Job Details

Job Type

Full-time

Description

LAWV is looking for a Staff Attorney to provide high quality legal services to domestic violence victims to ensure safety, family stability, and economic security while promoting client empowerment.

Requirements

• Must have demonstrable commitment to understanding and addressing issues of domestic violence victims and low-income constituents through the provision of advice and counsel, brief services, and/or direct representation, as appropriate.
• Must have J.D. and be admitted to practice in West Virginia and be in good standing or must be eligible for admission to the West Virginia Bar under West Virginia Supreme Court Rule 9 if admitted to practice in another state or must be eligible to take the next regularly scheduled West Virginia Bar Exam.
• Must have skills to use office technologies, including learning LAWV case management software.
• Must be able to balance administrative and client advocacy responsibilities.