Legal Aid of Western Michigan - Medical Legal Partnership Attorney

Program: Legal Aid of Western Michigan (LAWM) has a position open for a Medical Legal Partnership Attorney. Legal Aid of Western Michigan is a regional firm that covers 17 counties. LAWM is LSC-funded and represents low-income individuals and families in a wide variety of poverty law areas including domestic violence, housing, public benefits and consumer issues.

LAWM’s Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) Attorney is a grant-funded project position that is expected to continue through June 2024 or longer is funding is continued. The MLP Attorney is based out of Cherry Health’s Heart of the City Health Center and Westside Health Center – both located in Grand Rapids.

Duties: The MLP Attorney is part of a team of professionals at Cherry Health seeking to improve health outcomes for low- income patients. The MLP attorney participates in outreach to health professionals and other community partners, meets with clients for intake onsite at Cherry Health, collaborates with colleagues at Cherry Health and LAWM on individual cases and projects, and provides a full range of legal services to clients in a wide variety of civil legal issues.

Qualifications: The ideal candidates will possess:

  • A license to practice law in Michigan;
  • Experience working in a civil legal aid office;
  • Familiarity with agencies providing social services in West Michigan;
  • Demonstrated commitment to protecting the rights of low-income individuals and households;
  • The desire and ability to work on a team with legal and medical professionals;
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Spanish Language proficiency valued.

Salary/Benefits: Full-time salary from $55,000 DOE. We believe in work/life balance. Our staff members enjoy an excellent fringe benefit package including generous paid time off, a retirement plan and a flex benefit account.

LAWM IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. We believe in diversity, equity and inclusion as core principles driving our staff recruiting and our mission.

TO APPLY, send resume and cover letter no later than September 21, 2022 
to Human Resources Assistant, Emily Vermeesch, at evermeesch@lawestmi.org

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