Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney Organization: **Members Only** Job Responsibilities: - Provide legal representation on a wide range of immigration matters before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), focusing on Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs), similarly-situated youth, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ). - Manage active caseload as determined by department and annual goal
Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Immigration Staff Attorney is responsible for providing legal representation on a wide range of immigration matters before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Key responsibilities include: - Providing individualized assistance to clients in removal proceedings or eligible for immigration relief, including SIJ, Asylum, U/T Nonimmigrant
Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Provide legal representation on a wide range of immigration matters before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), with a focus on Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs), similarly-situated youth, and Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJ). - Offer individualized assistance to clients in removal proceedings or eligible for immigration relief, includ
Job Title: Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship Job Responsibilities: - Engage in client interviewing and provide direct client interaction to understand their needs and advocate effectively on their behalf. - Conduct legal and factual research to support case development and legal arguments. - Draft legal documents, including briefs and pleadings, to assist in ongoing legal matters. - Participate in administrative agency appearances, gaining exposure to
Job Title: Senior or Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: Under the direction of the Legal Director, the Attorney will: - Represent unaccompanied children and similarly situated youth in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, affirmative immigration relief applications before USICS, and before New Jersey family courts in immigration matters including Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, asylum, U Visas, T Visas, and other forms of humanitari
Job Title: Associate, HONORS Program Job Responsibilities: The Associate in the HONORS Program at the organization plays a crucial role in contributing to the Enforcement’s investigations and decisions regarding disciplinary actions against individuals and firms in the financial industry. This entry-level position involves working under the supervision of senior attorneys, investigators, Directors, and Chief Counsels. The responsibilities include: - Performing substantive...
Job Title: Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship Job Responsibilities: - Participate in a 10-week summer program designed to provide a rewarding experience in public interest law. - Engage in client interviewing, legal and factual research, and drafting legal documents. - Appear before administrative agencies and, for those who have completed two years of law school, make court appearances. - Involve in more in-depth case work and policy research, includi
Job Title: Assistant Prosecutor Job Responsibilities: Assistant Prosecutors are tasked with representing the State of New Jersey in various criminal prosecutions within the jurisdiction of the organization. Their duties involve prosecuting criminal matters, providing legal advice and guidance to local and in-house law enforcement officers, and demonstrating strong community engagement. Education and Experience Information: Candidates must be members in good standing with th
Job Title: Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Job Responsibilities: The Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory is tasked with providing senior-level legal advice and support throughout the entire lifecycle of new regulatory initiatives. This role requires serving as a subject matter expert in various legal domains, including arbitration and mediation. Responsibilities include advising the Board of Governors and advisory committees on complex regulatory initiatives and rule
Job Title: Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Job Responsibilities: - Render senior-level legal advice and support throughout the life cycle of new regulatory initiatives. - Act as a subject matter resource in legal expertise areas, including arbitration and mediation. - Advise the Board of Governors and advisory committees on complex regulatory initiatives and rule changes. - Brief and communicate complex regulatory initiatives to senior executives. - Provide expert lega
Job Title: Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Job Responsibilities: The Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory is tasked with rendering senior-level legal advice and support throughout the lifecycle of new regulatory initiatives. Key responsibilities include advising the Board of Governors and organization advisory committees on complex regulatory initiatives and rule changes, often under urgent deadlines. The role requires serving as a legal expertise source within the or
Job Title: Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship Job Responsibilities: - Engage in a variety of public interest legal issues during a 10-week summer program. - Conduct client interviews to understand their needs and provide effective advocacy. - Perform legal and factual research to support case work. - Draft legal documents and pleadings for major litigation. - Make administrative agency appearances. - For students who have completed two years of law sch
Job Title: Staff Attorney Areas of Practice: - Policing - FBI/CBP - Prisoners’/Incarceree Rights - Employment Discrimination & Accommodation - Land use - School Bullying - University Campus issues - Denial of service - Harassment/Intimidation - Other Civil Rights abuses Reports to: Senior Staff Attorney or Operations Director Schedule Type: Full-time (Exempt) At-Will Hybrid: 3 days remote, 2 days at the office per week About the Organization: The organization, Americaâ...
Job Title: Senior Staff Attorney Areas of Practice: Policing, FBI/CBP, Prisoners’/Incarceree Rights, Employment Discrimination & Accommodation, Land use, School Bullying, University Campus issues, Denial of service, Harassment/Intimidation, Other Civil Rights abuses Reports to: Executive Director or Operations Director Schedule Type: Full-time (Exempt) At-Will Hybrid: 3 days remote, 2 days at the office per week About the Organization: The organization is America's la...
Job Title: Deborah T. Poritz Summer Public Interest Legal Fellowship Job Responsibilities: - Engage in client interviewing to understand their needs and provide effective advocacy. - Conduct legal and factual research to support case preparation and strategy development. - Draft legal documents including briefs and pleadings for various legal matters. - Participate in administrative agency appearances and, for eligible students, court appearances. - Collaborate with attorney
Job Title: Temporary Senior Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Temporary Senior Staff Attorney will be responsible for providing temporary legal supervision for the organization's criminal law reform advocacy work. The core responsibilities include: - Investigating, developing, and litigating direct cases. - Collaborating on amicus briefs and policy campaigns. - Continuing the work of the Clemency Project. - Supervising a legal fellow. The role is designed for
Job Title: Supervising Attorney Job Responsibilities: The role of the Supervising Attorney involves overseeing and expanding the legal department's federal litigation practice, focusing primarily on the rights of immigrants. Key responsibilities include: - Investigating, developing, and litigating impact cases to advance civil liberties and rights in federal and state courts. - Leading the legal team's federal litigation strategies, especially in immigrants' rights litigatio
Job Title: Associate Counsel Level C Job Responsibilities: The Associate Counsel Level C position involves providing legal counsel, recommendations, and approaches on a diverse range of legal matters. This role is crucial in ensuring the organization operates within legal boundaries while achieving its business objectives. Key responsibilities include: - Advising on the legal implications of organizational procedures, policies, regulations, business relationships, and commu
Job Title: Juvenile Rights Practice Staff Attorney – Entry Level Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Represent clients in Family Court litigation, including fact-finding, dispositional, and post-dispositional hearings. - Conduct direct client representation and manage institutional assignments, including intake and case coverage. - Engage in out-of-court case preparation, which involves interviewing, investigation, document review, and witness preparation. - Draft legal docu...
Job Title: Criminal Defense Practice Staff Attorney – Entry Level Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Provide holistic and client-centered representation for individuals facing misdemeanor, felony, and homicide charges. - Engage in full representation of clients on misdemeanor criminal matters, which includes client counseling, preparing motions, plea negotiations, directing and participating in investigations, reviewing discovery materials and compliance, interviewing witne...
Job Title: Civil Practice Law Graduate, Housing Justice – Tenant Defense – Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Client representation and advocacy with city, state, and federal agencies and in court proceedings, administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation. - Conduct regular courthouse-based and off-site intake, possibly including during evening hours. - Provide training, community outreach, and education to individuals, local community-based organizations, and housi...
Job Title: Director of Innovative Housing Initiatives **Job Responsibilities:** The Director of Innovative Housing Initiatives is responsible for overseeing the Housing Justice Helpline, which is part of the organization's Housing Justice Unit within the Civil Practice. The role involves supervising various staff members, including Paralegals, the Program Manager, and Supervising Attorneys. The Director collaborates with different teams such as the Housing Leadership Group,
Job Title: Senior Staff Attorney II Job Responsibilities: - Directly supervise junior attorneys, law graduates, paralegals, and other assigned staff. Responsibilities include assigning and monitoring work, setting priorities, approving schedules, and ensuring adherence to legal and program standards. - Conduct formal performance evaluations of direct reports and provide written and verbal recommendations on promotions, terminations, disciplinary actions, and salary adjustmen
Job Title: Supervising Attorney, Elder Law Unit & Universal Access Job Responsibilities: The role of the Supervising Attorney within the Elder Law Unit at the organization involves a range of responsibilities aimed at ensuring the effective operation of the unit and providing high-quality legal services to senior clients facing eviction. Key responsibilities include: - Supervising, mentoring, and training staff attorneys, paralegals, and volunteers/interns. - Monitoring an
Job Title: Floating Supervising Attorney, Housing Justice Unit - Tenant Defense Job Responsibilities: The Floating Supervising Attorney in the Housing Justice Unit - Tenant Defense is tasked with overseeing the day-to-day operations of the unit within the assigned office. This includes supervising staff attorneys, paralegals, and volunteers, while ensuring a high standard of representation and client service. The role requires close collaboration with the Director of Housing
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Provide full legal representation for tenants in Housing Court, administrative hearings, and NYCHA proceedings. - Handle all aspects of litigation, including client counseling, research, motion practice, negotiations, discovery, depositions, hearings, and trials. - Participate in court-based intake and maintain regular communication with clients. - Build expertise in housing law, subsidies, and public benefits. - Conduct comm
Job Title: Supervising Attorney Job Responsibilities: Team Supervision and Mentorship: - Supervise a team of staff attorneys, a paralegal, and volunteers/interns, ensuring high standards of representation and client service while meeting program and grant objectives. - Lead regular case review meetings and oversee analysis of legal issues, case strategy, and case administration. - Set and enforce litigation schedules and deadlines; review and edit pleadings and other writte
Assistant District Attorney Job Title: Assistant District Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Prosecute felony criminal cases from inception through final disposition. - Collaborate with the NYPD and community partners to investigate and address persistent felony drug activity and associated violence. - Conduct hearings and trials in New York State Supreme Court. - Investigate low to mid-level narcotics trafficking organizations by working collaboratively with law enforcement
Assistant District Attorney Job Title: Assistant District Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Conduct investigations into high-level narcotics trafficking organizations, including sophisticated eavesdropping investigations, by collaborating with NYC, national, and international law enforcement partners. - Work with the New York Police Department (NYPD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Drug Enforcement Task Force (DETF), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and other l
Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Responsible for staffing two weekly legal clinics at hospital partner sites and providing periodic clinic coverage as needed. - Provide legal services for a wide range of immigration issues including family-based immigration, adjustment of status, naturalization, U/T Visas, VAWA, TPS, asylum, SIJS, medical deferred actions for critically ill clients, removal cases on a limited basis, and other special projects as
Job Title Fall 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities Law Graduates joining the organization will work as part of interdisciplinary legal teams, which include attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates. Their primary responsibilities include: - Providing high-quality legal defense to clients with the aim of preventing children from entering the foster system. - Shortening the duration of stay for children already in the foster system.
Job Title: Fall 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Collaborate as part of the organization's interdisciplinary legal teams, which include attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to deliver high-quality legal defense to clients. - Aim to achieve objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, reducing the duration of foster care stays, promoting quality visitation arrangements, and ensuring families receive service
Job Title: Fall 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of the organization’s interdisciplinary legal teams, which include attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide clients with high-quality legal defense. - Meet objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive...
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of an interdisciplinary legal team at the organization, comprising attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide high-quality legal defense. - Meet objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive services wel
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates 2026, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of the organization's interdisciplinary legal teams, which include attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide clients with high-quality legal defense. - Meet objectives aimed at keeping children out of the foster system, shortening the lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families re
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of an interdisciplinary legal team consisting of attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates to provide high-quality legal defense for clients. - Aim to keep children out of the foster system, shorten lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promote quality visiting arrangements, and ensure that families receive services tailored to expedite safe and lasting
Job Title: Fall 2026 Law Graduate (Criminal Defense Practice) Job Responsibilities: - Provide vigorous and enthusiastic representation to residents of Northern Manhattan in Manhattan’s criminal courts. - Engage in frequent court appearances and litigation activities, including arraignments, grand jury presentations, legal arguments, hearings, and trials. - Interview clients and their families in the Harlem office or local jails, conduct legal research, and write pre-pleadi...
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Parole Revocation Defense Unit Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney in the Parole Revocation Defense Unit (PRDU) will be primarily responsible for representing clients accused of violating parole conditions at revocation and recognizance hearings. These hearings take place in various courtroom locations throughout New York City, including the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. In addition to parole hearings, the Staff Attorney will appear
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Immigrant Opportunities Initiative (IOI) – Immigration Law Unit Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative (IOI) within the Immigration Law Unit of the organization is tasked with delivering comprehensive legal services to low-income immigrants in New York City. Key responsibilities include: - Providing legal representation to immigrants on the non-detained docket in Immigration Court at specific location...
Job Title: Senior Counsel or Senior Staff Attorney, Litigation Job Responsibilities: - Conduct cutting-edge impact and individual litigation, which includes conducting legal research, investigating facts, working with clients, drafting pleadings, briefs, and legal memoranda, engaging in discovery and motion practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings and oral arguments in court. - Identify and develop new matters for litigation by conducting factual, legal, and strategic
Job Title: National Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Advocate for the best interests of children before government entities or other interested parties. - Supervise volunteers appointed as Child Advocates for unaccompanied and separated children in federal custody across the United States. - Serve as a Child Advocate for a select number of cases or as needed. - Visit children virtually or in person and communicate with caregivers, family members, and stakeholders. - Pr
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Advocate for children’s best interests before government or other interested parties. - Supervise volunteers appointed as Child Advocate for unaccompanied and separated children in federal custody in or near New York and across the United States as needed. - Serve as Child Advocate to a limited number of cases or as needed. - Visit children as needed and communicate with caregivers, family members, and stakeholders. - Provi...
Job Title: Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Job Responsibilities: - Provide senior-level legal advice and support throughout the entire life cycle of new regulatory initiatives. - Act as a subject matter resource in one or more areas of legal expertise. - Advise the Board of Governors and advisory committees on complex regulatory initiatives and rule changes. - Communicate complex regulatory initiatives to senior executives, often under urgent deadlines. - Serve as a le
Job Title: Supervising Attorney - Detained Minors Project Job Responsibilities: - Represent young individuals aged 12 to 21 in immigration matters, including Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), asylum, U Visas, and T Visas, as well as in family and immigration court proceedings. - Supervise junior attorneys, fellows, paralegals, social workers, and administrative assistants by observing client interactions, court work, and reviewing written work. Provide support to jun
Job Title: Coordinating Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Serve as an immigration subject matter expert for the Community Access Programs Unit (CAPU) on immigration matters. - Collaborate with CAPU to plan events and meet the needs of immigration clients. - Coordinate legal support for immigration matters with Pro Bono and Volunteer Unit (PBVU) resources. - Provide mentorship to CAPU attorneys representing clients through NYLAG’s Mobile Legal Help Center, LegalHand, and UJA...
Job Title: Coordinating Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Coordinating Attorney will lead efforts in providing representation and technical assistance to partner organizations on cases involving unaccompanied minors facing removal and/or detention. This role operates under the guidance of a Supervising Attorney and focuses on building expertise among city-funded providers and within the organization for cases at the intersection of unaccompanied minors and rapid response to
Job Title: Immigration Advocacy Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Immigration Advocacy Staff Attorney will be primarily responsible for a range of duties aimed at supporting immigrants through litigation and advocacy in New York City. Responsibilities include: - Litigating federal habeas cases and petitions for review in the Courts of Appeals. - Developing and litigating new impact litigation cases, which involves identifying and interviewing potential plaintiffs, dra
Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Represent LGBTQ+ immigrants in defensive asylum claims before the immigration court, BIA, and federal courts, including bond hearings, post-order relief, and appeals. - Prepare and file forms, affidavits, other supporting documents, motions, and legal memoranda for submission to USCIS, EOIR, BIA, and federal courts. - Represent immigrant clients in ancillary matters before civil courts (state and federal) and
Job Title: Staff Attorney - Detained Minors Project Job Responsibilities: - Oversee a team of paralegals in providing legal orientations, such as Know Your Rights trainings, and complete intakes for unaccompanied children in Office of Refugee Resettlement custody, providing these orientations and intakes as needed. - Review intakes and make determinations regarding eligibility for immigration relief, and conduct follow-up legal screenings as necessary. - Appear as counsel an