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Massachusetts legal services programs, list job openings on Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation's website.
As Plain English Editor you will advise the MLH team of editors and legal contributors about communicating clearly and succinctly, edit, help organize and publish legal information on www.MassLegalHelp.org. You will be using your analytical and writing skills to give low income residents of Massachusetts the information they need to cope with the legal problems they encounter.
Compensation commensurate with experience
Please submit cover letter and resume (including two references) by August 16, 2007 to: Annette Duke Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, 99 Chauncy Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
MassLegalHelp.org is one of three statewide websites that make up the Massachusetts Legal Websites Project. The project is a collaborative effort of the civil legal aid community of Massachusetts working out of Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. The websites project is funded by Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC). MLAC provides leadership and support to improve civil legal services to low-income people in Massachusetts through collaboration with the legal services community, the public, the bar and the Legislature. The goal of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation’s Publications Clearinghouse Fund is to contribute to the creation of resources for low-income people that educate them about their rights, clearly outline how they can advocate for themselves, and help them access other available resources. The Plain English Editing Consultant is paid by this fund.
Deploy your management and technology skills for the public good as a full-time,
temporary Website Project Coordinator for Massachusetts
Law Reform Institute.
MLRI advocates for law and policy that advances the cause of social and economic
justice in Massachusetts. MLRI also supports hundreds of lawyers and advocates
around the state, many of them in legal aid programs. Our websites help advocates
share knowledge and educate the public about their legal rights and responsibilities.
As Website Project Coordinator for MassLegalServices.org, you will oversee
the delivery of advocacy materials and other web-based technical support functions
to legal services advocates and social services professionals in Massachusetts.
You will be part of a three-person team, which also includes a Website Project
Coordinator who oversees MLRI’s other major website, www.MassLegalHelp.org,
and a Website Project Assistant. You will work closely with them and content
experts to ensure that the different websites meet their constituencies' needs.
Most of all, you should share our passion for social justice and technology
as a means to that end. We offer free comprehensive health and dental benefits
and a competitive nonprofit salary based on your experience, such as $42,894
for 5 years' experience and $52,890 for 15 years. MLRI has a diverse
workplace and seeks candidates who welcome and assist in maintaining this diversity.
Please send a resume together with at least three work references by February
9 to: Allan G. Rodgers, Executive Director,
to arodgers at mlri.org.
As Website Production Assistant, you will gather and organize resources for
the Massachusetts legal aid websites. Use your web savvy, writing skills, and
meticulous work habits to promote social justice in Massachusetts while gaining
exposure to legal practice.
Please contact us for an email address or submit cover letter and resume (including two references) by November
28, 2006 to:
Caroline Robinson 99 Chauncy St 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02111.
MLRI advocates for low-income people, minorities, immigrants, elders, and
people with disabilities in their struggles for basic human needs; defend against
measures that harm people living in poverty; advocate for systemic reforms
that achieve social justice; and provide support that will enable others to
carry out these objectives. Through the Website Project, MLRI educates the
general public about their legal rights as well as supports the work of other
legal aid advocates throughout the Commonwealth. MLRI has a diverse workplace
and seeks candidates that welcome and assist in maintaining this diversity.
You may be able to get free legal help from your local legal aid program. Or email a question about your own legal problem to a lawyer.
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