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The Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC) seeks an Executive Director to lead a thriving non-profit organization that provides high-quality, cost-effective legal services assistance to low-income residents of Orange County and southeast Los Angeles County.  LASOC was founded in 1958 and has a staff of 87 and numerous volunteers. It has two offices in Orange County and two offices in Southeast Los Angeles County, where it is known as Community Legal Services.

About the Position

The next Executive Director will lead a strong client-centered organization with a dedicated staff and Board of Directors committed to the innovative use of technology and collaborative relationships with the Courts and other legal and human services providers to provide the highest quality legal services to its clients. The Executive Director will bring passion, vision, litigation and administrative experience and leadership to a seasoned team dedicated to advocating for the indigent and the seniors community.  In addition, LASOC is currently engaging in vigorous litigation to address the needs of the homeless population and the lack of affordable housing.  LASOC enjoys a strong financial position with excellent internal controls.  LASOC’s challenges include addressing the widespread legal needs of its client community and growing and diversifying its funding in order to meet these challenges.

Salary commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities

●      Serves as the public face of LASOC; provides leadership in local, state and national civil legal aid forums; participates in administrative and private forums; engages with the local courts, community leaders, and with the private bar.

●      Increases and diversifies financial support through private fundraising initiatives; maintains and strengthens governmental funding and provides strong financial stewardship.

●      Develops and cultivates relationships with individual and corporate donors, as well as grant makers.

●      Leads LASOC advocacy and promotes teamwork among all LASOC programs, staff, and services.

●      Thinks creatively about gaps in civil legal services and works to close those gaps, in partnership with other local, regional and state leaders.

●      Leads and promotes collaboration with other civil legal services providers and human services organizations in the region and throughout the state.

●      Assists Board members in developing the knowledge and skills needed for effective stewardship of LASOC, and keeps the Board apprised of all aspects of the organization’s work.

●      Keeps the Board fully apprised of LASOC’s on-going financial status and highlights fiscal issues that need Board action.

●      Mentors and builds other leaders within the organization; actively promotes supervisorial training, improved communication, and the development of skills to address personnel and resource allocation issues.

●      Envisions and implements technological innovations that enable staff to work effectively and enable the public to access legal services.

●      Hires and retains top quality staff.

Requirements and Desirable Qualifications

●      California State Bar License to practice law required, or ability to obtain California State Bar License within one year.

●      Significant civil law practice experience.

●      Demonstrated management experience at a policy-making level  including non-profit program planning, evaluation, staff supervision, legal systems development, financial oversight, reporting and budget development.

●      Experience in compliance with grant, contract and legal-aid principles and requirements.

Other Desirable Skills & Characteristics

●      Excellent leadership and communication skills; a positive leadership style; a collaborative approach to problem-solving and a big-picture visionary.

●      Experience developing relationships for resource development and fundraising.

●      Commitment to the use of technology to improve and extend services.

●      Experience and skill in engaging with the legal-aid client community and with an active Board of Directors.

●      Good judgment, sense of humor, strong interpersonal skills.

To Apply

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.  To receive full consideration, please submit application materials to the Secretary to the Board of Directors, Karen Harris at kharris@legal-aid.com by August 30, 2016.  Please include a cover letter expressing in detail your interest in the position, your qualifications, and what you hope to contribute to the organization’s future, a current resume, and the names and contact information for three professional references.

The United States District Court, Central District of California, is seeking applications from qualified individuals interested in serving as Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Lawyer Representatives.  Please refer to the link below for more information.

https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/seeking-applications-ninth-circuit-judicial-conference-lawyer-representatives-0

Comments sought:
 
A new proposal to revise the California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM) has been posted to the California Courts web site, at http://www.courts.ca.gov/policyadmin-invitationstocomment.htm. You are welcome to distribute this to any other interested parties. The deadline for comment is 5:00 p.m., Monday, June 30, 2016.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Camilla Kieliger, at camilla.kieliger@jud.ca.gov, or at 415-865-7681.

The United States District Court, Central District of California, is seeking applications from qualified individuals interested in serving as Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Lawyer Representatives.  Please refer to the link below for more information.

https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/seeking-applications-ninth-circuit-judicial-conference-lawyer-representatives

The Recruitment Notice for Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Trial Attorney Panel may be located using the following link:

http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/recruitment-notice-cja-trial-attorney-panel-0

Job vacancies are available only to individuals who have eligibility based on either:

• Successful completion of a competitive State civil service examination; or
• Current employment with the State of California in a class which is comparable under transfer rules; or
• Previous employment with the State of California in a class that is comparable under reinstatement rules.

https://oag.ca.gov/careers/job-vacancies

Comments sought:
 
Thirty-six (36) new proposals to amend the California Rules of Court, Judicial Council forms and legislation have been posted to the California Courts web site, at http://www.courts.ca.gov/policyadmin-invitationstocomment.htm.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Camilla Kieliger, at camilla.kieliger@jud.ca.gov, or at 415-865-7681.
 

Kring & Chung LLP, an established Law Firm located in Irvine with multiple other offices, seeks a part time Accounts Receivable/Collections Clerk who is self-motivated and an organized individual with excellent accounting, computer, analytical, and customer service skills.  We are seeking the right candidate to fill this part time position immediately (Monday through Friday and approximately 20 hrs./week.) In addition to possessing excellent verbal and writing skills, prior law firm experience is desirable however not necessary.
 
The ideal candidate will possess 3+ year(s) of Accounting experience in the areas of Accounts Receivable & Collections.  Proficiency in Excel, QuickBooks, Word, 10 key by touch. Responsibilities include but are not limited to proactively managing outstanding receivables to improve cash flow, monitoring  & posting electronic fund transfers, following up with clients daily, writing collection letters, making daily deposits, performing data entry and other duties as assigned.
 
Our Firm offers a great opportunity to grow in a friendly and professional environment.
 
Please submit a cover letter and resume with a salary history and professional references (preferably as Word attachment) to: cbennett@kringandchung.com or Fax to (949) 261-3428.

The United States District Court for the Central District of California announces the appointment of Steve Kim as a United States Magistrate Judge. Judge Kim, who was sworn in on April 11, 2016, will sit in Los Angeles in the Court’s Western Division. He succeeds retired Magistrate Judge Carla M. Woehrle.

Before his appointment as a Magistrate Judge, Judge Kim was the Regional Managing Director at Stroz Friedberg, LLC, in charge of the firm’s three West Coast offices. Specializing in law and technology, Judge Kim counseled law firms, government agencies, and corporations on cybersecurity, data privacy, digital forensics and electronic discovery. He led and managed hundreds of matters involving trade secret litigation, internal corporate or forensics investigations, government subpoenas and search warrants, and data breach responses and notifications. Judge Kim advised lawyers, executives and corporate boards on information governance, digital risk assessments, incident response, and cybersecurity compliance.

Prior to working at Stroz Friedberg, LLC, Judge Kim served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office. He prosecuted cases involving violent and white-collar crimes, immigration offenses, and drug trafficking charges. He also investigated and charged defendants for computer crimes, identity theft, and intellectual property violations. Judge Kim authored numerous appellate briefs filed in the Ninth Circuit and successfully argued several cases in oral argument. Before his work as a federal prosecutor, Judge Kim was a civil litigator handling complex litigation and appeals at Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP.

Judge Kim received his Bachelor of Arts in Letters, with Special Distinction, from the University of Oklahoma, where he was the recipient of the Carl Albert Award for the Most Distinguished Graduate in the College of Arts & Sciences. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served on the law review. After law school, Judge Kim clerked for Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and District Judge Stephen V. Wilson of the Central District of California.

Including the position now occupied by Judge Kim, the Central District of California has 24 authorized full-time Magistrate Judges and one part-time position. The Central District of California is comprised of the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. It serves approximately 19.6 million people – nearly half the population of the State of California.

KIRY K. GRAY
CLERK OF COURT

Position: U.S. Magistrate Judge
Salary: $186,852 Annually
Location: Santa Ana, California
Opening Date: February 19, 2016
Closing Date: May 6, 2016
Number of Positions: One
Vacancy Number: 16-13

POSITION OVERVIEW
The United States Judicial Conference has authorized the appointment of a full-time United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California, beginning as soon as the position is filled. The United States District Court for the Central District of California is authorized to hold court in Los Angeles, Riverside and Santa Ana. The District Court may assign a Magistrate Judge to hold court in any of these locations and may reassign a Magistrate Judge from one location in the District to another as workload may require.
A Merit Selection Panel, comprised of attorneys and other members of the community, will review all applications and recommend to the Judges, in confidence, those persons it considers best qualified. All applications are kept confidential, unless the applicant consents to disclosure, and all applications are examined only by members of the Merit Selection Panel and Judges of the Court. The Panel’s deliberations remain confidential. Appointments are subject to District Court review and approval of FBI full-field investigation and IRS tax checks. All federal Magistrate Judges are subject to the financial disclosure filing requirements pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
A full range of benefits is offered including, but not limited to, the Judicial Retirement System and health, life, disability, and long-term care insurance. The term of office is eight years. Magistrate Judges may be reappointed to subsequent eight-year terms.
Duties of the position are demanding and wide-ranging. Magistrate Judges conduct pretrial proceedings in civil and criminal cases, including law and motion matters, settlement conferences, initial appearances, and bail hearings. Magistrate Judges also preside over jury and court trials in civil cases with the consent of the parties, as well as trials and dispositions of misdemeanor cases. These duties are more fully set forth in Central District General Orders 05-07 and 06-01, available on the Court’s website at: www.cacd.uscourts.gov. Basic jurisdiction of United States Magistrate Judges is specified in 28 U.S.C. § 636.

QUALIFICATIONS
To be qualified for appointment, an applicant must:
1) Meet the statutory qualifications at 28 U.S.C. § 631 (b) which require that a U.S. Magistrate Judge must be, and have been for at least five years, a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of Guam, or the Virgin Islands of the United States. The applicant must also
have been engaged in active law practice for at least five years. However, for positions in the Central District, qualified applicants generally have ten or more years of relevant federal experience.
The Court may consider, as substitute experience for the active practice of law, any combination of the following: state judicial officer; federal judicial officer; attorney for federal or state agencies; law clerk to any judicial officer (limited to two years); and other legal experience considered suitable by a majority of the Court;
2) Be:
- competent to perform all duties of the office;
- of good moral character;
- emotionally stable and mature;
- committed to equal justice under law;
- in good health;
- patient;
- courteous;
- decisive;
- and capable of deliberation;
3) Be less than seventy years old;
4) Not be related to a District Judge of the appointing court at the time of initial appointment, as
specified in 28 U.S.C. § 458; and
5) Be a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States currently seeking citizenship
and intending to become a citizen immediately upon meeting the eligibility requirements.

HOW TO APPLY
Send an email with an electronic version of the completed U.S. Magistrate Judge application and writing sample to mjrecruit-LA@cacd.uscourts.gov. E-mail documents must be in Word or PDF format. Zip files and faxes will not be accepted. The writing sample should be no more than 20 pages.
Refer to: Vacancy Number 16-13: U.S. Magistrate Judge - REPOST
An electronic version of the U.S. Magistrate Judge Application form is available on the U.S. District Court Web Site: http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/employment A hard copy application may be obtained from the Human Resources Department, United States District Court, 312 N. Spring Street, Room 535, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Phone (213) 894-2356.

Application packets must be received by the Human Resources Department no later than May 6, 2016.

PLEASE NOTE: Individuals who have already submitted an application packet do not need to resubmit a new one.
Applicants are advised that the U.S. Magistrate Judge Application form has been revised effective February 2015. Previous application forms should not be submitted and will not be considered.
The Federal Judiciary is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer