Staff Attorney – or Family; Hybrid

Staff Attorney — Family Law or Housing

Organization: Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino (LASSB), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Location: San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California (Inland Empire)

Work Arrangement: Hybrid — a mix of home, office, and court/community settings

Schedule: Full-time — four 10-hour days per week (compressed 40-hour workweek)

Classification: Full-Time, Exempt

Reports to: Directing / Supervising Attorney

Salary: $75,000 – $95,000 annually, commensurate with experience

The Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino (LASSB) seeks a mission-driven Staff Attorney to serve low-income clients in family law or housing (eviction defense). Join a dedicated team making justice accessible to thousands of families across San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Depending on your background and current program needs, you will focus on one of two high-impact practice areas — helping families navigate custody, domestic violence, and related family matters, or defending tenants facing eviction and displacement.

This position offers the opportunity to make a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives in a supportive, mission-driven environment that prioritizes career development. If you are an enthusiastic, community-minded advocate who wants to use the law for progressive social impact, we encourage you to apply. Public interest experience and Spanish fluency are helpful but not required.

Founded in 1958, the Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino has provided free civil legal services to low-income and underserved residents of the Inland Empire for more than six decades. With a dedicated team of fewer than 45 staff members and volunteer attorneys, we serve over 8,000 households annually — impacting more than 20,000 individuals each year.

We are a dynamic team of attorneys and advocates with a vision to transform the Inland Empire into a place of justice and opportunity for the economically challenged, elderly, veterans, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, immigrants, and others singled out by inequities in our legal system. LASSB pursues cutting-edge technology and innovation to maximize impact and outcomes for the communities we serve.

This role focuses on either family law or housing (eviction defense) based on your experience and program needs. Responsibilities below span both practice areas.

• Conduct client consultations to assess legal issues and provide advice — in family law (dissolution, legal separation, custody and visitation, domestic violence restraining orders, parentage, and child and spousal support) or in housing (eviction / unlawful detainer defense, landlord-tenant disputes, and related habitability and foreclosure matters).
• Explain legal processes, rights, obligations, and options in clear, accessible language, and recommend appropriate legal strategies.
• Conduct legal research to address complex legal issues and provide ongoing guidance throughout client matters.

• Prepare pleadings, letters, motions, declarations, orders, judgments, and applications for relief that comply with California law, local court rules, and procedural requirements.
• Negotiate with opposing parties and counsel, landlords, and government agencies to resolve matters efficiently and in clients' best interests.
• Represent clients in court trials, hearings, mediation, arbitration, and before administrative agencies, or prepare clients to file, serve, and represent themselves effectively when full representation is not provided.
• Manage high volumes of advice and document-preparation matters while meeting productivity goals and quality standards.

• Conduct…