CHLP is always interested in receiving resumes of people interested in attorney or advocate positions. Attorneys provide direct legal representation of low-income clients with disabilities in such civil matters as Social Security, Welfare, landlord-tenant disputes, debt collection, family law, and barrier-free accessibility. Advocates provide representation of clients before administrative tribunals (for example, at Social Security hearings). When an opening arises, it will be posted here...
Staff Attorneys
Bloomfield Office
The Community Health Law Project seeks an experienced licensed Attorney for its North Jersey office located in Bloomfield. Bilingual strongly preferred, for representation of low-income persons with disabilities and chronic health conditions. Practice areas include evictions and other housing matters, public entitlements, family matters, consumer issues, and guardianships, among other civil law matters. Experience in the area of immigration law is also a plus. Salary negotiable.
Send resume and references to:
Alma Yee, Esq., Managing Attorney
Community Health Law Project
650 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 210
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
or via e-mail to ayee@chlp.org
Collingswood Office
The Community Health Law Project seeks an experienced licensed Attorney for its South Jersey office located in Collingswood. Bilingual strongly preferred, for representation of low-income persons with disabilities and chronic health conditions. Practice areas include evictions and other housing matters, public entitlements, family matters, consumer issues, and guardianships, among other civil law matters. Experience in the area of immigration law is also a plus. Salary negotiable.
Send resume and references to
Kristin Bricketto, Esq., Managing Attorney
Community Health Law Project
Station House Office Building
900 Haddon Avenue, Suite 400
Collingswood, NJ 08108-2113
or via e-mail to kbricketto@chlp.org
Neptune Office
The Community Health Law Project seeks an experienced licensed Attorney for its Shore area office located in Neptune. Bilingual strongly preferred, for representation of low-income persons with disabilities and chronic health conditions. Practice areas include evictions and other housing matters, public entitlements, family matters, consumer issues, and guardianships, among other civil law matters. Experience in the area of immigration law is also a plus. Salary negotiable.
Send resume and references to:
Rebecca Kolas, Esq., Managing Attorney
Community Health Law Project
1 Main Street, Suite 413
Eatontown, NJ 07724-3904
or via e-mail to rkolas@chlp.org
Student Interns
The Community Health Law Project is always looking for law students who are interested in summer employment as a legal intern in one of our offices. In our regional offices, the intern would assist staff attorneys in providing legal representation to clients on Social Security, public entitlements, housing, family, and other civil matters. In our administration office (South Orange), the intern would research and write on civil rights and other disability-related issues.
Every year we also hire a law student or graduate student to work as a public policy intern. The intern researches and writes on matters of public policy that affect our clients, e.g., welfare regulations, proposed changes in the Medicaid program, psychiatric institution lien law reform.
Candidates can call 973-275-1175 for more information.
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