Title: Staff 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...
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: 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...
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...
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 institutional assignments, including intake and case coverage. - Engage in out-of-court case...
Title: Director of Innovative Housing Initiatives Job Responsibilities: Program Management - Coordinate intake and advice/brief representation provided to callers. - Monitor and maintain a high standard of client service. - Support the development, funding, implementation, and reporting of programs. - Oversee the use of AI-driven tools...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Title: Immigration Staff Attorney (Domestic Violence Project) Job Responsibilities: The Immigration Staff Attorney is a key member of the **Members Only** and reports to both the director and supervisor of family law services. The primary responsibilities include: - Zealously representing survivors in their immigration...
Title: Senior Director of Programs Department: Programs & Membership Reports to: VP of Programs & Membership Employment Status: Full Time/ Exempt (40 hours/ week) Salary: $109,273/ year Overview of the Organization The organization is an umbrella policy and advocacy entity for nearly 200 groups within New...
public policy advocacy, and education to further the organization's... mission. The Senior Counsel will work both independently and collaboratively to assist the organization's Regional Office and advance the mission nationwide. The primary responsibilities include: Education, Engagement, and Outreach: - Cultivating relationships with...
public policy advocacy, and education to further the organization's... mission. The Senior Counsel will work independently and collaboratively to help serve the organization's Regional Office and further the mission of the organization nationwide. Key responsibilities include: - Conceptualizing and drafting legislative...
public policy advocacy, and education to further the organization's... mission. The Senior Counsel will work independently and collaboratively to help serve the organization's Regional Office and to further its mission nationwide. The primary areas of work include: Impact Litigation: - Devise legal...
Title: Trial and 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...
Title: 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...
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, 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...
Title: Associate General Counsel Job Responsibilities: - Provide guidance and counsel to internal stakeholders on a range of legal matters, including general operations, nonprofit governance, contracts, fundraising, labor and employment, litigation, intellectual property, tax, data privacy, cybersecurity, and lobbying. - Advise on day-to-day...
Title: Human Rights Accountability Legal Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Assist in promoting and facilitating the credible use of targeted human rights and anti-corruption sanctions under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program and similar authorities. - Collaborate with civil society groups to identify issues of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
as well as in court proceedings, administrative hearings, and 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: Associate General Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Associate General Counsel (AGC) is tasked with independently managing the legal team that provides services to the South, New York, and Northeast Divisions of the North America Region within the organization. Reporting directly to the...
of Family and Matrimonial Practice Job Title: Director of Family and Matrimonial Practice Job Responsibilities: - Lead a team of attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants in the family and matrimonial law practice area. - Oversee all aspects of family and matrimonial law practice, including case...
Title: Managing Attorney, New York - Detained Job Responsibilities: - Provide senior-level expertise and program management in the provision of legal services by organization attorneys and pro bono partners to unaccompanied children in Office of Refugee Resettlement custody. - Mentor pro bono attorneys...
Title: Assistant General Counsel, Legal Job Responsibilities: - Review, draft, and negotiate client and vendor contracts, RFPs, NDAs, DPAs, consulting agreements, and other commercial agreements related to the company's services. - Work closely with client service teams to resolve legal issues concerning commercial...
Title: Supervising Attorney, Housing Justice Tenant Defense Job Responsibilities: The Supervising Attorney will take on a leadership role within the Housing Justice Unit – Tenant Defense of the department. The responsibilities include: - Supervising, mentoring, and training staff attorneys, paralegals, and volunteers/interns. - Monitoring...
Title: Borough Director - Brooklyn Job Responsibilities: The Borough Director is an integral member of the organization's Leadership Team, responsible for advancing children's rights within the specified borough. Collaborating with citywide Borough Directors and other leaders, the Director ensures the organization's mission...
Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney at the organization is responsible for effectuating the mission of the organization under the leadership of the Borough Director. The primary responsibilities include ensuring high standards of representation and client services while maintaining personal...
Title: Associate General Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Associate General Counsel at the organization is responsible for providing in-house legal support on various legal matters. This includes tax exemption issues for both the organization and the organization Action Fund, and election law matters...
Title: Deputy General Counsel Job Responsibilities: - Assist the General Counsel in managing all aspects of the legal work of Local 32BJ. - Supervise and mentor the Legal Department’s fourteen employees. - Handle a wide range of matters relating to new organizing, the advancement...
Title: Senior Contract Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Senior Contract Attorney is responsible for providing legal guidance and review under the direction of the Chief Contract Officer. Key responsibilities include: - Advising the Chief Contract Officer on procurement-related contract matters, risk management strategies, and...
Title: General Counsel Job Responsibilities: The General Counsel acts as the chief legal advisor to the organization and the organization's Action Fund, offering strategic guidance, legal expertise, and risk management support. This role ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations, aligns legal...
Title: Paralegal II Job Responsibilities: The Paralegal II position at the organization’s Criminal Appeals Bureau (CAB) is crucial in supporting holistic, client-centered representation for individuals with misdemeanor and felony convictions. The primary responsibilities include: - Communication and Support: Engage with clients and their...
Title: Juvenile Rights Practice Legal Intern – Spring 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Juvenile Rights Practice (JRP) of the organization is seeking legal interns for its trial offices and specialized units for the Spring 2026 term. The primary responsibilities include: - Collaborating directly with...
Title: Paralegal 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...
Title: Temporary Paralegal Casehandler, Family/Domestic Violence Unit Job Responsibilities: The role of a Temporary Paralegal Casehandler in the Family/Domestic Violence Unit involves a variety of responsibilities aimed at supporting clients who are primarily survivors of domestic violence. The key duties include: - Interviewing...
Title: Temporary Paralegal Casehandler, Immigration Legal Clinic, Immigration Law Unit Job Responsibilities: - Conduct telephone and in-person screenings and intakes for potential clinic clients. - Provide support in compiling application packets, conducting factual and legal research. - Assist with fact development by meeting with...
Title: Temporary Paralegal Casehandler, Immigration Legal Clinic, Immigration Law Unit Job Responsibilities: - Conduct telephone and in-person screenings and intakes for potential clinic clients. - Provide support in compiling application packets and conducting factual and legal research. - Assist with fact development by meeting...
Title: Policy Advocate Job Responsibilities: - Support state and federal policy advocacy to reduce the health and environmental impacts of plastics and toxic chemicals, under the guidance of the Director of Plastics and Petrochemical Advocacy. - Engage in advocacy efforts to combat false...