Job Title: Experienced Immigration Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Maintain an active caseload of representation and advice cases, which includes regular court and administrative hearing appearances across the state. - Conduct community outreach both remotely and in-person, coordinating with other agencies working with clients. - Identify larger trends and issues affecting clients and work to develop strategies to respond to those trends and issues. - Represent families and
Job Title: Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Assist in the development and enhancement of pro bono activities across the seven counties within the organization's service area. - Recruit, train, and mentor pro bono attorneys, law students, and corporate partners in collaborative pro bono projects, legal clinics, and case referrals. This involves presenting to partners and discussing legal strategies on case referrals. - Coordinate the referral of cases to
Job Title: 2026 Summer Housing Fellowships Job Responsibilities: The 2026 Summer Housing Fellowship at the organization involves training the next generation of social justice lawyers, specifically focusing on housing law. Fellows will engage in various legal activities, including: - Client interviewing to understand their housing issues and needs. - Identifying legal issues that affect clients, particularly those related to eviction prevention and maintaining subsidized or
Job Title: Associate Attorney, Immigration Practice Job Responsibilities: - Provide trauma-informed legal advice and counsel to non-citizen survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, assisting them in understanding and pursuing available legal options. - Represent clients before the Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS), the New York Asylum Office, and the New York Immigration Court on both affirmative and defensive applications. - Direct representation includ
Job Title: Staff Attorney (Family Defense Unit) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney in the Family Defense Unit is responsible for representing parents accused of neglect and abuse in various legal settings. This includes handling investigations, administrative hearings, Article 10 proceedings, Permanency Planning, and Termination of Parental Rights matters, along with other related family court issues in the White Plains, Yonkers, and New Rochelle Family Courts. The att