The Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz is seeking qualified candidates to fill a full-time Self Help Attorney position to provide services to self represented litigants at the Court’s Self Help Center (SHC). The SHC is a combined Self Help Center, Family Law Facilitator and Small Claims Advisor. This is a regional program, with Self Help and Small Claims Advisor services also being offered in San Benito County (City of Hollister). The incumbent will be based at the Watsonville court facility and may spend two or three days per month in San Benito County. The position requires occasional work in Santa Cruz as well as a variety of other locations in the county for outreach purposes.

Under direction of the Managing Attorney, the Self Help Attorney will provide assistance to self-represented litigants in the areas of family law, guardianships, landlord/tenant, domestic violence, emancipations, civil and small claims, and a variety of other legal issues. No legal representation or legal advice is provided. In multiple locations with a very small staff the Self Help Center assists about 1300 people a month through in person, workshops, phone , email, and letter assistance. Family law is the primary focus of assisting people who come to the SHC. The SHC also assists a high volume of monolingual Spanish speaking customers.

For a full description of the job and access to the job application please visit on the web at http://www.santacruzcourt.org/info/employment

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