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: 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: 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 Civil Practice Law Graduate, Housing Justice – Tenant Defense – Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities - Represent clients and provide advocacy with city, state, and federal agencies, as well as in court proceedings, administrative hearings, and affirmative litigation. - Conduct regular...
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: Housing Attorney Department: Legal, Organizing and Advocacy Job Responsibilities: The Housing Attorney at the organization plays a crucial role within a dynamic and interdisciplinary legal team. This position involves advocacy and legal representation in housing matters, focusing on Bronx and Manhattan Housing...
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...
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...
with the representation of tenants and tenant associations in... cases involving eviction, harassment, repairs, and overcharge. - Work on cases involving access to government benefits, including city, state, and federal benefits. - Participate in legal clinics and develop and present "Know Your...
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: 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: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The role of a Civil Practice Legal Intern involves working under the guidance of Civil Practice attorneys within the organization. The primary responsibilities include: - Drafting legal documents such as motions, pleadings,...
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: 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 and depositions, and significant...
Title: Summer 2026 Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: - Support community-based organizations that are experiencing debt collection abuses. - Represent low-income consumers in matters of identity theft, credit reporting issues, rental arrears lawsuits, and unlawful debt collection practices. - Collaborate with other practice areas such...
Title: Summer 2026 Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: - Provide direct legal assistance to community groups, organizers, and their members engaged in tenant organizing. - Participate in affirmative litigation on behalf of tenant associations and individual anti-eviction litigation. - Conduct training sessions for community groups...
Title: Summer Internship Job Responsibilities: Interns in the Summer Internship program will have the opportunity to engage in substantive legal work across various civil legal service practice areas. The responsibilities include conducting comprehensive research, writing, and analytical tasks. Interns will handle various...
Title: Spring Internship Job Responsibilities: - Handle substantive work across a range of civil legal service practice areas. - Participate in comprehensive training provided by the organization. - Conduct client intake interviews and engage in eviction defense litigation. - Perform deadline-sensitive research to support Housing...
Title Spring Internship Job Responsibilities Interns in the Spring Internship program at the organization will have the opportunity to handle substantive work across the breadth of the civil legal service practice areas. Key responsibilities include: - Conducting client intake interviews...
Title Civil Practice Legal Intern – Spring 2026 Job Responsibilities The Legal Aid Society’s Civil Practice offers non-paid internships across various NYC Borough offices and specialized units for Spring 2026. Legal interns will assist Civil Practice attorneys in their mission to...
Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern – Spring 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Legal interns will work directly under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys. - Duties include drafting motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conduct legal research and attend court and administrative hearings...
Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern – Spring 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Interns will work directly under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys. - Duties may include drafting motions, pleadings, memoranda of law, and affidavits. - Conducting legal research; attending court and administrative hearings with...
in the representation of tenants and tenant associations in... eviction, harassment, repairs, and overcharge cases. - Work on cases involving access to government benefits, including city, state, and federal benefits. - Participate in legal clinics and develop and present "Know Your Rights"...
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 organizers to build, support, and represent tenant associations. - Work closely...
Title: Civil Practice Law Graduate, Housing Justice – Tenant Defense – Fall 2026 Job Responsibilities: - Engage in 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...
Title: Paralegal Casehandler, Housing Justice Tenant Defense Job Responsibilities: - Conduct client intake interviews, provide advice, and direct assistance, and assess requests for services. - Represent clients at administrative hearings at relevant forums like HRA. - Obtain rent arrears and ongoing rental assistance through...
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: 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 high-quality legal defense for clients. - Meet objectives such as keeping children...
Title: Fall 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of organization’s interdisciplinary legal teams, which include attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates. - Provide high-quality legal defense to clients with objectives such as: - Keeping children out...
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 high-quality legal defense to clients. - Meet objectives such as keeping children...
Title: Spring 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 the organization's interdisciplinary legal teams (comprised of attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates) to provide clients with high-quality legal defense. - Meet objectives...
Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of interdisciplinary legal teams, which include attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide high-quality legal defense for clients. - Meet objectives such as keeping children out of...
Title: Deputy Director, Group Representation, PAH-Brooklyn Job Responsibilities: The Deputy Director, Group Representation at the organization is responsible for representing and supervising the representation of low-income tenant associations and individuals facing various housing challenges. The role involves handling a full caseload of...
in the representation of tenants and tenant associations in... cases involving eviction, harassment, repairs, and overcharge. - Work on cases involving access to government benefits, including city, state, and federal benefits. - Participate in legal clinics and develop and present “Know Your...
Title: Paralegal, Domestic Violence Program Job Responsibilities: The Paralegal in the Domestic Violence Program will work closely with staff attorneys to ensure the successful and smooth operation of legal and administrative functions. Responsibilities include: - Researching cases and legal issues under...
Title: Staff Attorney, Preserving Affordable Housing Program-Brooklyn Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for the Preserving Affordable Housing Program at the organization will be responsible for various legal and advocacy-related duties essential for defending and preserving affordable housing in Brooklyn. Key responsibilities include: -...
Title Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities The primary responsibilities of the Civil Practice Legal Intern include assisting Civil Practice attorneys in various New York City Borough offices and specialized units. The interns will work under the...
Title: Civil Practice Legal Intern, 2L – Summer 2026 Job Responsibilities: The Civil Practice Legal Intern will work under the supervision of Civil Practice attorneys at the organization. The role involves a variety of responsibilities aimed at assisting attorneys in improving the...