Job 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 the aim of preventing children from entering the foster system. - Shortening the duration of stay for children already in the foster system.
Job 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 keeping children out of the foster system, reducing the duration of foster care stays, promoting quality visitation arrangements, and ensuring families receive service
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive...
Job 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 of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive services wel
Job 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 children out of the foster system, shortening the lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families re
Job 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 foster system, shorten lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promote quality visiting arrangements, and ensure that families receive services tailored to expedite safe and lasting
Job 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 attorney will work collaboratively with the Project Director and other staff to ensure the provision of quality legal services. Key responsibilities include: - Providing legal representation and
Job 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 include: - Working collaboratively with the Project Director to ensure the provision of quality legal services. - Identifying systemic priorities and developing the capacity to take direction from
Job Title: Director, Civil Practice Job Responsibilities: The Director of Civil Practice at the **Members Only** is responsible for leading the general civil legal services team in New York, focusing primarily on ensuring access to healthcare, housing, and benefits for low-income veterans and their families. The director will coordinate staff advocacy and integrate civil legal services with other practice areas within the organization. Key management responsibi
Job Title: Director, VA Job Responsibilities: - Lead the veterans law practice at the organization, supervising a small and growing team. - Provide representation to veterans in appeals before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). - Collaborate with partner organizations, focusing on medical-legal partnerships. - Manage a modified caseload, providing representation in VA character of discharge (COD) determinations, disability benefits appeals, especially focusing on menta
Job 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 local governments as warranted. - Coordinate the development and execution of advocacy strategies related to efforts to electrify transportation corrid
Job Title: Associate/Senior Counsel for Voting Rights Job Responsibilities: The Associate/Senior Counsel for Voting Rights at the organization is responsible for advancing the voting rights litigation docket, particularly at a time when the community's right to vote is under significant threat. The primary responsibilities include: - Litigating cases aimed at protecting voting rights and addressing the dilution of Latinx voting strength. This involves researching and drafti
Job 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 policy research and analyses. - Produce written reports and other public educational materials that support policy advocacy, legislative reform, and communications initiatives. -
Job 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 specifically for the organization Action Fund. The role involves offering staff legal training on lobbying, gifts/ethics, tax exemption, and political law issues. The Assoc
Job Title: Staff Attorney, . Litigation Job Responsibilities: - Monitor and track relevant lawsuits and legal decisions in the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts, and state Supreme Courts. - Serve as an internal resource across teams and departments for reporting and analysis of legal developments. - Assist in the development of new legal theories to advance the organization's strategic priorities. - Conduct legal and factual research to support and develop arguments
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening their lengths of stay, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive services tailored to expedite safe
Job 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 of the foster system. - Shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system. - Promoting quality visiting arrangements. - Ensuring that families receive ...
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive ser
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening the length of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive s
Job 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 such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive s
Job 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 the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive services that exped
Job 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, including Paralegals, the Program Manager, and Supervising Attorneys. The Director collaborates with different teams such as the Housing Leadership Group,
Job 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. - Achieve objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive ser
Job Title: Fall 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of the organization’s interdisciplinary legal teams, which consist of attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide high-quality legal defense to clients. - Meet objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening the lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families r...
Job Title: Fall 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: Law Graduates will join the organization as part of interdisciplinary legal teams composed of attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates. The primary responsibilities include: - Providing high-quality legal defense to clients, focusing on keeping children out of the foster system and reducing their length of stay if they are placed in foster care. - Promoting quality visiting arrange
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates 2026, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of interdisciplinary legal teams, including attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide high-quality legal defense. - Aim to keep children out of the foster system and minimize their stay if they enter it. - Promote quality visiting arrangements and ensure families receive services tailored to expedite safe and lasting reunification. - Represent paren
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of interdisciplinary legal teams at the organization, which includes attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to deliver high-quality legal defense for clients. - Aim to keep children out of the foster system, reduce the time children spend in foster care, promote quality visiting arrangements, and ensure families receive services that expedite safe and lasting re
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive
Job Title: Staff Attorney, 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 clients' objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality family time arrangements, and ensuring families receive
Job Title: Law Graduate Fall 2026, Youth Defense Practice Job Responsibilities: The Law Graduate will work under the supervision of CFR’s Youth Defense Supervisors. The primary responsibilities include representing clients charged with juvenile delinquency in Family Court and handling cases involving adolescent and juvenile offenders (AO and JO) in the Supreme Court Youth Parts that are being transferred to Family Court. The candidate will be involved in: - Receiving trai...
Job Title: Law Graduate (2025 Grad), Youth Defense Practice Job Responsibilities: - Represent clients charged with juvenile delinquency matters in Family Court. - Manage cases involving adolescent and juvenile offenders (AO and JO) whose cases are being transferred to family court from the Supreme Court Youth Parts. - Collaborate with legal teams, including attorneys, social work staff, investigators, and paralegals, to provide comprehensive defense services. - Participate i
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive s
Job 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 deliver high-quality legal defense. - Meet objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive services tailored t
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive s
Job 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. - Provide high-quality legal defense to clients with objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening the lengths of stay for children in foster care, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive services tai
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates 2026, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of interdisciplinary legal teams, including attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide high-quality legal defense for clients. - Achieve objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive services tailored to
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families receive
Job Title: Law Graduate, Youth Defense Practice Job Responsibilities: - Represent clients charged with juvenile delinquency matters in Family Court. - Represent clients charged as adolescent and juvenile offenders (AO and JO) in Supreme Court Youth Parts, with cases removed to Family Court. - Collaborate with legal teams including attorneys, social work staff, investigators, and paralegals. Teams may also involve staff from CFR’s immigration or housing/public benefits unit...
Job Title: Law Graduate Fall 2026, Youth Defense Practice, Bronx Job Responsibilities: Under the supervision and guidance of the Youth Defense Supervisors at the organization, the Law Graduate will be primarily responsible for representing clients charged with juvenile delinquency matters in Family Court. This includes representing clients charged as adolescent and juvenile offenders (AO and JO) whose cases are being moved to Family Court from the Supreme Court Youth Parts.
Job 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. - Aim to achieve objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, reducing the time children spend in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive ser
Job 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 out of the foster system, shortening the lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive ser
Job 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 deliver high-quality legal defense for clients. - Strive to achieve objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, reducing the duration of stays in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive ser
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work collaboratively 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. - Focus on objectives such as preventing children from entering the foster system, reducing the duration of foster care stays, promoting quality visitation arrangements, and ensuring that fami
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of the organization's interdisciplinary legal teams, consisting of attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide high-quality legal defense to clients. - Meet objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring families receive servic
Job Title: Spring 2026 Law Graduates, Family Defense Job Responsibilities: - Work as part of the organization's interdisciplinary legal teams, which consist of attorneys, social work staff, paralegals, and parent advocates, to provide clients with high-quality legal defense. - Meet objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, shortening lengths of stay for children in the foster system, promoting quality visiting arrangements, and ensuring that families rece
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Family Defense Practice Job Responsibilities: - Work 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. - Meet clients' objectives such as keeping children out of the foster system, reducing the duration of children's stays in the foster system, promoting quality family time arrangements, and ensuring that famili
Job Title: Director of Innovative Housing Initiatives Job Responsibilities: - Supervise all facets of the Housing Justice Helpline work, including Paralegals, the Program Manager, and Supervising Attorneys. - Collaborate with the Housing Leadership Group, Housing Defense teams, Information Technology, Development, and Grants and Contracts teams. - Manage day-to-day operations, mentor supervising attorneys, coordinate grant projects, and prioritize legal issues. - Identify, e