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About the Role

The Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) team works onsite with health care clinicians to promote physical, mental, and emotional health through integrated legal services. This role focuses on working directly with patient-clients to solve a wide range of legal issues, addressing health-harming legal needs at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Austin, Texas and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality legal advice, assistance, referrals, and representation to eligible clients in a compassionate, culturally appropriate, and trauma-informed manner.
Execute intake interviews with potential clients, confirm eligibility for services, and check for conflicts of interest.
Perform high-level legal research and factual investigation.
Write complaints, petitions, motions, memos, and briefs on behalf of clients.
Communicate with third parties to advocate on behalf of clients.
Prepare for, attend, assist, argue, and conduct depositions, hearings, trials, and appeals.
Analyze legal and social problems and devise strategic plans to address health-harming legal needs.
Seek and act on opportunities for healthcare transformation by bringing structural competency to bear on relevant clinical committees, workgroups, and taskforces.
Cultivate working relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to advance program and organizational goals.
Present complex, relevant legal topics to lay members of the community and health professionals.
Lead or assist with promoting health and legal education efforts.
Travel to locations outside of Austin, Texas, occasionally.
Assist with funding for, reporting on, and evaluation of the MLP.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Ability to develop a sophisticated understanding of the MLP model and its approach to civil legal services.
Ability and willingness to learn how to represent and advocate for patients with health-harming legal needs in two or more of the “IHELP” categories (Income, Insurance, Housing, Education, Employment, Legal Status, Personal Stability).
Current knowledge of the law and legal system, especially in areas that affect low-income and marginalized communities.
Excellent legal research and advocacy skills.
Strong analytical skills and attention-to-detail.
Exceptional listening, written and oral communications skills.
Proficiency with Adobe, social media tools, and Microsoft Office products.
Proficiency with or ability to learn TLSC’s case management system and the clinic’s electronic health record and enterprise practice management system.
Ability to understand grant requirements and associated reporting needs.
Ability to learn new technologies to carry out job functions.
Ability to work with clients in a patient, trauma-informed, and non-judgmental manner.
Ability to travel to out-of-town locations.

Skills

Legal research
Advocacy
Analytical skills
Attention-to-detail
Listening
Written communication
Oral communication
Adobe
Social media tools
Microsoft Office products
Case management systems
Electronic health records
Enterprise practice management systems
Grant management
Trauma-informed care

Location

Austin, Texas
Surrounding areas

Work Type

Onsite
Grant funded

Education Level

J.D. Degree
Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas

About the Company

Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) MLPs are based on the national MLP model of increasing access to justice while mitigating socio-legal determinants of health—such as lack of access to care, financial and food insecurity, housing instability, and personal uncertainty.