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: Paralegal Job Responsibilities: The Paralegal at the organization is tasked with a variety of responsibilities to support the delivery of legal services. Key responsibilities include: - Providing support to attorneys by conducting legal research, filling out immigration benefits and other standard forms, drafting affidavits and basic motions, and assisting with hearing and interview preparation. - Maintaining case files and data entry in the case management datab
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 Paralegal Job Responsibilities - Provide litigation and administrative support as part of the legal team to advance civil liberties and civil rights. - Support a wide range of federal, state, and administrative litigation, including impact litigation, complex class-action litigation, appeals, and amicus briefs. - Responsible for case management, preparing, formatting, filing, and serving legal documents, assisting with finalizing pleadings and exhibits, including
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: Ray D’Uva Legal Services Intern, Community Justice Project Job Responsibilities: The Ray D’Uva Legal Services Intern will engage in a range of responsibilities under the supervision of the Immigrant Rights Program Community Justice legal services staff. The primary tasks include conducting intakes to assess eligibility for various forms of immigration relief such as asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention against Torture, cancellation o...
Job Title: Legal Services Intern Job Responsibilities: The Legal Services Intern will work under the supervision of organization staff to engage in the following responsibilities: - Conduct intakes with immigrants to determine eligibility for humanitarian and family-based immigration relief. - Provide support in detained and non-detained removal defense cases. - Prepare applications for submission to the . Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). - Assist with legal
Job Title: Vice President, Diversified, Carrying and Clearing Examinations Firm Group Lead Job Responsibilities: - Lead the strategic direction and execution of the Examinations Program for the Firm Group, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory standards. - Develop and implement a multi-year strategic plan for the Firm Group, managing priorities in line with Member Supervision objectives and collaborating with cross-functional partners. - Oversee the Ex
Job Title: Vice President, Capital Markets, Fixed Income, and Compliance Testing Job Responsibilities: - Lead the Capital Markets, Fixed Income Specialist, and Compliance teams, consisting of over 120 examiners and managers, setting a multi-year strategic plan and managing priorities to align with Member Supervision goals and vision. - Collaborate with cross-functional partners, integrate Examination efforts with Regulatory Operations, and ensure connectivity with Member Sup
Job Title: Senior Principal Intelligence Specialist Job Responsibilities: The Senior Principal Intelligence Specialist is an advanced expert-level professional role within the **Members Only** program of the organization. This position is integral to supporting the mission of investor protection and market integrity by engaging in the collection, analysis, processing, and dissemination of strategic and tactical intelligence. The key responsibilities include: - Partnering across the or
Job Title: Legal Internship – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The intern will work under the supervision of the Legal Director and Managing Attorney, and in collaboration with the Senior Staff Attorney or Staff Attorney. Key responsibilities include: - Working directly with NJCIC’s youth clients and their caregivers to prepare applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), asylum, work authorization, and related benefits. - Gaining experience in interviewin...
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: Legal Internship – Spring 2026 Job Responsibilities: The intern will work under the supervision of the Legal Director and in collaboration with the Senior Staff Attorney or Staff Attorney. Primary responsibilities include: - Working directly with the organization’s youth clients and their caregivers to prepare applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), asylum, work authorization, and related benefits. - Gaining experience in interviewing clien...
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: 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
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: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The role of a Civil Practice Legal Intern involves working under the guidance of Civil Practice attorneys within the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting legal documents such as motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research to support casework. - Attending court and administrative hearings alongside attorneys. - Assisting with client ...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: Legal interns at the organization’s Civil Practice will work directly under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research. - Attending court and administrative hearings with attorneys. - Assisting with client interviews. - Performing other duties as assigned. Educa...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern position is a non-paid internship opportunity offered by the organization's Civil Practice for Summer 2026. The internship is designed to assist Civil Practice attorneys who work to improve the lives of low-income New Yorkers. The primary focus is on helping vulnerable families and individuals obtain and maintain basic necessities such as housing, healthcare, food...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern will work under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys within the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Assisting attorneys in improving the lives of low-income New Yorkers by helping them obtain essential services such as housing, healthcare, food, and subsistence income. - Drafting legal documents including motions, pleadings, memoranda of ...
Job Title: Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern will work under the supervision of experienced attorneys within the Criminal Defense Practice. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting motions and conducting legal research to support ongoing cases. - Assisting with investigations related to criminal defense matters. - Participating in client interviews to gather essential case info...
Job Title: Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern will work directly with supervising attorneys within the Criminal Defense Practice (CDP) of the organization. The primary responsibility of the CDP is to provide holistic, client-centered representation to individuals facing misdemeanor, felony, and homicide charges. Interns will have the opportunity to work in trial offices or select from sp...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern will work under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys within an organization that is committed to improving the lives of low-income New Yorkers. The interns will assist in providing legal services to vulnerable individuals and families, focusing on obtaining and maintaining basic necessities such as housing, healthcare, food, and income. The scope of legal i...
Job Title: Law Reform Legal Intern, 2L- Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Law Reform Legal Intern at the organization will engage in various aspects of law reform work, specifically within the Criminal Defense Law Reform Team. The responsibilities include: - Conducting legal and factual research. - Interviewing clients to gather pertinent information. - Participating in discovery and trial practices as opportunities arise. - Contributing to the preparation of legal
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern will work closely under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys within the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research relevant to cases handled by the Civil Practice attorneys. - Attending court and administrative hearings alongside attorneys. - Assistin...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern will assist attorneys within the Civil Practice of the organization, focusing on improving the lives of low-income New Yorkers. Responsibilities include: - Drafting legal documents such as motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research to support case preparation and strategy. - Attending court and administrative hearings alongsi...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern will assist attorneys in the Civil Practice department of the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting legal documents such as motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research to support casework. - Attending court and administrative hearings alongside attorneys. - Assisting with client interviews to gather re...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern at the organization will have the opportunity to work closely with the Civil Practice attorneys. The primary responsibilities of the intern will include: - Drafting legal documents such as motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research to support ongoing cases and legal strategies. - Attending court and administrative hearings al...
Job Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern will work under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys at the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting legal documents such as motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research to support ongoing cases and legal strategies. - Attending court and administrative hearings alongside attorneys. - Assisting wit...
Job Title Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities The role of a Civil Practice Legal Intern at the organization involves assisting Civil Practice attorneys in various NYC Borough offices and specialized units. The primary focus is on improving the lives of low-income New Yorkers by aiding vulnerable families and individuals in obtaining and maintaining essential needs such as housing, healthcare, food, and subsistence income or self-sufficienc...
Job Title Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities The Civil Practice Legal Intern will work under the supervision of the Civil Practice attorneys at the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits - Conducting legal research - Attending court and administrative hearings with attorneys - Assisting with client interviews - Performing other duties as assigned The role i...