Job Title: Staff Attorney, Litigation Team Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney position within the litigation team focuses on investigating, developing, and litigating cases on behalf of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. Specific responsibilities include: - Investigating and developing potential new cases by corresponding and meeting with potential clients, conducting research, reviewing records, and drafting demand letters. - Developing litigation stra
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Litigation Team Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney on the Litigation Team will play a pivotal role in the **Members Only**'s efforts to advocate for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals through legal channels. The primary responsibilities of this position include: - Investigating and developing potential new cases by engaging with potential clients, conducting comprehensive research, reviewing records, and drafting demand l
Job 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 intake, which may include evening hours. - Provide training, community outreach, and education to individuals, local community-based organizations, and hou...
Job Title: HLD Agency Attorney L2 Job Responsibilities: As an Agency Attorney L-2 for the Lead Unit in the Housing Litigation Division, the selected candidate will play a crucial role in enforcing housing standards and regulations. The key responsibilities include: - Serving as a Staff Attorney to litigate cases on behalf of the Office of Enforcement and Neighborhood Services (OENS) to enforce the NYC Housing Maintenance Code and NYS Multiple Dwelling Law in the Housing Par
Job 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 and other technologies to enhance the intake process. - Respond to client, community, and staff concerns. - Evaluate the project’s ne...
Job 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 organizers to build, support, and represent tenant associations. - Work closely with members and organizers to support organizing ca
Lawyer - Constitutional Law and Civil Rights The candidate should have excellent credentials. Candidate at all levels may apply.
Job Title: Adjudications Counsel Department: Executive Job Responsibilities: The Adjudications Counsel at the organization is responsible for supporting the enforcement of the New York City Human Rights Law through various legal and policy mechanisms. The key responsibilities include: - Monitoring cases and comments for organization decisions and orders to ensure timely action by the Office of the Chair. - Engaging with stakeholders including community members, adv
Job Title: Investigating Attorney – Racial Profiling and Biased Policing Job Responsibilities: The Investigating Attorney will work within the Racial Profiling and Biased Policing (RPBP) Investigations Unit at the **Members Only**. The primary responsibilities include: - Receiving, investigating, and managing civilian complaints of police misconduct, specifically those alleging racial profiling and biased policing based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, dis...
Job Title: Investigating Attorney – Racial Profiling and Biased Policing Job Responsibilities: The Investigating Attorney within the **Members Only** is tasked with handling civilian complaints against New York City police officers that allege racial profiling and other forms of biased policing. The role involves a comprehensive range of responsibilities, including: - Receiving and managing complaints related to police misconduct. - Contacting and scheduling interviews with complain...
Job Title: Investigating Attorney – Racial Profiling and Biased Policing Department: Civilian Complaint Review Board Salary Range: $71, – $108, Job Responsibilities: The Investigating Attorney at the **Members Only** is tasked with handling civilian complaints related to racial profiling and biased policing by New York City police officers. The responsibilities include: - Receiving, investigating, and managing complaints alleging misconduct based on race, color, reli...
Job Title: NY Associate Job Responsibilities: - Engage in high-stakes, cutting-edge litigation across a wide range of practice areas, including commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense and internal investigations, employment and discrimination, and complex regulatory and securities matters. - Participate in pioneering public interest practice addressing critical contemporary issues such as gender and racial equity, reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, religious f
Job Title: Internet Strategy and Litigation Associate Job Responsibilities: The Internet Strategy and Litigation Associate will be involved in handling cases and investigations concerning Internet law, privacy, data security, copyright, artificial intelligence, platform liability, and first amendment issues. The associate will be part of a team that has significantly influenced the legal framework for the online world. Responsibilities include tackling advanced legal issu
Job Title: Counsel/Senior Counsel, Voting Rights Program and Bernard and Anne Spitzer Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Conduct legal and factual 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: Chief Legal Advocacy Officer Job Responsibilities: The Chief Legal Advocacy Officer (CLAO) at the organization is responsible for leading and advancing the organization's litigation, policy, and public education strategies to support LGBTQ+ communities and individuals living with HIV. This pivotal executive leadership role involves: - Shaping and advancing litigation, policy, and public education strategies to support LGBTQ+ communities and individuals living with
Job 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 hearings and oral arguments in court. - Identify and develop new matters for litigation by conducting factual, legal, and strategic
Job Title: . Litigation Deputy Director Job Responsibilities: - Support the . Litigation Senior Director in overseeing the programmatic work of the . Litigation department to ensure strategies are effective, responsive to client needs, and aligned with the organization's strategic plan. - Maintain a caseload of litigation matters, taking a leadership role in case development, strategy, and briefing. - Organize retreats, team meetings, and similar events to promote t
**Job Title: Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project** **Job Responsibilities:** The Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel will be a crucial part of the Speech, Privacy & Technology Project. This role involves working on a diverse range of First and Fourth Amendment cases. Key responsibilities include: - Participating in litigation at all levels of federal and state courts, which involves conducting le
Job Title: Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Counsel, LGBTQ & HIV Project Job Responsibilities: The role of Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel in the LGBTQ & HIV Project at the organization involves a comprehensive set of responsibilities aimed at advancing the strategic goals of the organization. The position requires: - Litigating in federal and state courts, which includes writing pleadings and briefs, conducting discovery and motion pract
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Reform Project Job Responsibilities: - Lead 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 docket of active and developing lawsuits challengin
Job Title: Supervising Attorney – Commission Initiated Department: Law Enforcement Bureau Executive Job Responsibilities: - Oversee and manage a team of staff attorneys and support staff handling agency-initiated cases. - Supervise attorneys and other staff in the investigation of agency-initiated investigations and complaints of violations of the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). - Supervise attorneys in negotiating resolutions of claims of agency-initiated cases,...
Job Title: AGENCY ATTORNEY: COMMISSION INITIATED Job Responsibilities: The Agency Attorney is responsible for enforcing the New York City Human Rights Law through various legal and administrative processes. Key responsibilities include: - Interviewing members of the public who allege discrimination claims and engaging in pre-complaint interventions. - Conducting thorough investigations to identify patterns or practices of discrimination that may warrant Commission-initiat
Job Title Agency Attorney – Commission Initiated Job Responsibilities The Agency Attorney – Commission Initiated is responsible for enforcing the New York City Human Rights Law through various legal and investigatory processes. The primary responsibilities include: - Interviewing members of the public who allege claims of discrimination and engaging in effective pre-complaint interventions. - Conducting thorough investigations into claims of discrimination and identif...
Job Title: Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project Job Responsibilities: - Develop and litigate voting rights cases in state and federal courts. - Engage in litigation of constitutional and statutory cases on a wide range of voting rights issues, including researching and drafting pleadings, briefs, and legal memoranda, engaging in discovery and motion practice, and conducting evidentiary hearings and oral arguments in trial and appellate courts. - Ana
Job Title: Attorney – Litigation - Civil Rights (Religious Liberty) Job Responsibilities: The attorney will be responsible for litigating cases related to civil rights with a focus on religious liberty. This role requires an individual who is comfortable with litigation processes, takes initiative in their work, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment. The attorney will work as part of a team of experienced, dependable, dedicated, and hard-working attorneys, all sharing...
Job Title: Attorney – Litigation - Civil Rights (Medical Liberty) Job Responsibilities: The attorney will be responsible for handling litigation matters with a focus on civil rights, particularly in the area of medical liberty. The role requires the attorney to be comfortable with litigating cases, taking initiative, and thriving in a fast-paced environment. The attorney will collaborate with a team of experienced, dependable, dedicated, and hard-working attorneys. A passi...
Job Title: Attorney – Litigation – Freedom of Information Act Job Responsibilities: The attorney will be responsible for handling litigation matters related to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or state public record act requests. This includes: - Engaging in numerous FOIA litigations related to mandated medicine. - Managing cases from the initial strategy and investigation phase through to the completion of the matter. - Collaborating with a team of experienced...
Job Title: Civil Rights Associate Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Manage and litigate civil rights and commercial cases from inception through trial, which includes conducting legal research, engaging in motion practice, and handling discovery processes. - Analyze and evaluate new cases for potential representation to determine their viability and alignment with the firm's focus areas. - Engage in high-stakes negotiations, mediations, and other forms of pre-litigation advoc
Job Title: Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Litigation Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Handle all phases of sexual abuse and sexual assault litigation, including sensitive pleadings, trauma-informed discovery approaches, motion practice, and bellwether/trial preparation. - Lead discovery efforts focused on institutional accountability, including identifying key documents revealing patterns of negligence, taking depositions, and written discovery. - Depose witnesses and
Job Title: Supervising Attorney IV Job Responsibilities: The Supervising Attorney IV will serve within the Department of Social Services' Office of Legal Affairs, specifically in the Homeless Litigation and Program Counseling Unit (HLPCU). This role involves providing legal representation for the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services in state courts on complex litigation matters, including but not limited to Article 78 actions, class actions, and civil actions. T
Job 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 and maintaining a high standard of representation and client service. - Collaborating with the Attorney-in-Charge of the Harlem of...
Job Title: Staff Attorney, Prisoners’ Rights Project (PRP) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for the Prisoners’ Rights Project (PRP) at the organization is tasked with a broad range of responsibilities 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 involv...
Job 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, including managing Paralegals, the Program Manager, and Supervising Attorneys. - Collaborating with various teams such as the Housing Leadership...
Job Title: Civil Practice Law Graduate, Housing Justice – Tenant Defense – Fall 2026 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, possibly including during evening hours. - Provide training, community outreach, and education to individuals, local community-based organizations, and housi...
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,
Lawyer - Constitutional Law and Civil Rights The candidate should have excellent credentials. Candidate at all levels may apply.
Job Overview: A dynamic law firm is seeking a passionate Attorney with a focus on civil rights litigation. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of litigation experience and exceptional writing skills, with a strong commitment to defending First Amendment rights and a proactive approach in a fast-paced York City, NY Duties:Litigate civ