Job Description

The Eviction Defense Network is seeking full-time Staff Attorneys to provide full-scope legal representation to tenants facing eviction, from advice and counsel at community-based clinics to regular jury trials and everything in between. EDN attorneys and alumni enjoy a hard-won reputation among the Los Angeles tenant bar as both experienced litigators and housing activists. Attorney duties include:

• Legal intake and preliminary analysis;
• Discovery and motions-based practice;
• High-volume trial calendars;
• Legal counsel for coalition partners and advocacy campaigns; and
• Equal participation in conversations on EDN strategy, both in and out of the courtroom.

Company Description

The Eviction Defense Network (EDN) is a frontline movement-lawyering organization that defends Los Angeles’ low-income communities of color against gentrification and displacement through litigation, policy advocacy, and coalition-based organizing. We were created in 2003 by experienced tenant attorneys who felt that the rising wave of evictions and gentrification required a new response. That response is embodied in our model: zealous legal representation, coalition-based policy advocacy, and a commitment to serve as many of our fellow Angelenos as possible.