Staff Attorney - Housing Discrimination Law Project
Staff Attorney - Housing Discrimination
Law Project Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.
Legal Aid seeks a full-time staff attorney for its Minneapolis office. The attorney will work with our Housing Discrimination Law Project enforcing our clients' rights under state and federal fair housing laws. Typical cases may include reasonable accommodation requests, incidents of sexual harassment, national origin discrimination, and race-based discrimination.
Responsibilities:
The attorney's responsibilities will include advising and representing individual clients on housing discrimination law matters in informal negotiations, federal and state administrative proceedings, eviction actions associated with fair housing cases, and subsidized housing hearings. Additional responsibilities will include policy advocacy, providing training for tenants and advocates, and community outreach/education as appropriate.