Senior Paralegal - Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit

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About Public Law Center
Founded in 1981, The Public Law Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free legal services to low-income residents and other nonprofits in Orange County. Every year, Public Law Center serves about 4,000 clients annually through staff and volunteers, providing tens of thousands of hours of legal services worth over $30 million. Our services include counseling, individual representation, community education and strategic policy advocacy and impact litigation to challenge societal injustices.

About The Role
The Public Law Center (PLC)’s Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit seeks an energetic, passionate advocate to join our team in fighting for justice for low-income tenants and self-represented litigants in Orange County through innovative, collaborative, community-centered lawyering to address inequities and pursue access to affordable housing.
PLC’s Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit provides high-quality, direct representation, in addition to coordinating and supervising pro bono representation, of tenants in cases involving evictions or unlawful detainers, discrimination, harassment, housing voucher disputes, affordable housing advocacy, and other issues related to housing.
The Unit also participates in community education, community-based clinics, and local and statewide advocacy.
PLC is seeking a highly skilled Senior Paralegal to support the Unit with case management, legal research, and mentoring and training. This role requires expertise in litigation support, training and mentoring staff, and ensuring efficient legal operations. The Senior Paralegal will collaborate with attorneys, other paralegals/administrative staff, clients, and external partners to provide quality legal services.

What You'll Do

• Conduct in-depth legal research, draft memoranda, and analyze case law to support attorneys in litigation, including eviction defense, discrimination, habitability, subsidized housing cases, and other issues arising in landlord/tenant relationships.
• Manage discovery processes, conduct investigation and fact gathering (including housing inspections), perform legal analysis, draft pleadings, coordinate filings, mail and serve documents, and prepare attorneys for court proceedings.
• Monitor changes and ensure compliance with laws and regulations affecting housing legal services.
• Prepare legal correspondence, internal reports, and other resources with precision and confidentiality.
• Participate in internal office initiatives and external events and activities.
• Prepare and conduct trainings and community presentations and otherwise assist with or coordinate community outreach and education efforts.
• Interview clients and act as a point of contact for clients and pro bono counsel, ensuring professional and effective communication.
• If bilingual, assist with interpretation and translation for staff and volunteer attorneys as needed.
• Provide approved legal information or advice and ass

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• 15 paid holidays per year
• Approximately 1 paid week off during office winter closure (between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day)
• 21 paid sick/wellness days per year to promote mental wellness and general wellbeing
• 15 paid vacation days per year
• Birthday paid time off (2 hours of paid time off during birthday month)
• 403b retirement plan (after 6 months of employment PLC provides a matching contribution equaling 100% of salary deferral up to a maximum of 3-4%, depending on length of employment)
• Monthly $55 stipend for Wi-Fi and cell phone use
• Monthly Bilingual Pay Premium upon successful completion of an oral and/or written test ($50 for oral premium and $50 for written premium)
• Optional monthly peer support group facilitated by third party mental health clinic
• Opportunities for growth and advancement

Public Law Center is dedicated to building a diverse team and fostering a fair and welcoming work environment. To view our complete DEI statement, please click here .

Public Law Center is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please contact Public Law Center.

PLC will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

PLC regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.