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About the Role

Open Door Legal is seeking an Affirmative Housing Attorney to join their growing team. This role will work collaboratively with the housing team and clients to ensure the rights of San Francisco low-income residents to safe and healthy homes. The housing practice team is the largest at the organization, with the Affirmative Housing team focusing on issues such as housing discrimination, illegal rent increases, landlord harassment, and habitability.

Responsibilities

Embody the mission of universal access to civil legal aid and work with the team to ensure affirmative housing needs are met.
Maintain a full caseload, opening and closing cases efficiently.
Facilitate housing and brief service intakes across multiple office locations and virtually.
Represent clients at SF Superior Court, SF Rent Board hearings, SFHA administrative hearings, grievance hearings, and mediations.
Provide services and support to low-income clients with sensitivity to cultural, socio-economic, and disability differences.
Maintain a high rating in the client feedback survey.
Utilize Salesforce to document case activities, maintain accurate client records, and ensure timely updates.
Lead in representing the mission and values externally and internally.

Requirements

Membership in good standing with the California State Bar.
At least 1 year of experience in tenant-side housing law or a similar field.
Strong time management skills and ability to handle quick timelines and diverse activities.
Active demonstration of cultural humility and sensitivity to barriers faced by low-income San Franciscans.
Demonstrated understanding of providing trauma-informed advocacy for clients in crisis.
Genuine motivation for working with low-income clients and competence with clients impacted by trauma.
Minimum of three days in-office per week.
High level of comfort learning and using technology and cloud-based case management systems (Salesforce, Dropbox, Google Suite).
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Skills

Cultural humility
Trauma-informed advocacy
Time management
Technology and cloud-based case management systems
Salesforce
Dropbox
Google Suite
Spanish
Mandarin
Cantonese
Tagalog/other Filipino dialects
Vietnamese

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Full-Time
Hybrid

Experience Level

1+ years

Education Level

Juris Doctor

Salary/Compensations

$83,500-$99,500

Benefits

Loan Repayment Assistance
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan offerings at 100% coverage
Generous paid time off (four weeks vacation and two weeks sick/care)
Flexible work hours
Generous paid parental leave
401K/Retirement Account
Financial investment in individual professional development

About the Company

Open Door Legal (ODL) is pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to civil legal representation to reduce poverty and prove that the law belongs to all.
ODL has grown 150x in 10 years and aims to scale across San Francisco.
ODL is an award-winning and best-in-class legal aid organization.
The organization believes injustice is the heart of poverty and is looking for individuals passionate about ensuring justice for all.
ODL provides holistic, trauma-informed housing services.
The housing practice team is the largest at the organization, split into Unlawful Detainer (UD) and Affirmative Housing sections.
The Affirmative Housing team addresses issues like housing discrimination, illegal rent increases, landlord harassment, and habitability.
The Affirmative Housing team has two dedicated attorneys.
ODL's core values are passion, grit, teamwork, care, and dynamism.
The office is fun and hard-working with best-in-class technology solutions.

Equal Opportunity

Open Door Legal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law including the San Francisco Fair chance Ordinance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.