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Legal Services NYC · 2 months ago

Staff Attorney - Tenant Rights Coalition

Brooklyn, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$75K/yr - $136K/yr

Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) fights poverty and seeks racial, social and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. The Staff Attorney will manage a diverse caseload, support tenant associations, and engage in litigation and advocacy to assist Brooklyn tenants facing displacement.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage high volume, diverse caseload that includes both individual and group cases

Staff and/or lead various workshops, trainings, and clinics, both on and off-site

Attend and/or lead team meetings and substantive trainings

Attend and/or support tenant meetings at buildings throughout Brooklyn, including some evenings and weekends

Prepare and appear at multiple court appearances in various forums, including responsibility for all aspects of litigation from client interviews, legal research and writing, to conducting hearings and trials

Support local and statewide coalition spaces to support larger organizing goals of our community partners and tenant leaders

Work well within teams of multiple stakeholders – including legal and non-legal workers – to execute creative and complex litigation

Maintain online case files within office case management system to ensure compliance with various grants

Qualification

J.D. from accredited law schoolAdmitted to New York State BarLitigation skillsAdvocacy skillsAnalytic skillsCommunity outreachWriting skillsSecond language proficiencyCommitment to social justiceLeadership skillsFlexibility

Required

J.D. from an accredited law school

Admitted to New York State Bar, eligible for reciprocal admission, or law graduate who has passed the New York bar exam or is registered to sit for the next bar examination

Excellent advocacy, litigation, analytic, writing, and leadership skills

Ability to communicate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and work well within a team dynamic

Eagerness to conduct community outreach, trainings, and clinics in various settings and to varied audiences, including some evenings and weekends

Flexibility and/or ability to quickly adapt to changing strategies

Strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging with a demonstrated commitment to social justice and working alongside low-income communities and communities of color to advance equity

Preferred

Second language proficiency is strongly preferred

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision plans

Contributions to a 403(b) plan

Generous leave time

Company

Legal Services NYC

Legal Services NYC is a legal service company.

Founded in 1968

New York, New York, USA

501-1000 employees

https://www.legalservicesnyc.org/

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