Legal Jobs in Broward County, FL
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In-House Employment/HR Lawyer
We are seeking a flexible, experienced In-House Employment/HR Lawyer to join our team. You will be our key advisor on all employment and HR-related legal matters. This role requires a professional who can provide expert legal counsel, navigate complex employee relations, and ensure that our business practices align with all applicable laws and and regulations. The structure, hours, and salary for this position are flexible and will be determined based on the ideal candidate's experience and preferences.
Essential Responsibilities
- Legal Counsel: Advise management on a wide range of employment law matters, including best practices, regulations, and potential risks.
- Policy & Compliance: Review, draft, and update company policies and procedures, including the employee manual, to ensure full legal compliance.
- Dispute Resolution: Advise on and recommend resolutions for employee disputes and complaints, working closely with the Executive Team. You will also coordinate with outside counsel on any litigation matters.
- Contracts & Documents: Assist in drafting and negotiating employment contracts, severance agreements, and other legal documents.
- Training & Education: Conduct training sessions for staff on employment laws and policies to promote a compliant and informed workplace.
- Strategic Planning: Stay current on changes to employment laws and regulations, informing key stakeholders and helping to strategically plan for the legal impacts of business decisions.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Legal Expertise: You must have extensive knowledge of employment laws, regulations, and legal procedures.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills are essential to articulate complex legal concepts to non-legal colleagues and to negotiate contracts effectively.
- Analytical & Problem-Solving: You should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret laws, assess situations, and provide practical legal advice.
- Organizational Skills: The ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, meet deadlines, and maintain attention to detail is critical.
- Interpersonal Skills: You will need to build strong relationships with internal staff, outside counsel, and regulatory bodies.
- Other Skills: Strong negotiation skills, self-motivation, and proficiency in Windows Office are required. Knowledge of Spanish and/or Creole is preferred.
Education & Experience
- Education: A Juris Doctor (JD) degree is required, along with an active Florida Bar License.
- Experience: You should have five to ten years of proven experience as an employment lawyer, preferably in a corporate or business setting. Experience in handling employee complaints, disputes, and litigation is essential.
- Community Experience: Experience working with and advocating for a low-income community is a plus.
Flexibility and Compensation
The structure, hours, and compensation for this role are flexible and dependent upon the specific arrangement. We are committed to finding the right fit for both our organization and the ideal candidate.
Advocate for Youth: Children’s Staff Attorney
Location: Broward County, FL
Salary: $71,500 – $81,500 annually
Employment Type: Full-time
Are you a dedicated legal professional passionate about protecting the rights of vulnerable youth? Join a premier nonprofit pro bono law firm in Southern Florida. With a team of over 125 employees, we are committed to providing high-quality legal representation to marginalized individuals, helping them navigate complex systems to build a brighter future.
The Role: A Voice for Children
As a Children’s Staff Attorney, you will provide direct, independent legal representation to children and youth within the child welfare system. This is a high-impact role that combines rigorous courtroom advocacy with empathetic client counseling.
- Caseload Management: Meet with and counsel child and youth clients to determine and implement effective legal advocacy strategies.
- Courtroom Advocacy: Maintain a frequent presence in court for dependency proceedings, including status hearings, motion hearings, and trials.
- Collaborative Advocacy: Participate in mediations, negotiations, and treatment team staffings to ensure the child's best interests are represented.
- Systemic Impact: Advocate for child victims of crime, including victims of human trafficking, and assist youth navigating the juvenile delinquency system.
- Legal Precision: Conduct in-depth legal research and draft critical pleadings to support your cases.
What You Bring to the Firm
- Licensure: Member in good standing of the Florida Bar (Required).
- Experience: A background in child dependency law or related areas is highly preferred. Courtroom litigation experience is a significant plus.
- Trauma-Informed Approach: The ability to work empathetically with children who have experienced trauma and a deep commitment to improving the lives of families in the welfare system.
- Communication: Strong advocacy and collaboration skills. Bilingual proficiency (English/Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Portuguese) is a strong plus.
- Mobility: Capability for regular travel within Broward County.
Why Join This Mission?
- Impactful Work: You will be part of a team that helps thousands of people every year regain control of their lives.
- Stability & Growth: Work within a large, established nonprofit with 50+ attorneys and a collaborative, mission-driven culture.
- Community Focus: Engage in system advocacy to identify and challenge institutional barriers affecting the underserved.
Ready to use your legal expertise to change a child's life? Apply today!
Project Attorney, LIFT Project
Join our dedicated team as a Project Attorney for the LIFT Project. In this critical role, you will provide advice, counsel, and representation to domestic violence survivors, focusing on legal matters that are essential for achieving financial stability. Your work will directly address issues such as landlord/tenant disputes, consumer law, family law, and public benefits.
This is a unique and impactful position that involves working on-site at the Women In Distress domestic violence shelter three days a week and at our main office in Broward County for the remaining two days. You will work closely with a paralegal to manage a large and diverse caseload, providing direct legal services to those in need.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A demonstrable awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of the populations we serve.
- A strong commitment to being a passionate and aggressive advocate for our clients.
- Ability to manage a demanding caseload and maintain professionalism in a highly stressful environment.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team, including attorneys, support staff, volunteers, and community partners.
- Exceptional written and oral advocacy skills.
- Ability to work constructively with a diverse group of colleagues and clients.
- Ability to speak more than one language is a significant plus.
Education & Experience
- Active membership in the Florida State Bar is required.
- Experience serving low-income individuals.
- Experience in landlord/tenant, consumer, family law, and/or public benefits law is essential.
Compensation & Benefits
The starting salary for this exempt, full-time position is $71,500 and may be substantially higher depending on experience. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Health, vision, dental, and life insurance for the employee.
- Retirement plans.
- 13 paid holidays.
- Generous paid time off, starting with 15 days of vacation and 12 days of sick leave per year, promoting a healthy work-life balance.
AV Rated law firm is seeking an associate attorney with 3-8 years of experience in litigation to handle disputes on behalf of businesses and condo associations including breach of contracts, breach of covenants, and disputes with developers.
The associate will handle all facets of litigation up to trial including hearings, depositions, mediations/arbitrations, negotiations, and trial preparation.
We are looking for a self starter and a team player!
Pay is commensurate with experience. Great benefits.
Billable requirement is 150 hours/month.
MUST BE FLORIDA BARRED AND IN GOOD STANDING
Paralegal – Homeless Prevention (On-Site – Broward, FL)
Salary: $50,500
Location: Broward County, FL | On-Site
Full-Time | Non-Profit Pro Bono Law Firm
About Us
We are a Southern Florida non-profit pro bono law firm dedicated to serving the diverse and multiethnic communities of Broward County. Our mission is to provide high-quality, free civil legal advice, representation, and education to disadvantaged individuals and families.
With more than 125 employees, including over 50 attorneys, we support clients across a wide range of civil legal issues impacting their health, safety, and long‑term self-sufficiency. Each year, we help thousands of community members find their voice, regain stability, and build a brighter future.
Through education, effective litigation, and strong community partnerships, we work to expand access to justice, identify critical needs, and challenge systems, laws, and policies that disproportionately impact underserved and marginalized populations.
Position Summary
We have an immediate opening for two (2) Paralegals to join our Homeless Prevention Unit. Reporting directly to the Supervising Attorney and unit attorneys, the Paralegal will provide essential support to both clients and attorneys, ensuring proper case management and documentation.
The ideal candidate will be capable of working with independence, professionalism, and attention to detail, while demonstrating compassion for vulnerable populations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
The Paralegal will be responsible for:
- Contacting clients, the County, and opposing parties.
- Responding to program inquiries and referral questions.
- Scheduling client appointments.
- Reviewing court dockets for active cases.
- Conducting background checks and eviction history searches.
- Researching rental properties and landlord ownership.
- Conducting intake interviews.
- Gathering and organizing financial and personal documentation, including tax returns, pay stubs, and benefit statements (Social Security, SNAP, etc.).
- Preparing basic budgets of client household expenses.
- Drafting intake summaries and maintaining case files.
- Preparing correspondence and drafting legal documents.
- Delivering and filing documents as needed.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Ability to perform legal research.
- Strong interviewing and client‑documentation skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time‑management abilities.
- Basic computer proficiency.
- Compassionate interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with vulnerable clients.
- Ability to follow direction from supervising attorneys.
- Demonstrated teamwork, professionalism, and collaboration.
- Reliable work history with consistent attendance and punctuality.
Education & Experience
- Paralegal Certificate or equivalent on‑the‑job experience required
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USBP is hiring immediately to fill full-time, entry-level, career positions in federal law enforcement where your prior experience in public safety, security, military police or law enforcement may qualify.
Train and work with an elite team of professionals whose camaraderie, pride, and sense of purpose are hallmarks of their daily mission of protecting America.
Now is the time to make your move because, along with excellent base pay, exceptional benefits, and job stability, USBP is offering up to $60,000 in additional incentives (see details below).
Salary and Benefits Annual base salary for newly appointed BPAs varies per grade, as follows: GL-5/GL-7 $51,632
- $92,219 per year.
Border Patrol Agents are eligible to select from an array of federal employment benefits that include health, dental and other insurance plans, a generous annual and sick leave program, and participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement plan akin to a traditional ROTH 401(k) offering.
*Recruitment Incentive
* Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents (as defined in 5 CFR 575.102 ) will be eligible for up to $20,000 in incentives.
The first $10,000 will be paid upon successful completion of the Border Patrol Academy, with the remaining $10,000 awarded for accepting a prioritized location such as Sierra Blanca, Presidio, Sanderson, Comstock, Freer or Hebbronville, TX; Lordsburg, NM; or Ajo, AZ.
*Retention Incentive
* Newly appointed Border Patrol Agents may also qualify for up to $40,000 in additional incentives distributed over their first four years.
Duty Locations IMPORTANT NOTICED: Duty assignments available at the time of offer may include the Southwest Border, including prioritized locations.
U.S.
Border Patrol determines duty assignments at the time of offer based on operational needs, which may or may not align with candidates’ first-choice preferences.
RELOCATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
Duty location impacts pay rates; locality pay for federal law enforcement is higher in some locations than others.
A fully trained BPA may be eligible for up to an additional 25% of base pay per the BPA Pay Reform Act of 2014.
This is a career ladder position with a grade level progression of GL-5, GL-7, GL-9, GS-11, and GS-12.
You will be eligible for a promotion to the next higher grade level (without reapplying) once you successfully complete 52 weeks in each grade level.
Duty Locations: You will be asked to select your preferred location for one of the following mission critical locations:> Big Bend Sector Stations
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*Presidio, Van Horn,
*Sanderson, Alpine,
*Sierra Blanca, Marfa Buffalo Sector Stations
- Wellesley Island Del Rio Sector Stations
- Del Rio, Brackettville,
*Comstock, Eagle Pass North, Eagle Pass South, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde El Paso Sector Stations
- Alamogordo, Clint, Deming, El Paso, Fort Hancock, Las Cruces,
*Lordsburg, Santa Teresa, Ysleta El Centro Sector Stations
- El Centro, Indio, Calexico Grand Forks Sector Stations
- Pembina Havre Sector Stations
- Havre, Malta, Plentywood, Scobey, Sweetgrass Houlton Sector Stations
- Calais, Fort Fairfield, Jackman, Rangeley, Van Buren Laredo Sector Stations
- Laredo South, Cotulla,
*Hebbronville, Laredo West,
*Freer, Laredo North, Zapata Rio Grande Valley Sector Stations
- Rio Grande City, Fort Brown, McAllen, Brownsville, Falfurrias, Weslaco, Kingsville, Harlingen San Diego Sector Stations
- Boulevard, Brownfield, Campo, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Murrieta, San Clemente Spokane Sector Stations
- Colville, Curlew, Metaline Falls, Oroville Swanton Sector Stations
- Beecher Falls, Burke, Champlain, Newport, Richford Tucson Sector Stations
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*Ajo, Tucson, Nogales, Douglas, Brian A Terry, Sonoita, Casa Grande, Three Points Substation, Willcox Yuma Sector Stations
- Blythe, Yuma, Wellton Duties and Responsibilities As a BPA, you will be part of our 60,000 workforce that strives to protect the American people by safeguarding our borders, deterring illicit activity, and enhancing the nation’s economic prosperity.
Being a BPA makes you a valuable member of the Federal Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) profession.
Typical assignments include: Detecting and questioning people suspected of violating immigration and custom laws and inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations Preventing and apprehending undocumented noncitizens and smugglers of noncitizens at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions to include using infrared scopes during night operations Interpreting and following tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry of persons or contraband Performing farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols, and transportation checks Patrolling the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of government assets such as vehicles, horses, vessels, watercraft, off-road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and motorcycles for the accomplishment of the USBP Mission.
Qualifications You qualify for the GL-5 grade level if you possess one of the following: Experience: One (1) year of general work experience that demonstrates the ability to take charge, make sound decisions, and maintain composure in stressful situations; to learn regulations, methods, and techniques through classroom training and/or on-the-job instruction; and the ability to gather concise information through questioning, observation, and examination of documents and records; OR Education Substitution: A bachelor's degree or successful completion of a full four-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; OR Combination of Experience and Education: A combination of general work experience AND successfully completed college education.
This will be calculated using your resume and official or unofficial transcripts submitted with your application.
You qualify for the GL-7 grade level if you possess one of the following: Experience: One year of specialized work experience that shows you have the skills necessary to: Make sound judgments and decisions in the use of firearms.
Deal effectively with people in a courteous and tactful manner in connection with law enforcement matters.
Analyze information rapidly and make prompt decisions where you will be expected to make arrests after the completion of required training and apply these skills in a law enforcement capacity such as criminal code enforcement, determining violations of laws, correctional or rehabilitation work involving criminal offenders, security, military, etc.
The above experience will be applied in connection with the following: Make arrests and exercise sound judgment in the use of firearms; deal effectively with people in a courteous manner in connection with law enforcement matters; analyze information rapidly and make prompt decisions; or develop and maintain contact with a network of informants.
Education Substitution for the GL-7 grade level: A bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement, which is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average (i.e., GPA of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0), or (3) honor society membership.
Or will receive a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement.
Or one full year of graduate-level education in a field of study related to law enforcement (e.g., criminal justice, homeland security, justice studies, law enforcement, courts and judicial systems, forensic technology, forensic psychology, or corrections and rehabilitation) from an accredited college or university; OR A Combination of Experience and Education: This will be calculated using your resume and official or unofficial transcripts submitted with your application.
Note: If you have previous or current law enforcement or military law enforcement experience, you may qualify at the GL-9 and or GS-11 grade level.
Please refer to the BPA GL-9
- 11 announcement.
Other Requirements Citizenship: You must be a U.S.
Citizen to apply for this position.
Residency: You must have had primary U.S.
residency (includes protectorates as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years.
Age Restriction: In accordance with Public Law 100-238, this position is covered under law enforcement retirement provisions.
Candidates must be referred for selection to the Border Patrol Agent position before reaching their 40th birthday in accordance with Department of Homeland Security Directive 251-03.
The age restriction may not apply if you are currently serving or have previously served in a federal civilian law enforcement (non-military) position covered by Title 5 U.S.C.
8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C.
8412(d).
Veterans’ Preference: You may also be eligible for an excepted service Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA).
The age restriction does not apply if you are Veterans' Preference eligible.
Formal Training: After you are hired, you will be detailed to the U.S.
Border Patrol Academy in Artesia, New Mexico, for approximately six (6) months of intensive instruction in immigration and nationality laws, law enforcement and USBP-specific operations, driver training, physical techniques, firearms, and other courses.
Border Patrol work requires the ability to speak and read Spanish, as well as English.
Border Patrol Agents will be provided training to become proficient with the Spanish language at the Academy.
How to Apply: Click the Apply button on this site.
You will be linked to the CBP Talent Network registration page.
For Position of Interest, select Border Patrol Agent, then complete the pre-screening questions.
You’ll then receive a link(s) to the BPA Job Opening Announcements (JOAs) on USAJOBS, the federal government’s official employment site, to complete your application.
Be certain to review ALL details of the job opportunity announcement and follow all instructions in the application process, including items (resume, transcripts, etc.) to submit.
You will be evaluated based on your resume, supporting documents, and the BPA Entrance Exam.
If you have questions about the application process, contact a recruiter through the U.S.
Border Patrol page: /s/usbp.
As a subscriber to the CBP Talent Network, you’ll receive monthly emails with information about webinars, career expos, and future opportunities with CBP.
