Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Represent low-income tenants and families in housing matters, including evictions, illegal lockouts, and habitability/condemnation advocacy for tenant groups. - Develop individual cases and manage a caseload efficiently. - Refer clients to community partners where appropriate to ensure clients...
Title: Director of CAP Community Intake Job Responsibilities: The Director of CAP Community Intake is responsible for leading and supervising the community services and intake functions within the Civil Action Practice at the organization. The role involves providing leadership, supervision, and support...
Unit - Tenant Defense involves leading a team dedicated to providing eviction defense and pursuing affirmative litigation strategies on behalf of... clients. The responsibilities encompass supervising staff attorneys, paralegals, and volunteers, ensuring high standards of legal representation and client servic...
Title: Director of Innovative Housing Initiatives Job Responsibilities: The Director of Innovative Housing Initiatives is a key leadership position within the organization’s Housing Justice Unit, specifically for the Housing Justice Helpline. The primary responsibilities include: - Supervising all facets of the helpline work,...
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 housing a...
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...
manage a diverse and high-volume caseload involving litigation of individual foreclosure actions,... partition cases, predatory lending, and deed theft cases. They may also represent homeowners in foreclosure-related proceedings in Surrogate’s Court for letters of administration or in Bankruptcy Court...
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...
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...
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...
Title: Tenant Defense Summer Intern Job Responsibilities: - Research housing laws and draft pleadings, motions, and legal memoranda. - Counsel clients on tenant rights and housing subsidies under attorney supervision. - Support attorneys in hearings, trials, and administrative proceedings. - Assist with settlement negotiations and...
of Tenant Rights Coalition (TRC) staff attorneys in both individual housing matters and multi-plaintiff affirmative cases. - Oversee the work of paralegals providing litigation and administrative support. - Supervise... regular appearances in civil, supreme, and federal court as well as administrative proceedin...
Title: Deputy Director, Universal Access to Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Deputy Director will play a crucial role in the Universal Access to Counsel management team within the Housing Unit of Bronx Legal Services. The responsibilities include: - Collaborating closely with the Director and...
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,...