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...
Title Immigration Practice Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities - Advise non-citizens with pending criminal or family court cases on the immigration consequences of contemplated dispositions and mitigate the impact of their involvement with the legal system. - Represent non-citizens in applications...
Title: Immigration Practice Legal Director Job Responsibilities: The Immigration Practice Legal Director at the organization will be responsible for a variety of duties aimed at supporting and advancing the Immigration Practice. Key responsibilities include: - Client Representation: Represent a reduced caseload of clients,...
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...
of clients detained pretrial in New York City jails. - Challenge adverse pretrial detention decisions using writs of habeas corpus, appeals, and other strategic litigation and advocacy. - Anticipate and... respond to novel legal issues relevant to pretrial detention. - Identify and d...
clients in Family Court litigation, including fact-finding, dispositional, and... post-dispositional hearings. - Conduct direct client representation and manage institutional assignments, including intake and case coverage. - Engage in out-of-court case preparation, which involves interviewing, investigation, document review, and witness preparation. - Draft legal...
Title: Criminal Defense Practice Staff Attorney – Entry Level Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Provide holistic and client-centered representation for individuals facing misdemeanor, felony, and homicide charges. - Engage in full representation of clients on misdemeanor criminal matters, which includes client counseling, preparing...
city, state, and federal agencies and in court proceedings, administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation. - Conduct regular courthouse-based... and off-site intake, potentially including during evening hours. - Provide training, community outreach, and education to individuals, local community-based organizations, and hous...
Title: Criminal Defense Practice Staff Attorney – Entry Level Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Provide holistic, client-centered representation for individuals facing misdemeanor, felony, and homicide charges. - Engage in zealous advocacy and handle all aspects of criminal defense from arraignment through trial, sentencing,...
Title: Supervising Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Supervising Attorney will oversee the Workplace Justice practice at the organization, which includes a team of four employment attorneys and three paralegals. This role involves managing a wide range of employment-related legal matters, including wage theft,...
advocacy with city, state, and federal agencies and in court proceedings, administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation. - Conduct regular courthouse-based and... off-site intake, which may include evening hours. - Provide training, community outreach, and education to individuals, local community-based organizations, and housing...
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...
Title: Supervising Housing Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Oversee the provision of housing-related legal services to low-income tenants and tenant associations in neighborhoods experiencing significant displacement pressures. - Provide exceptional supervision and support to a team of 5-7 housing attorneys and advocates. - Collaborate with...
factual research to support litigation, policy advocacy, and related... organizations and state and local officials on litigation and policy matters. -... Analyze, research, and draft materials for public education, including policy reports, white papers, and press materials. - Assist...
with city, state, and federal agencies, as well as in court proceedings, administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation. - Conduct regular courthouse-based... and off-site intake, potentially including evening hours. - Provide training, community outreach, and education to individuals, local community-based organizatio...
Title: Paralegal Casehandler, Housing Justice Tenant Defense Job Responsibilities: The Paralegal Casehandler in the Housing Justice Tenant Defense Unit of the organization is tasked with a variety of responsibilities aimed at assisting individuals and families to prevent eviction and resolve benefits and...
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...
or Senior Staff Attorney, Litigation Job Responsibilities: - Conduct cutting-edge impact... and individual litigation, which includes conducting legal... practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings and oral arguments in court. - Identify and develop new matters for litigation by conducting factual, legal,... and strategic...
and contribute to impact litigation in state and federal... courts across the ., including investigating potential lawsuits, researching and drafting pleadings and briefs, engaging in discovery and motion practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings, oral arguments, trials, and appeals. - Maintain a...
and other aspects of litigation for assigned cases and... projects. - Research and develop novel legal theories and strategies for new cases. - Manage drafting, editing, and submission of amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the organization. - Collaborate with Communications and other...
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...
research and public writing to support policy advocacy, legislative reform, and communications initiatives. - Advance state-level policy reforms, often collaborating with coalition partners. - Participate in impact litigation, including research, brief writing,... and strategy development. - Write and communicate for a general, non-legal...
Job Title: . Litigation Deputy Director Job Responsibilities: - Support... the . Litigation Senior Director in overseeing... work of the . Litigation department to ensure strategies... Maintain a caseload of litigation matters, taking a leadership... role in case development, strategy, and briefing. -...
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: 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...
aimed at defending and expanding the rights of incarcerated individuals in New York City jails and New York state prisons. The essential duties and responsibilities include: - Engaging in complex civil litigation related to prison and... jail conditions, which involves d...
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...
and state and federal courts. - Conduct litigation and advocacy efforts, performing... tasks such as factual investigations, developing legal theories, securing expert testimony, and submitting comments, petitions, briefs, and oral arguments. - Collaborate in team problem solving, litigation strategy, an...
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...
areas of work. Primarily, they will focus on case development and litigation, which constitutes 60% of... their responsibilities. This includes collaborating with clients, other attorneys, experts, and partners to investigate, develop, and pursue enforcement cases. They will lead complex cases...
litigate cases strategically. - Participate in team problem-solving, litigation strategy, project management, and... trial work. - Lead complex cases, handling tasks such as factual investigation, legal research, discovery, briefing, witness preparation, trials, and oral advocacy. - Manage new and existing cases in...
Staff Attorney, Post Conviction Litigation Job Responsibilities: - Manage a docket... 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 investigations. - Write motions and briefs for client...
Title: Senior Policy Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Senior Policy Counsel at the organization is tasked with providing legal advice to the organization and its members, coordinating legal strategies related to policy and corporate accountability, and engaging with networks of pro bono attorneys....
Immigration Services (USCIS), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), and appellate courts. - Collaborate with volunteers, interns, and pro bono attorneys; support training of junior staff members on all aspects of client contact, litigation support, case management, and/or... project develop...
administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation. - Conduct regular courthouse-based and... off-site intake, including during evening hours. - Represent and promote the work of the office, the Civil Practice, and the organization in the community. - Provide training, community outreach, and edu...
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...
Immigration Services (USCIS), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), and appellate courts. - Collaborate with volunteers, interns, and pro bono attorneys; support training of junior staff members on all aspects of client contact, litigation support, case management, and/or... project d...
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...
Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney in the Domestic Violence Law Unit is responsible for providing comprehensive legal services to survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. This includes safety planning, representation, advice, and advocacy in various legal...
Title: Staff Attorney (Matrimonial Project) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for the Matrimonial Project within the Domestic Violence Law Unit (DVLU) is responsible for providing comprehensive legal representation and support to survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence in various legal matters....
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...
Title: Staff or Senior Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff or Senior Staff Attorney will be integral to the organization, primarily focusing on supporting vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers across New York State. This role involves coordinating and providing legal services through...
engage in cutting-edge impact litigation, 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,...
engage in cutting-edge impact litigation, 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...
engage in cutting-edge impact litigation, public policy advocacy, and... 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 theories and... litigation strategy. - Identify a...
Title: Staff Attorney (Matrimonial Project) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will work within the Matrimonial Project of the Domestic Violence Law Unit (DVLU) at the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Providing comprehensive safety planning, representation, advice, and advocacy for survivors of domestic/intimate...
Title: Interim Managing Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Interim Managing Attorney will be responsible for overseeing a network of legal services across various regions of New York State, focusing on newly arrived immigrant populations. Key responsibilities include: - Coordinating and supervising legal clinics and...
Title: 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...