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Job Description
The Economic Development Unit of Legal Aid of Western Missouri is seeking a full-time attorney for its Paseo Office in Kansas City, Missouri. The attorney will work with inner-city neighborhood associations and local non-profit community development corporations on targeted inner-city community improvement initiatives. This position will focus heavily on real estate transactions and civil land-use litigation with the target outcomes being blight remediation, affordable housing preservation, and community re-investment. This position requires significant interaction with Kansas City neighborhoods, so local travel and some evening and weekend work will be required.
The qualified candidate must have the following:
- Active Missouri Bar license or eligible for licensure in Missouri through reciprocity
- Computer proficiency
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Desire and commitment to assist in the delivery of high-quality legal assistance
- Ability to speak a second language, preferred, but not required
- Courtroom experience preferred
- Experience handling community development cases is preferred, but not required
Salary: $65,000 + DOE
Benefits:
- Medical Plans with PPO or HSA options
- Dental Plan
- Vision Plan
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Accident Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts for medical or dependent care
- Health Savings Accounts
- Paid CLE and Bar Dues
- Paid Time Off: Vacation, Sick, Personal and Holidays
- Qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
- Travel and parking reimbursement
- 401k and up to 3.5% employer match
Please visit https://www.lawmo.org/careers/current-openings to submit your application, resume, and cover letter.
LAWMO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Those applicants requiring accommodation to the interview/application process should contact the Human Resources Department at EEO@lawmo.org.
