledge of patients’ health-harming legal needs.
• Consult with veterans’ service provider personnel.
• Coordinate and support the medical legal partnership, including partnership meetings, evaluation, and data collection.
• Compose correspondence, pleadings, and other documents.
• Research the law and prepare memoranda.
• Recruit, train, and support pro bono attorneys when appropriate.
• Participate in MLSA statewide initiatives and impact work, and implement grant and contract requirements through casework.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervising and organizational leadership.

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