Description
While the exact duties of each JusticeCorps full-time fellow member will vary depending upon placement in service sites, including court-based Self-Help Resource Centers, Self-Help Legal Access Centers, and Small Claims Advisor Offices, the following provides a general description of the primary fellow member duties:
• With guidance from qualified service site staff, provide self-represented litigants with information about procedures, options, scheduling and referrals to
appropriate services within or outside the courts;
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• With guidance from self-help attorneys and Court Paralegals, assist in the review of self-represented litigants’ files, documents, and electronic case summaries and indexes to prepare for workshops, clinics, and other assistance
as assigned by supervisors;
• With guidance from qualified service site staff, assist self-represented litigants in the completion of legal forms and documents;
• Assist in self-help workshops guided by self-help attorneys, Court Paralegals, and other qualified site staff;
• Assist in creation or revision of informational and educational materials for JusticeCorps service sites with guidance of qualified service site staff;
• Assist in enhancing the volunteer recruitment and training for the JusticeCorps service sites;
• Full-time fellow members may be assigned by their supervisors to act as team leads to support and mentor less experienced, JusticeCorps minimum time
members and other volunteers.
While the exact duties of each JusticeCorps full-time fellow member will vary depending upon placement in service sites, including court-based Self-Help Resource Centers, Self-Help Legal Access Centers, and Small Claims Advisor Offices, the following provides a general description of the primary fellow member duties:
• With guidance from qualified service site staff, provide self-represented litigants with information about procedures, options, scheduling and referrals to
appropriate services within or outside the courts;
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• With guidance from self-help attorneys and Court Paralegals, assist in the review of self-represented litigants’ files, documents, and electronic case summaries and indexes to prepare for workshops, clinics, and other assistance
as assigned by supervisors;
• With guidance from qualified service site staff, assist self-represented litigants in the completion of legal forms and documents;
• Assist in self-help workshops guided by self-help attorneys, Court Paralegals, and other qualified site staff;
• Assist in creation or revision of informational and educational materials for JusticeCorps service sites with guidance of qualified service site staff;
• Assist in enhancing the volunteer recruitment and training for the JusticeCorps service sites;
• Full-time fellow members may be assigned by their supervisors to act as team leads to support and mentor less experienced, JusticeCorps minimum time
members and other volunteers.
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Living Allowance
$2250
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$2250 monthly
Benefits
Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Living allowance, Training
Education Requirements
College Graduate
Desired Languages
English
Other Conditions
Uniforms provided and required
Subject to criminal background check