Paralegal-Legal Assistance for Victims Program
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Albuquerque, NM
Contract type: Full time
Position Description
New Mexico Legal Aid (NMLA) provides civil legal services to low-income New Mexicans for a variety of legal issues including domestic violence/family law, consumer protection, housing, and benefits. NMLA has locations throughout the state including Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Gallup, Roswell, Silver City, Las Vegas, Taos, and Santa Ana.
New Mexico Legal Aid seeks a Paralegal to provide Legal Assistance for the Victims Program. This project offers services statewide.
The Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Program is intended to increase availability of civil assistance needed to effectively aid adult and youth victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of the abuse of violence. Comprehensive legal services extend beyond representation in emergency and non-emergency protection order hearings to address the broad spectrum of legal issues that victims encounter, including family matters such as divorce, child custody or child support, immigration, administrative agency proceedings, and consumer or housing matters.
Legal assistance is in civil (excluding torts) or administrative matters; criminal justice investigations, prosecutions of the offender, and post-conviction matter that impact victim’s safety, privacy or other interests as victim; alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes that promote victim safety, privacy and autonomy and offender accountability; post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, Tribal, or territorial court. All matters must be related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking victimization.
For this position, under the supervision of the managing attorney, the Paralegal will be responsible for litigation support and assistance to victim's rights attorneys, direct advocacy and victims.
The Paralegal Duties Will Include
New Mexico Legal Aid (NMLA) provides civil legal services to low-income New Mexicans for a variety of legal issues including domestic violence/family law, consumer protection, housing, and benefits. NMLA has locations throughout the state including Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, Gallup, Roswell, Silver City, Las Vegas, Taos, and Santa Ana.
New Mexico Legal Aid seeks a Paralegal to provide Legal Assistance for the Victims Program. This project offers services statewide.
The Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Program is intended to increase availability of civil assistance needed to effectively aid adult and youth victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by providing funds for comprehensive direct legal services to victims in legal matters relating to or arising out of the abuse of violence. Comprehensive legal services extend beyond representation in emergency and non-emergency protection order hearings to address the broad spectrum of legal issues that victims encounter, including family matters such as divorce, child custody or child support, immigration, administrative agency proceedings, and consumer or housing matters.
Legal assistance is in civil (excluding torts) or administrative matters; criminal justice investigations, prosecutions of the offender, and post-conviction matter that impact victim’s safety, privacy or other interests as victim; alternative dispute resolution, restorative practices, or other processes that promote victim safety, privacy and autonomy and offender accountability; post-conviction relief proceedings in state, local, Tribal, or territorial court. All matters must be related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking victimization.
For this position, under the supervision of the managing attorney, the Paralegal will be responsible for litigation support and assistance to victim's rights attorneys, direct advocacy and victims.
The Paralegal Duties Will Include
- Processing intakes.
- General support to attorneys in preparation for court.
- Litigation support.
- Drafting pleadings, correspondence and preparation of other written materials.
- Communicating successfully and respectfully with clients.
- Sending referrals to other support service agencies.
- Engaging in outreach.
- Providing/arranging training to victims' rights advocates.
- Collection of client data.
- Maintaining client information in a database.
- May be required to:
- Attend court with clients.
- Assist them with obtaining financial aid.
- Monitor cases for victim's rights violations requiring attorney involvement.
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