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About the Role

Open Door Legal (ODL) is seeking a Temporary Probate Law Attorney to join the Probate Law Team. This role will focus on assisting clients with probate and elder law matters, particularly protecting homeowners and helping families stay in their community. The position offers a challenging yet rewarding experience for individuals passionate about making a difference in clients' lives within an innovative and growing organization.

Responsibilities

Embrace and embody the mission of universal access to civil legal aid, ensuring appropriate help for probate or elder law matters.
Empower clients by educating them on their rights and navigating trust administration, estate planning, conservatorship, and elder abuse matters, with a focus on protecting elderly clients and preserving homeownership.
Manage a full caseload, opening and closing cases efficiently.
Conduct client intake and triage, assessing cases against acceptance criteria and determining appropriate action (opening a case or referring out).
Route conservatorship cases through the required approval process.
Identify other client needs and make appropriate internal and external referrals for legal and wraparound services.
Provide clear case information, strategy, and scope of work to clients, maintaining frequent communication and proactively addressing potential goal discrepancies.
Meet clients where they are, considering their cultural, socio-economic background, age, and barriers to service.
Competently represent clients in San Francisco Superior Court in trust administration, estate planning, conservatorships, and elder abuse restraining order matters.
Obtain and maintain expertise in areas such as trust administration, drafting Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Advance Health Care Directives, conservatorships, and Elder Abuse Restraining Orders.
Issue-spot heir and beneficiary disputes and trust administration litigation, and appropriately hand off or refer these matters.
Collaborate with and supervise pro bono partners and volunteers on assigned cases.
Develop and maintain relationships with relevant nonprofits, advocacy groups, and referral partners.
Provide services with sensitivity to cultural, socio-economic, and disability barriers, and skillfully navigate difficult situations.
Embrace and embody the values of teamwork, grit, caring, passion, and dynamism.

Requirements

Members in good standing with the State Bar of California, or licensed in good standing with another state bar.
At least two (2) years of relevant professional experience.
Knowledge of California civil law and superior court civil procedure.
Strong time management skills for a fast-paced, high-volume practice.
Enthusiasm for and commitment to self-learning and professional development.
Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with attention to detail.
High level of comfort learning and using technology and case management systems (Salesforce, Dropbox, Google Suite).
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.
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Skills

Trust administration
Estate planning
Conservatorships
Elder abuse restraining orders
Drafting of Wills
Drafting of Trusts
Drafting of Powers of Attorney
Drafting of Advance Health Care Directives
Conservatorships of the person
Elder Abuse Restraining Orders
Heir and beneficiary disputes
Trust administration litigation
Salesforce
Dropbox
Google Suite
Trauma-informed advocacy
Cultural humility
Spanish interpretation (bonus)
Cantonese interpretation (bonus)

Location

Remote
Hybrid

Work Type

Temporary (approximately 6 months)
Part-time
Hourly

Experience Level

At least two (2) years of relevant professional experience

Salary/Compensations

$40.14-$47.84 (hourly)
$83,500-$99,500 annual equivalent

Benefits

Flexible work hours
Financial investment in individual professional development (mentorships, coaching, learning opportunities)
Fun and hard-working office environment
Best-in-class technology solutions

About the Company

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” - Nelson Mandela
We believe that even the biggest problems can be broken down into small, achievable steps. Poverty and access to justice are part of the same problem. And we’re solving this problem together.
At Open Door Legal (ODL), we’re pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to civil legal representation to dramatically reduce poverty and prove that the law really can belong to all of us.
We’ve grown 150x in 10 years, and in the next 2 years, we hope to finish scaling across San Francisco.
To achieve this goal, we’ve created an award-winning and best-in-class legal aid organization full of passionate, motivated, gritty, thoughtful, and team-oriented people.
We believe that injustice is the heart of poverty, and we're looking for someone to join us in ensuring justice for all.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.

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. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at whitney[at]opendoorlegal[dot]org.