Tenant Legal Services Trial Supervisor
5 days ago
Denver
Job DescriptionSalary: $110,000 About the Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) & CED Law Our Mission We partner with low-income and working people to build economic and racial equity. We do this by confronting economic abuse and investing in community wealth. We use an ever-evolving set of legal, economic and advocacy tools to challenge and dismantle unjust systems, building quickly towards a world where all people have what they need to live and thrive. Our Organization The Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) is a Colorado-based nonprofit. Launched in 2020 as the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, our organization was formed to keep our neighbors housed during the pandemic. Working with clients, we built a deeply integrative approach to eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness prevention that centers the legal and financial needs of housing-insecure families and uses a variety of tools to keep them housed. Our team now serves more than 1,000 people per month, bringing together housing lawyers, economists, data analysts, policy-experts, organizers, and technologists to serve our clients. We have served more than 68,000 low-income Coloradans across 54 counties, distributing more than $280 million in emergency assistance.We have also contributed to the passage of major legislation to prevent eviction, stop economic abuse, and make credit and life-saving medication cheaper. CEDPs model has been cited as a best practice by the White House and HUD in 2022-2023, think tanks like the Urban Institute, and in the media. Building on our work to stop evictions, CEDP has further expanded its integrated services model to include disaster response, predatory towing, debt collection, benefit access & navigation, long-term rental assistance, and homelessness response. Similar to CEDPs work on rental housing, these efforts offer a continuum of care that includes navigation and advisory services, targeted payments, legal support, and the ability to participate in advocacy. More about the Tenant Legal Services Trial Supervisor Role: We are seeking a Trial Supervisor to supervise a team of 2-3 attorneys and 1-2 paralegal/support staff in the maintenance and operations of our eviction defense docket. This supervisor will handle a reduced case load and support attorneys and legal staff with reaching firmwide goals based on client and organizational needs, contract demands, and other requirements. The supervisor will be responsible for handling their caseload and will provide support to their team through weekly/biweekly check-ins, assistance with trial preparation, sitting second chair in trials/hearings, identifying and providing opportunities for professional development, and developing and leading team building activities. The supervisor will play a critical role in helping CED Law develop resilient and creative legal professionals through case work and training. The role reports directly to the Director of Tenant Legal Services. In this role you will: • Be responsible for self-management of a caseload of eviction defense and related cases for low-income tenants facing housing insecurity with minimal supervision, • Caseload will be reduced from that of a regular staff or senior attorney and set by organizational and contract requirements and goals, • Attend courthouse clinics and other community events to provide limited representation, information, and advice to tenants in the community, • Be responsible for completing case goals, • Coordinate across CEDP to ensure holistic service of legal clients when appropriate and consented to by client, • Complete required documentation for both case tracking and also personal management, • Supervise 3-5 staff made up of attorneys and paralegals/legal support staff, • Be responsible for staff training and onboarding, substantive skills development, case assignment, and professional development and growth with support from the Director of Tenant Legal Services, • Maintain team morale by leading team building activities with the assistance of Directors, • Hold weekly/biweekly check-ins with team members to discuss cases, workload, and professional development, • Lead annual 360 performance review process for team members, • Assist with trial preparation and sit second chair on complex cases with team members while also building skills to create independent and resilient staff and senior attorneys and legal professionals, • Hold team accountable for their personal caseloads and case goals Position Requirements: • Colorado bar admission and JD or the ability to waive into Colorado., • 3+ years' experience as an attorney, with the majority of this experience in courtroom litigation and ideally some of it in housing law., • Leadership experience., • Experience supervising people or the desire to utilize and further build leadership skills., • Demonstrated passion for social and racial justice., • A supportive, client-focused attitude., • Strong desire to center client and community needs., • Ability to work collaboratively with other attorneys, paralegals, legal support staff, and supervisors in a rapid-change environment centered on social justice and equity., • Excellent interpersonal communication skills., • A creative, self-driven attitude., • Ability to travel within the Denver Metro area and surrounding suburbs under a hybrid schedule where in-person work is required 1- 3 times per week at our downtown Denver office, courthouses around the Denver metro area, and/or community events., • Strong organizational abilities., • Knowledge of MS Office suite, CLIO, Google Suite, Adobe Acrobat desired., • Spanish language fluency is not required but is a strong plus and is eligible for an additional compensation. Additional Details: • Candidates must reside in Colorado, ideally within the greater Denver Metro area, or be willing to relocate by the start date. The position includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), and 401(k)., • A base salary of $110,000 a year, plus a $1,000 per year hybrid employee salary adjustment, • All employees receive a technology stipend of $720 per year, • Employees who utilize two languages or more at work are eligible for a $2,000 salary differential per year added to the salary grade listed above. Language assessment will be conducted by the organization as a requirement to receive the differential, • Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but must be received by April 3, 2026, • The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by April 17, 2026, • As in-person work is required, all employees at CEDP & CED Law are expected to maintain current vaccination status in keeping with CDC recommendations., • CEDP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.