Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NRG Consulting Group is seeking a Program & Training Attorney for Legal Link, an organization dedicated to training community partners to address early-stage legal issues. The role involves leading training sessions, developing curriculum, and providing legal support to enhance community engagement and legal education.
Responsibilities
- Serve as lead facilitator for Legal First Aid® certification trainings: live virtual sessions, in-person workshops, and multi-session cohorts for partners nationwide
- Deliver contracted training programs, from local contracts working to increase housing stability and prevent evictions to rural, partner-based contracts in southern and midwestern states
- Design and lead train-the-trainer sessions that equip partner organizations to sustain the work locally
- Travel periodically for in-person trainings, convenings, and conferences (estimated 5–10% of time)
- Develop and continuously improve training content in collaboration with the program team and the Director of Legal Innovation & Technology
- Ensure legal accuracy, accessibility, and cultural responsiveness across all training materials
- Pending Rule 9.45.1 adoption, contribute to statewide training efforts for California's Community Justice Worker program, including supporting the development and delivery of minimum standards curriculum on ethics, UPL boundaries, confidentiality, and supervision
- Adapt curriculum for new geographies, issue areas, and partner cohorts as Legal Link scales
- Grow and support Legal Link's national network of 4,000+ Legal First Aid® certified providers through communications, forums, and peer learning
- Provide legal consults to trained providers navigating complex client situations across housing, benefits, debt, immigration, and related areas
- Serve as a subject matter expert in one or more legal issue areas most commonly impacting low-income communities, such as housing, family law, immigration, and public benefits
- Track training outcomes, including pre- and post-training assessments, in partnership with Legal Link's evaluation team
- Assist with funder reporting, grant deliverables, and impact storytelling
- Participate in internal program strategy and planning discussions
Skills
- Active license to practice law, in good standing, in at least one U.S. jurisdiction; California licensure preferred
- Minimum 3 years of legal experience in housing, public benefits, immigration, consumer debt, family, or related poverty law
- Exceptional public speaking and facilitation skills, with demonstrated experience teaching or training adult audiences
- San Francisco Bay Area-based, with availability for regular in-person trainings and partner engagements
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple training engagements simultaneously
- Commitment to Legal Link's mission and to racial and economic equity in the legal system
- Experience designing or delivering community-based legal education or adult learning programs
- Experience working with frontline service providers and low-income communities
- Training or certification in facilitation, or experience teaching adult learners
- Familiarity with virtual training tools and learning management systems
- Conversational proficiency in Spanish or another language
- Comfort working in a small, collaborative, hybrid team environment
Benefits
- 4-day, 32-hour work week
- Health coverage
- Generous paid time off (including a winter break office closure)
- 401(k) with a 5% match
- Parental leave
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