| Company Intro |
| The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) works to end mass incarceration in California. To ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, ARC empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network, comprehensive reentry services, and opportunities to advocate for policy change. Through our grassroots policy advocacy, we are dedicated to transforming the criminal justice system so that it is more just and equitable for all people. |
| Job Description/Duties |
| POSITION SUMMARYThe Member Services Attorney will provide legal assistance to ARC members who are reentering society as free individuals, helping them navigate housing rights, family law matters, fair chance hiring and employment barriers, record expungement, and the requirements of parole, probation, and restitution. This position reports to the Director of Member Services and requires working collaboratively with ARC staff, life coaches, and volunteers to deliver a broad range of legal assistance, including, but not limited to, legal assessments, consultations, expungement petition preparation, and referrals for issues outside ARC’s direct scope of service. Beyond individual case assistance, the Member Services Attorney will help build a broader legal access ecosystem embedded in ARC’s reentry services — one grounded in prevention and empowerment through knowledge, not just crisis response. This includes supporting legal clinics and legal education workshops that give members a foundational understanding of the legal systems they encounter, from housing and employment to family and criminal court. This position will also require working collaboratively with community-based organizations and agencies to provide holistic services and referrals for ARC members.ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS• Build relationships with and counsel members on various legal issues.• Conduct legal assessments and consultations to identify each member’s specific legal needs and determine the appropriate path forward, whether direct representation, petition preparation,or referral to an outside legal or community partner.• Work collaboratively with volunteers, life coaches, and interns in a clinic setting.• Represent members in hearings and other post-conviction matters, advocating on their behalfthroughout the legal process.• Remove legal barriers to employment and housing, including expungement of criminal records,sentence reduction, citation defense, and other post-conviction/criminal record–related workthat may prevent members from securing jobs, housing, or licensure.• Create trainings for volunteers, interns, and staff in pre-clinic and post-clinic settings.• Supervise volunteers and law students/interns in clinic settings.• Coordinate legal clinic logistics, including scheduling, member intake, walk-in consultations, and coordination with community partners.• Build and maintain relationships with community-based organizations, county agencies, andlegal partners to provide holistic services and ensure members are connected to appropriateoutside resources when an issue falls outside ARC’s direct scope of service.• Attend local community events and provide workshops, trainings, and outreach projects onvarious relevant legal topics.• Continue to develop expertise across relevant legal areas to most effectively remove members’legal barriers to stability and self-sufficiency.• Support ARC’s broader legal access strategy, including contributing to the expungement pipeline, prevention-focused programming, and efforts to reduce members’ ongoing involvement with the legal system.• Perform other duties as assigned. |
| Job Criteria |
| QUALIFICATIONS• Active membership in the California State Bar.• Experience working with reentry populations preferred.• Experience working with volunteers preferred.• Some knowledge of criminal justice related barriers to employment is preferred.• Ability to work effectively with a large caseload and function professionally within a highlystressful environment.• Demonstrated commitment to serving the needs of low-income and reentry populations.• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and collaborate with other ARC staff, volunteers,and community partners.• Excellent writing and public speaking skills.• Willingness to work evenings and weekends when necessary.• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, sound judgment, discretion, and commitment to ARC’s mission and values. REQUIREMENTSMust have reliable transportation and current California Driver’s License with valid registration and insurance. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; drive; use hands and fingers; handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk, balance, stoop, kneel, and/or crouch (The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Keyboard data entry required. |
| Salary Range/Hourly Rate |
| Salary $90K-$105K/year |
| Other Benefits and Perks |
| 401k with employer match• ARC pays 100% of a medical base plan; 50% for dependents.• Dental/Vision/Life• 10 paid vacation days, 6 paid sick days. |
Job Category: Reentry Services for formerly incarcerated people
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Los Angeles