Job Title: Poverty Law Attorney
Organization: Pisgah Legal Services
Application Deadline: October 31, 2026
Position Type: Full-time, salary
Classification: Exempt Employee
Position Overview
Pisgah Legal Services is seeking a full-time NC licensed attorney to handle general poverty law cases primarily in the areas of housing law, including eviction defense, and domestic violence prevention, including domestic and family law cases. Legal aid experience preferred. Passion for promoting justice and overcoming barriers facing low-income people, being a creative and zealous attorney and a team-player and demonstrated commitment to achieving lasting results for clients and low-income communities are all important. The Poverty Law attorney position advocates for clients in our service region with a variety of legal issues, balancing cases that focus on landlord/tenant law, domestic violence law and other poverty law areas as needed.
Compensation& Benefits: Salary ranges from $65,690 – $118,243 depending on experience. Additional bilingual language skills that are applicable to this role may qualify for up to an additional $3k upon completing a language assessment test.
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