Title: Senior Counsel, Liberty and National Security Program Job Responsibilities: - Spearhead the Liberty and National Security Program's efforts to reconceive the future of the Department of Homeland Security to prevent abuse of its broad authorities. - Develop, draft, and supervise legal and...
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......
2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Collaborate as part... 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,...
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...
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...
Law Graduates 2026, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part... 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,...
Attorney, Harlem Community Tenant Defense 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, including during evening hours. - Represent and promote the work...
2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part... 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...
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...
Title: One-Year Project Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program Job Responsibilities: - Participate in various tasks involved in developing strategic legal advocacy, including factual investigation, legal research and analysis, memo writing, drafting comments or briefs, and monitoring or participating in...
Title: Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Litigate cases on behalf of the organization and its partners, including leading record-review cases, drafting complaints and briefs, conducting legal research, and negotiating with opposing counsel, with limited oversight by a Senior Attorney. - Develop or hone oral...
Title: Temporary Staff Attorney (Free to Be Youth Project) Job Responsibilities: The Temporary Staff Attorney will represent the legal needs of homeless and street-involved lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) young people, up to age 24, in New York City. The...
Title: DV Family Law Attorney Department: Legal, Organizing, & Advocacy Job Responsibilities: The DV Family Law Attorney is responsible for providing consultation and legal representation to primarily immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence. This role complements a holistic array of services offered to...
Title: Full Time Staff Attorney (Free to Be Youth) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will represent the legal needs of homeless and street-involved lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) young people, up to age 24, in New York City. Responsibilities...
Title: Public Housing Justice Project Supervising Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Public Housing Justice Project (PHJP) within the organization's Tenants’ Rights Unit is seeking a Supervising Attorney to provide strategic leadership and direction for the team dedicated to advocating for public housing residents....
Title: Staff Attorney, Public Housing Justice Project Job Responsibilities: - Represent NYCHA residents in Termination of Tenancy proceedings and Remaining Family Member grievances at the Office of Impartial Hearings. - Handle related matters in other venues, including holdovers, nonpayments, or HP actions in...
Title: Senior Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Senior Attorney will be an integral part of the Oceans Division within the organization, focusing on federal litigation and regulatory advocacy related to ocean conservation. Key responsibilities include: - Representing the organization in litigation, which involves legal...
Special Litigation Supervisor, Criminal Defense Practice Job Responsibilities: - Embrace the... philosophy of client-centered, community-based, holistic representation and a commitment to excellence. - Oversee the supervision of attorneys involved in litigating hearings and trials, in collaboration with other supervisors. This includes establishing best...
Training Team Supervisor, Criminal Defense Practice Job Responsibilities: - Embrace the... organization’s philosophy of client-centered, community-based, holistic representation and commitment to excellence. - Design, implement, and manage the training of entry-level and lateral attorney hires on misdemeanor and felony practice. - Collaborate with other...
Title: Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney... in the Criminal Defense Practice is responsible for... providing robust and dynamic legal representation to young residents of Northern Manhattan who are facing criminal charges and cannot afford private counsel. This...
Title Staff Attorney, Law Reform Unit Job Responsibilities The organization’s Civil Practice Law Reform Unit is seeking a Staff Attorney for the Homeless Rights Project (HRP). The role includes the following responsibilities: - Engage in affirmative litigation in State and...
Title: Staff Attorney, Court-Involved Youth - School Justice Project Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for the School Justice Project at the organization will be responsible for a range of duties aimed at ensuring court-involved youth have access to appropriate educational services....
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...
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...
Title: Staff Attorney, Decarceration Project Job Responsibilities: 1. Case Consulting & Strategic Litigation: - Collaborate with trial attorneys, social workers, and paraprofessionals in the assigned borough to advocate for the release of clients detained pretrial in New York City jails. - Challenge...
Title: Supervising Attorney, Criminal Appeals Bureau Job Responsibilities: Supervision of Criminal Appellate Practice: - Review and revise briefs prior to filing. - Screen cases for potential appeal issues or other post-conviction litigation. - Confer with staff attorneys to discuss legal and strategic choices for client...
a part of the defense team representing non-citizen clients... State, and New York City law. - Consult with and advise non-citizen clients and criminal defense attorneys on potential immigration... consequences of criminal cases, seeking to mitigate those consequences in line wi...
Title: Supervising Attorney, Prisoners’ Rights Project (PRP) Job Responsibilities: Legal Duties: - Maintain an active caseload of pending and new litigation to advance the goals of the Prisoners’ Rights Project. - Oversee, along with other supervising attorneys, the integration of individual client intake and...
Staff Attorney, Parole Revocation Defense Unit Job Responsibilities: - Handle parole... practice, negotiations, contested hearings, administrative appeals, and post?conviction hearings. - Work with unit support staff, paralegals, and investigative staff to provide zealous and effective defense representation. - Collaborate with the... Parole Revocation Defens...
Title: Senior Attorney, Clean Energy Job Responsibilities: - Lead complex climate and energy cases before state public utility commissions, state and federal agencies, and state and federal courts. - Conduct litigation and advocacy efforts, performing tasks such as factual...
Title: Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Job Responsibilities: The Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory is responsible for providing senior-level legal advice and support throughout the lifecycle of new regulatory initiatives. Key responsibilities include advising the Board of Governors and advisory committees on complex and...
Job Title: Criminal Defense Practice Staff Attorney –... Entry Level Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Provide comprehensive representation for clients facing misdemeanor criminal charges. This includes client counseling, preparing motions, plea negotiations, directing and participating in investigations, reviewing discovery materials, interviewing witnesses,...
Housing Justice – Tenant Defense – Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities... affirmative litigation. - Conduct regular courthouse-based and off-site intake sessions, which may occasionally occur during evening hours. - Deliver training and community outreach, as well as education to individuals, local c......
Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney in the Domestic Violence Law Unit is responsible for providing comprehensive safety planning, representation, advice, and advocacy services to survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. The attorney will handle family and matrimonial...
Title: Temporary Staff Attorney, New York Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) Job Responsibilities: - Represent immigrants in removal proceedings that began in upstate New York but are transferred to the Immigration Courts in New York City, handling both detained and non-detained dockets. - Provide...
Title: Senior Attorney, Right to Zero Hub Job Responsibilities: - Draft model legislation and policies to advance equitable zero-emission solutions. - Identify options to support the shift to zero-emissions across industry, buildings, and transportation sectors. - Conduct and supervise advocacy before agencies, state, and...
Attorney, Housing Justice Tenant Defense Job Responsibilities: The Supervising Attorney will... Justice Unit – Tenant Defense of the department. The... responsibilities include: - Supervising, mentoring, and training staff attorneys, paralegals, and volunteers/interns. - Monitoring and maintaining a high standard of representation and client service. -...
Title: Staff Attorney, Post Conviction Litigation Job Responsibilities: - Manage a docket of cases for individuals seeking relief from wrongful conviction. - Craft litigation strategies and lead litigation teams, including collaboration with pro-bono partners, local counsel, fellows, and law students. - Direct factual post-conviction...
Title: Associate, HONORS Program Job Responsibilities: The position of Associate in the Honors Program involves significant contributions to the Enforcement department's investigations and decisions regarding disciplinary actions against individuals and firms in the financial industry. This entry-level role provides substantial hands-on legal...
Job Title: Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern, 2L... Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern will... attorneys within the Criminal Defense Practice. The primary responsibilities... investigations related to criminal defense matters. - Participating in client... interviews to gather essential case...
Job Title: Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern, 2L... Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern will... attorneys within the Criminal Defense Practice (CDP) of the... organization. The primary responsibility of the CDP is to provide holistic, client-centered representation to...
Job Title: Criminal Defense Practice Legal Intern –... Intern for the Criminal Defense Practice at the organization... misdemeanor, felony, and homicide charges. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting motions and conducting legal research. - Assisting with investigations related to defense cases. - Partic...
Casehandler, Harlem Community Tenant Defense Job Responsibilities: The role of Paralegal... Casehandler at the organization's Civil Practice involves working within the Housing Justice-Tenant Defense Unit at the Harlem... Community Law Office. The primary responsibility is to assist individuals and families in Manhattan...
Title: Supervising Immigration Attorney, Part-Time (Free to Be Youth Project) Job Responsibilities: The Part-Time Supervising Attorney will oversee the Free to Be Youth (FYP) Project's immigration practice, ensuring high-quality legal services for FYP clients. The attorney will collaborate with the director and...
the director and supervisor of family law services. The primary responsibilities include: - Zealously representing survivors in their immigration matters, which may include U and T visas, SIJS, adjustment of status, VAWA Self-Petitions, Battered Spouse Waivers, naturalization, and removal defense. - Collabora...
DESCRIPTION Job Title: Senior Staff Attorney/ Supervising Senior Staff Attorney, Rapid Response Job Responsibilities: - Legal Representation & Casework: The attorney will proactively identify cases for legal representation, focusing on clients impacted by enforcement actions or restrictive asylum policies. Responsibilities include working closely with...
hospitals. These clinics address a broad spectrum of immigration legal issues, including family-based immigration, adjustment of status, naturalization, U/T Visas, VAWA-based relief, TPS, DACA, asylum, SIJS, and removal defense on a limited basis,... as well as related employment authorization documents....
Title: Staff Attorney, Immigration Law Unit (ILU) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will be part of the citywide Immigration Law Unit’s Youth Project team and will be responsible for providing comprehensive legal services to undocumented youth and unaccompanied immigrant children. Key responsibilities...
the Organization's SCR Appeals Unit. The core responsibilities include: - Providing SCR-related information and education to clients. - Drafting letters... to the SCR on behalf of clients to request records or initiate a challenge to their indicated reports, submitting requests to OCFS...
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...