CONTRACT ATTORNEY Child in Need of Care (CINC) Unit

CONTRACT ATTORNEY – Child in Need of Care (CINC) Unit

SLLS is seeking CINC contract attorney(s) for up to 15 hours per week to represent children in court in abuse/neglect proceedings in the following parishes:

Terrebonne (Houma), Lafourche (Thibodaux), Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, and Assumption.

Contract attorney positions require admission to practice law in Louisiana and for the attorney to be in good standing with the Louisiana State Bar Association. The selected candidate must be certified to handle CINC cases which requires a six-hour training offered online and on-demand before any cases can be assigned. Additional training will be offered by SLLS and/or other partners. CINC cases are different from any other area of law and are governed by the children’s code. CINC attorneys directly represent the wishes of the child to the other parties/stakeholders in cases. Contract attorneys are paid for time spent in training, handling cases, reporting information, time spent on administrative duties, and time spent for travel back and forth to court. The hourly rate is $35 per hour for CINC attorneys. Mileage is excluded from the hourly rate. When applying, please indicate which parish(es) you will accept CINC case referrals per the above list in the email. 

To apply, please send a resume to Shannan Latino at slatino@slls.org. 

SLLS is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or veteran status.