Job Title: Summer 2026 Legal Intern- L2 Students (Year 2) Job Responsibilities: - Assist attorneys, examiners, and supervisors in developing examinations and investigations. This includes assisting with document and evidence analysis, fact development, case management, and legal analysis. - Draft memoranda summarizing research and analyses performed and information gathered. - Attend appropriate department training to enhance skills and knowledge relevant to the role. - Part
Job Title: Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Job Responsibilities: - Render senior-level legal advice and support concerning the life cycle of new regulatory initiatives. - Act as a subject matter resource in areas of legal expertise including arbitration and mediation. - Advise the Board of Governors and advisory committees on complex regulatory initiatives and rule changes. - Brief and communicate sensitive regulatory initiatives to senior executives under urgent
Job Title: Law Graduates – Housing Rights Job Responsibilities: - Conduct client intake both in person and via telephone. - Perform legal research and draft legal memoranda, advocacy letters, and other legal documents. - Litigate all phases of cases, including drafting pleadings, engaging in motion practice, conducting trials, and writing and arguing appeals. - Conduct outreach to communities served by the organization and provide training to community and tenant grou...
Job Title: Staff Attorney – Housing Rights Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for Housing Rights at the organization is responsible for a variety of tasks aimed at preserving decent and affordable housing for low-income tenants, including families and single adults. The key responsibilities include: - Conducting client intake both in person and over the phone. - Engaging in legal research and drafting legal memoranda, advocacy letters, and other legal documents.
Job Title: Attorney – Kinship Caregiver (Family) Law Project Job Responsibilities: - Conduct client intake and interviews in person, on the telephone, and at community-based organizations, sometimes in the evenings. - Research legal issues and draft memoranda. - Represent kinship caregivers, primarily petitioners, in Family Court in guardianship, custody, and private placement adoption proceedings, and special immigrant juvenile status petitions. - Provide advice and ...
Job Title: Supervising Senior Attorney, Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program (EDCAP) Job Responsibilities: - Oversee the EDCAP unit's practice, manage and develop the EDCAP program. - Supervise the EDCAP Paralegal and any future EDCAP employees. - Provide training, technical assistance, and support to attorneys, advocates, and EDCAP grantees. - Engage in legislative advocacy and provide direct legal representation to clients. - Deliver advice and counsel to student loa
Job Title: Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: 1. Client Representation & Legal Advocacy: - Develop expertise in working with LGBTQ+ clients. - Conduct client intake interviews, assess eligibility for immigration relief, and provide comprehensive legal consultations. - Represent clients in removal proceedings before Immigration Courts, including preparing and filing motions, applications, and appeals. - Handle a diverse caseload of complex immigrat
Organization Overview **Members Only** is a community-centered non-profit organization dedicated to providing direct immigration legal representation and community education to immigrant communities in New York City. The organization primarily serves undocumented individuals who are at liberty while facing removal proceedings. **Members Only** offers a wide range of humanitarian services and participates in coalitions to address emerging needs. Notably, **Members Only** is part of the Rapid Response Legal C
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: - Interview clients to gather necessary information for their cases. - Draft correspondence related to legal matters. - Write affidavits and motions as part of legal proceedings. - Perform legal research assignments to support case strategies. - Prepare immigration applications for clients seeking humanitarian relief. - Advocate with government agencies on behalf of clients. - Opportunity to appear on the record in Family Court,
Job Title: Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Provide expert legal services to unaccompanied children needing legal representation through direct representation and pro bono facilitation. - Offer robust consultation, training, and technical assistance to pro bono attorneys who have accepted cases from the organization. - Supervise Senior Paralegals, Paralegals, interns, and/or other non-attorney staff as needed. - Perform legal counsel functions, including legal research, form
Job Title: Constitutional Law Fellow Job Responsibilities: The Constitutional Law Fellow will operate under the guidance of senior attorneys at the organization and will assume significant responsibility and autonomy. The key responsibilities include: - Assisting state and local governments in defending their gun safety laws. - Researching and drafting amicus briefs that address Second Amendment and other constitutional challenges to gun safety laws. - Conducting legal and h
Job Title Immigration Supervising Attorney Job Responsibilities Client Representation - Represent a reduced number of noncitizens on complex immigration matters, including detained and non-detained removal proceedings, applications before USCIS, and advisals regarding the consequences of pending criminal or family court proceedings. - Collaborate with colleagues and external partners in developing and implementing defense strategies involving federal litigation, collatera
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Impact Litigation Practice Job Responsibilities: - Litigation and Advocacy: Investigate law enforcement and legal system practices; recommend strategies (litigation or otherwise) to achieve the strategic priorities of the Impact Litigation Practice (ILP). Litigate civil rights cases in state and federal court, both as cocounsel and as lead counsel. Represent the organization in advocacy coalitions and in the media. Draft non-litigation advocacy mat
Job Title: Immigration Supervising Attorney (Temporary/Remote) Job Responsibilities: Client Representation - Represent a reduced number of noncitizens on complex immigration matters, including both detained and non-detained removal proceedings, applications before USCIS, and advisals regarding the consequences of pending criminal or family court proceedings. - Collaborate with colleagues and external partners in developing and implementing defense strategies involving feder
**Job Title: Floating Supervising Attorney, Housing Justice Unit - Tenant Defense** **Job Responsibilities:** The Floating Supervising Attorney in the Housing Justice Unit - Tenant Defense will oversee the operations within the assigned neighborhood office. The primary responsibilities include: - Supervising staff attorneys, paralegals, and volunteers to ensure high standards of representation and client service. - Collaborating with the Director of Housing, Housing Coordin
Job Title: Staff Attorney (Multiple Positions Available) Job Responsibilities: - Handle a full caseload of full representation non-payment and holdover proceedings in Housing Court. This involves extensive communication with clients, intense negotiations with opposing counsel, frequent motion practice, discovery, depositions, and significant advocacy with outside agencies on behalf of clients. - Handle litigation before administrative agencies as necessary, including DHCR ma
Job Title: 2026 Summer Law Clerk Job Responsibilities: - Conduct legal research and writing related to environmental, administrative, and information-collecting statutes and regulations. - Review pollution permits and data. - Support public comments, litigation, and issue-focused reports under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other federal and state environmental laws. Education and Experience Information: - Must be a currently enrolled law student. - Application
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Conduct comprehensive client consultations to screen and advise clients regarding their eligibility for immigration relief. - Provide client-centered, trauma-informed direct immigration legal services, including interviewing clients and witnesses, preparing forms, affidavits, and other supporting documents to submit to USCIS or the Immigration Court. - Represent immigrants in proceedings before USCIS and the Immigration C
Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney (Domestic Violence Project) Job Responsibilities: The Immigration Staff Attorney will be an integral part of the Domestic Violence Project, focusing on providing legal representation and advocacy for survivors of intimate partner violence and their children. The responsibilities include: - Zealously representing survivors in immigration matters such as U and T visas, SIJS, adjustment of status, VAWA Self-Petitions, Battered Spouse Waiver
Job Title: Staff Attorney – Family Law (Domestic Violence Project) Job Responsibilities: The Family Law Staff Attorney in the Domestic Violence Project (DVP) is tasked with a range of responsibilities aimed at providing legal support and advocacy for survivors of intimate partner violence and their children. The key responsibilities include: - Zealously representing survivors in family law matters such as custody/visitation, orders of protection, child/spousal support, an...
Job Title Supervising Immigration Attorney (Domestic Violence Project) Job Responsibilities The Supervising Immigration Attorney will report to the Director of Legal Services and will be responsible for a range of duties aimed at supporting survivors of intimate partner violence. The primary responsibilities include: - Supervising a team consisting of full-time immigration attorneys, fellows, interns, and pro-bono attorneys. - Organizing internal training sessions and fac
Job Title: Legal Program Manager Job Responsibilities: - Collaborate with legal, engineering, security, and other business and compliance teams to lead and build legal programs that align internal practices with external commitments and legal obligations. - Support regulatory inquiries, audits, and investigations by coordinating responses and ensuring timely, accurate communication. - Work with legal team leaders to coordinate workstreams for complex cross-functional initiat
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Immigrant Youth Project - Immigration Law Unit Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will be responsible for providing comprehensive legal services to undocumented youth and unaccompanied immigrant children. The attorney will represent clients at the New York Immigration Court, before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and in Family Courts across New York City and neighboring counties. Specific cases will include spe
Job Title: Supervising Attorney, Emergency Response Team (ERT) Job Responsibilities: The Supervising Attorney for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the program within their assigned office. This role requires a commitment to addressing urgent issues of poverty and justice through a civil legal services model. The Supervising Attorney will report to both the Director of the Tenant Defense Housing practice for their bo
Job Title: Summer 2026 Legal Intern, Special Litigation Unit Job Responsibilities: - Collaborate closely with attorneys in the Special Litigation Unit (SLU) to develop new impact litigation cases. - Provide support in ongoing litigations across a variety of legal issues including public benefits, special education, consumer protection, disability rights, and immigration. - Conduct legal research and complete writing assignments. - Observe and/or participate in client c
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Criminal Appeals Bureau Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney in the Criminal Appeals Bureau (CAB) at the organization is tasked with providing legal representation to individuals who have been convicted of a crime and cannot afford an attorney. CAB is recognized as the largest post-conviction public defender in New York City, annually assisting over 1,000 individuals with misdemeanor and felony convictions. The role involves advocating against
Position: General Counsel Department: Office of the CEO Job Responsibilities: The General Counsel serves as the chief legal advisor for the organization, providing strategic and practical counsel across all programs, activities, and operations. Key responsibilities include: - Corporate Legal Strategy & Counsel: Serve as the chief legal advisor, delivering timely and practical guidance to the CEO, Executive Team, and program leads. Advise on governance, compliance, enterpri
Job Title: Legal Director for Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Job Responsibilities: The Legal Director for the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (.) is tasked with leading and expanding the organization's legal strategy aimed at dismantling harmful surveillance systems and ensuring transparency and accountability in the government's use of novel technologies. The key responsibilities include: - Legal Strategy and Litigation Leadership: - Developing
Job Title: Assistant Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Assistant Counsel at the organization will undertake a variety of legal responsibilities associated with the Agencies’ operations under the direct supervision of the Agencies’ Associate Counsel for Legal Operations. Key responsibilities include: - Assisting with operational legal work related to the Chief Operating Officer’s Office, covering areas such as Procurement, Finance and Budget, Information Technology, Fa...
**Job Title:** Asylum Seeker Legal Services Intern (unpaid) **Job Responsibilities:** The Asylum Seeker Legal Services Intern will play a supportive role in the immigration legal team by providing services to asylum seekers and other immigrants. The intern's responsibilities include: - Assisting immigration staff in setting up legal consultations and drafting immigration applications under the supervision of an immigration attorney. - Conducting research on various imm
Job Title: Immigration Legal Team Intern (Unpaid) Job Responsibilities: The Immigration Legal Team Intern will play a crucial role in assisting the immigration staff at the organization in providing essential services to refugees, asylees, and other immigrants. The specific responsibilities include: - Assisting with adjustment of status, citizenship, and pro-se asylum processes. - Working closely with immigration staff to draft applications for clients. - Providing follow-up
Job Title: Children's Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Conduct intakes with child clients, identify legal relief options, and provide direct representation for unaccompanied children who have been released to sponsors in various counties, including the five NYC counties, Orange County in the Lower Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County in Long Island. - Manage a moderate to heavy caseload of children's cases before the Immigration Court and USCIS. - Initiate and represent childre
Job Title: Asylum Seeker Legal Services Intern (UNPAID) Job Responsibilities: - Assist immigration legal staff in providing services to asylum seekers and other immigrants. - Work closely with immigration staff to draft applications such as Asylum, Employment Authorization, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS). - Provide follow-up communication to clients. - Perform research on various immigration issues. - Assist staff with sorting and filing of documents and case files. -
Job Title: Asylum Seeker Legal Services Intern Job Responsibilities: The Asylum Seeker Legal Services Intern will work within the department, providing critical support to immigration legal staff. The intern will assist in delivering services to asylum seekers and other immigrants. Key responsibilities include: - Assisting immigration staff with client services, such as setting up legal consultations and drafting immigration applications (Asylum, Employment Authorization, Te
Job Title: Immigration Legal Intern (Unpaid) Job Responsibilities: The Immigration Legal Intern will assist the Immigration Department at the organization by providing services to refugees, asylees, and other immigrants. Key responsibilities include: - Assisting immigration staff in processing applications for adjustment of status, citizenship, and pro-se asylum. - Working closely with immigration staff to draft applications and provide follow-up communication with clients.
Job Title: Summer 2026 Legal Internship Job Responsibilities: The organization is seeking rising second- and third-year law students to join their New York office for a summer legal internship in 2026. Interns will primarily engage in legal research and writing, support attorneys in client advocacy, and interact with clients through intakes or other legal services projects. Responsibilities include: - Conducting legal research and analysis on federal, state, and local law
Job Title: Spring 2026 Legal Internship Job Responsibilities: - Conduct legal research and analysis on federal, state, and local law. - Perform client intakes and interviews. - Provide information, referrals, and educational resources to clients. - Assist with sealing motions and applications for related relief. - Support attorneys on pending litigation or administrative proceedings. - Research and draft know your rights and public education materials. - Participate