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Attorney - Children and Family Law Division
2 months ago
Job Summary
The Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) is seeking a skilled Trial Attorney to join our Family Justice Advocates team in the Children and Family Law Division. As a Trial Attorney, you will play a critical role in providing legal representation to children and indigent parents in family regulation cases.
Key Responsibilities
- Interview adult clients and conduct legal research and writing
- Conduct pre-72-hour hearing investigations, including reviewing pleadings and exhibits, locating and interviewing witnesses, and drafting motions
- Draft and file necessary motions regarding discovery, reasonable efforts, services, placement, visitation, and other matters
- Prepare pre-trial memoranda, prepare clients for trial, and develop a trial strategy with clients
- Represent clients at hearings regarding extraordinary medical treatment, care and protection, termination of parental rights, guardianship of a minor, and other trials in the juvenile courts and the probate and family courts
- Represent clients in interlocutory appeals and post-trial and post-judgment matters
- Work with the entire Conflict Office legal team, including social workers and paralegals
Requirements
- Commitment to serving a culturally diverse, low-income population
- Eligibility to practice law in Massachusetts, either as a member of the Massachusetts bar, as a law school graduate under Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03, or as an attorney licensed in another jurisdiction who is covered by Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:04
- Access to reliable transportation throughout the state
- Access to a personal computer with home internet access sufficient to work remotely
Preferred Qualifications
- Foreign language skills
- Trial experience in termination of parental rights cases as counsel for a parent and/or as counsel for a child or children
- Demonstrated commitment to the principle of zealous advocacy in the representation of indigent persons in child welfare cases
- Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
- Ability to work in a community and defense-oriented capacity, both independently and collaboratively
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other applicable federal and state statutes and organizational policies.
