What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grady Medical Legal Partnership Paralegal position at Atlanta Legal Aid Society?
Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Paralegal for the Grady Medical Legal Partnership (“Grady MLP”). Atlanta Legal Aid is a nonprofit law firm which represents low-income persons in a variety of civil legal matters including family, housing, consumer, public benefits, education and health law. The Grady MLP is a community-based, medical-legal partnership between Atlanta Legal Aid and the Grady Health System, a level 1 trauma center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The Grady MLP aims to improve the health and well-being of underserved Georgians by coordinating services to address legal, social and economic conditions threatening their health. The MLP is currently staffed by two half-time staff attorneys, and in the near future likely will become part of the Health Law Unit of Atlanta Legal Aid which has a managing attorney, staff attorney, and two support staff.
The Grady MLP represents clients in a variety of civil law problems including public benefits and health insurance, disability-related issues, poor housing conditions, and family law matters. The MLP also coordinates with and trains doctors, social workers, and other health care professionals; recruits and trains volunteer attorneys; works with students in law, medicine, social work, public health, and bioethics; and participates in task forces and committees of other service providers.
Responsibilities :
- Case intake and management, including answering the phone, conducting initial client intakes and interviews, gathering documentation, and presenting cases to the staff attorneys and at case acceptance meetings
- Data management, including entering case information into Legal Aid’s client database and retrieving data from the Grady database
- Preparing reports for funders, medical staff, and hospital administration
- File management, including scanning documents into the client database, filing and archiving closed cases
- Providing clients with information and advice under the supervision of an attorney
- Assisting with document preparation and organization including trial binders
- Reviewing and summarizing medical records
- Notarizing documents
- Interviewing, onboarding and training new staff, volunteers, interns and externs
- Drafting client stories
- General administrative tasks
Qualifications :
Salary and Benefits :
Application Requirements : Submit a letter of interest; resume; writing sample ; official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable pending your order of an official transcript); and the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work) with a brief statement as to the connection to the applicant, as one (1) PDF using our online application system at the following link : Atlantalegalaid.org / jobs. Only applications with all the requested documents will be considered for an interview.
Your application will be acknowledged. No phone calls please. For technical difficulties in submitting your application, please email career@atlantalegalaid.org .
ALAS considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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Salary : $50,000
