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About the Role

Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) is recruiting for a Rural Justice Initiative (RJI) Project Attorney Supervisor to coordinate and manage the day-to-day implementation of DRTx's participation in the Texas Access to Justice Foundation Rural Justice Initiative. This role expands access to civil legal services for low-income Texans with disabilities in designated rural and legal-desert communities, functioning as a generalist disability-rights attorney.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a comprehensive RJI implementation and community outreach plan.
Coordinate implementation of the approved plan, including regional work plans, timelines, milestones, staffing resources, and project deliverables.
Establish and facilitate a regular project management meeting structure.
Collaborate to develop and implement periodic evaluations of the RJI's effectiveness.
Assess geographic coverage, legal-service outcomes, outreach-to-intake conversion, community referral effectiveness, client access barriers, staffing capacity, and progress toward grant objectives.
Recommend improvements based on evaluation findings.
Lead and coordinate the day-to-day implementation of the RJI initiative.
Monitor progress, identify operational barriers, and recommend corrective actions.
Track programmatic outcomes for the project and prepare all necessary reports.
Develop and maintain systems to monitor grant deliverables, geographic service coverage, performance measures, reporting deadlines, implementation milestones, and project expenditures.
Review project performance data, identify deficiencies, and provide regular reports and recommendations.
Provide limited direct legal representation and advocacy to eligible clients.
Coordinate implementation of consistent procedures for evaluating requests for assistance, screening eligibility, identifying appropriate legal-service responses, and routing referrals.
Monitor referral pathways, service-delivery barriers, and regional capacity.
Provide advice, direction, and technical assistance to project team and organization staff.
Coordinate cross-issue legal consultation, case staffing, training, and technical assistance with DRTx substantive issue teams.
Provide legal services relating to special education rights.
Provide legal assistance regarding other disability-related civil legal issues.
Conduct legal research, analyze facts, identify applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and develop appropriate legal strategies and interventions.
Prepare legal documents, including pleadings, briefs, memoranda, administrative complaints, discovery, correspondence, settlement documents, and other legal materials.
Prepare or coordinate development of project management documents, operational guidance, implementation reports, and legal-service protocols.
Interview clients, witnesses, community members, and other stakeholders and review relevant records and evidence.
Coordinate, monitor, and evaluate legal services through community-based clinics, mobile or regional outreach activities, and other service-delivery models.
Lead project-level coordination of regional relationship-building and partnership activities.
Coordinate with DRTx Outreach leadership to ensure community engagement activities support the approved project strategy.
Work collaboratively with Rural Justice Initiative partner organizations, DRTx attorneys and Advocates, Community Justice Workers, community navigators, intake personnel, pro bono attorneys, and other project personnel.
Serve as a primary operational liaison for coordinating RJI implementation activities, partner referrals, cross-organization communication, and resolution or escalation of operational challenges.
Provide legal guidance, technical assistance, training, and mentorship to project staff, community partners, pro bono attorneys, and other legal service providers.
Identify and coordinate training, technical assistance, cross-training, and professional development needs of RJI staff and project partners.
Develop and deliver community education, Know Your Rights presentations, legal clinics, and other educational programs.
Identify emerging legal needs, recurring barriers, service gaps, and systemic issues affecting low-income people with disabilities.
Support project efforts to build sustainable local legal capacity.
Maintain accurate, timely, and complete case and project records and collect information necessary to satisfy DRTx and Rural Justice Initiative grant reporting, evaluation, and performance requirements.
Coordinate and participate in project training, cross-training, case rounds, coalition activities, and other professional development.
Travel regularly throughout the assigned rural service area and periodically to other locations in Texas.
Apply relevant laws, regulations, professional rules, DRTx policies, grant requirements, and ethical standards.
Manage workload and competing priorities independently while meeting case deadlines, project deliverables, and organizational expectations.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and in good standing.
Minimum of five (5) years of relevant legal experience.
Experience providing legal services, advocacy, or representation to low-income or underserved populations, or demonstrated ability to develop such expertise.
Demonstrated ability to independently manage legal matters and provide client representation.
Ability and willingness to travel regularly throughout rural Texas.
Ability to attend in-person court proceedings, administrative hearings, clinics, outreach events, client meetings, and community activities.
Ability to maintain Texas law licensure and comply with applicable continuing legal education requirements.
Ability to work collaboratively with attorneys and staff employed by other Rural Justice Initiative partner organizations.
Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse socioeconomic, geographic, cultural, linguistic, and disability backgrounds.
Commitment to providing high-quality legal services to low-income Texans with disabilities and increasing access to justice in underserved rural communities.

Skills

Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and train others.
Ability to create collaboration among stakeholders and other disability groups.
Ability to develop working knowledge across multiple areas of disability-related civil law.
Knowledge of federal and Texas laws affecting people with disabilities, or the ability to acquire such knowledge.
Ability to analyze complex legal issues and develop effective case strategies.
Strong legal research, writing, negotiation, and oral advocacy skills.
Ability to communicate legal concepts effectively to clients, community members, attorneys, and non-attorney partners.
Ability to develop professional relationships and establish credibility with individuals and organizations in rural communities.
Ability to work independently while maintaining effective communication and collaboration with supervisors and colleagues.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, judgment, and follow-through.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, substantial travel, client responsibilities, and project deadlines.
Experience in project coordination and team leadership.
Experience in public interest, legal aid, disability rights, special education, housing, public benefits, or other civil legal services.
Experience practicing in rural communities or representing clients who live in geographically isolated or underserved areas.
Experience developing relationships with community organizations, schools, healthcare organizations, government entities, or other community-based institutions.
Civil litigation and/or administrative hearing experience.
Experience providing community legal education or participating in legal clinics.
Spanish bilingual proficiency (written and spoken).
Existing professional or community ties to the assigned RJI service area.

Location

Rural Texas

Work Type

Full-time
Travel required

Experience Level

5+ years of legal experience

Education Level

Juris Doctor (JD)

About the Company

Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) is the federally mandated protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities in Texas.
DRTx is participating in the Rural Justice Initiative (RJI), a collaborative effort designed to expand access to civil legal services for low-income Texans living in designated rural communities and legal-desert counties.