Founded in 1990, the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers. The organization serves immigrants, seniors, the homebound, families facing foreclosure, renters facing eviction, low-income consumers, those in need of government assistance, children in need of special education, domestic violence victims, persons with disabilities, patients with chronic illness or disease, low-wage workers, low-income members of the LGBTQ community, Holocaust survivors, and others in need. The organization’s annual operating budget is over $30 million. Serving more than 87,000 New Yorkers annually, New York Legal Assistance Group maintains a paid staff of approximately 290, supported by 2,200 pro bono attorneys and other volunteers and interns. For more information, applicants are encouraged to visit www.nylag.org.

Mission
NYLAG uses the power of the law to help New Yorkers in need combat social and economic injustice. We address emerging and urgent legal needs with comprehensive, free civil legal services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community education.

Values that guide us
• We reduce the effects of poverty by providing high quality, effective civil legal services.
• We partner with our clients to help them transform their lives and strengthen their communities.
• We address our clients’ multiple legal needs by collaborating across our practice areas.
• We are at the forefront of identifying and understanding New Yorkers’ most pressing legal needs, rapidly adapting to meet these needs with innovative programs and partnerships.
• We assess need broadly, recognizing that need is not a function of income alone.
• We collaborate with community organizations and engage pro bono attorneys and volunteers to serve a greater number of people with unmet civil legal needs.
• We achieve systemic change through class actions, impact litigation and by advocating for just laws and policies.
• We work to create a welcoming and inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve.
• We teach and train the next generation of legal service professionals.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR DIRECTOR OF THE IMMIGRATION PROTECTION UNIT:

NYLAG’s Immigrant Protection Unit’s (IPU) staff of 55 advocates provides New York’s low-income immigrant communities with comprehensive legal services. IPU staff handle a range of immigration cases including adjustment of status, non-immigrant visas, asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), family petitions, consular processing, naturalization, VAWA self-petitions, petitions for U or T-nonimmigrant status, removal defense and other forms of immigration relief. In addition, staff works closely with community partners to develop and implement large scale clinics and know-your-rights trainings.

NYLAG seeks a dynamic leader with a commitment to social justice for immigrant communities to serve as the Director of the Immigration Protection Unit. The Director will be responsible for leading a large team of innovative and passionate immigration advocates consisting of attorneys, accredited representatives and paralegals. The Director will work closely with senior management to establish and implement a strategic vision for the unit, undertake the management and reporting on grants and deliverables, and develop effective programs to meet client needs. In addition, the Director will oversee the supervision of unit staff and strengthen the unit’s practice, particularly in removal proceedings. The Director will also partner with other NYLAG units and community partners to develop strategies to address new and emerging needs in immigrant communities as well as, maintain and create new relationships with community partners and elected officials to strengthen our ties with the communities we serve.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide leadership and direction over the unit’s work.
2. Develop and implement creative litigation strategies that support and respond to the needs of NYC immigrant communities.
3. Oversee the management of grants to ensure data reporting requirements are met.
4. Partner with NYLAG’s leadership to provide analysis of deliverables and budget in alignment with the unit’s programs and grant requirements.
5. Train and advance professional development of staff.
6. Represent NYLAG at funder meetings, community events, advocacy committees, and task forces.
7. Conduct presentations, workshops, know-your-rights seminars, legal clinics and other outreach.
8. Work with a variety of third party stakeholders, including staff at government agencies and community based organizations.

Qualifications:
· Admitted to practice law (with a preference for admission to the New York State Bar).
· At least 8 years of immigration law experience representing immigrants in a variety of settings including humanitarian and family based petitions and removal defense work before EOIR and the BIA.
· Demonstrated commitment to working with immigrant communities and social justice.
· Prior supervisory experience.
· Strong management skills and experience.
· Exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to supervise a large staff working on a wide range of programs and activities.
· Understanding of financial and budgeting practices.
· Experience working with funders, including government agencies, foundations and individual donors.
· Excellent written, oral, and analytical skills.
· Fluency in a community language other than English is strongly preferred.

JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A STAFF ATTORNEY POSITION WITH THE LEGAL HAND PROJECT (CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN):

NYLAG has an immediate opening for a staff attorney for the Legal Hand Project located in Crown Height, Brooklyn. Legal Hand is a walk-in legal information and resource office with five locations throughout New York City. It is a project of the Center for Court Innovation (CCI), and NYLAG partners to provide an onsite attorney to the Crown Heights office. The attorney selected for this position will train and supervise non-lawyer volunteers to provide high quality information about the legal system so that community members are better able to understand their issues, the legal systems that affect them, and any alternatives to court. In conjunction with a CCI Volunteer Coordinator, the NYLAG staff attorney will train and supervise the project volunteers to, among other things: issue spot; understand whether an issue is amenable to court resolution; consider the alternatives to litigation, such as mediation; identify legal and non-legal resources; locate available legal information including on LawHelp.org; understand the various court processes and how to navigate them; and complete court DIY forms. The attorney will provide legal advice to community members as necessary.

Applicants should demonstrate a strong commitment to public interest law and should have excellent written and analytic abilities. The successful candidate will work closely with NYLAG’s staff in a wide variety of practice areas and with staff at CCI.

Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provide legal advice to community members on civil cases that are referred by the Volunteer Coordinator.
· Provide assistance and information to volunteer staff on general legal issues and on specific cases.
· Coordinate with the Volunteer Coordinator on volunteer supervision and ongoing training.
· Coordinate with Volunteer Coordinator on organizing community education workshops and clinics.
· Meet regularly and collaborate with CCI staff and the lawyers from the other Legal Hand offices to plan all-Legal Hand events, and develop general Legal Hand policies and procedures.
· Staff the Legal Hand office full time, which includes, on average, two Monday evenings until 8pm per month and two Saturdays per month from 11am-2pm.
· Provide referral services for emergency legal cases.
· Staff community workshops and legal clinics.
· Report to their supervisor at NYLAG.
· Conduct community outreach through local businesses, nonprofits, community organizations, local politicians, and neighborhood leaders to promote program events.

Qualifications:
NYLAG seeks a highly motivated attorney with a demonstrated commitment to public interest law. Applicants must have excellent communication, research, and writing skills. Civil legal services, clinical, fellowship, and/or clerkship experience required. Preference will be given to those applicants fluent in a language other than English. Applicants must have at least two years of experience and must be willing to learn the basics of the full range of civil legal services practice areas relevant to low-income New Yorkers. New York State Bar admission is required.

NYLAG’S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

BENEFITS
Excellent benefits.

PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
Managerial

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED
J.D.

HOW TO APPLY
Please click on the link to apply:
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=dd007530-f80f-4abe-bdff-ccf12483f337&jobId=253708&lang=en_US&source=CC3&ccId=19000101_000001

Founded in 1990, the New York Legal Assistance Group provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers. The organization serves immigrants, seniors, the homebound, families facing foreclosure, renters facing eviction, low-income consumers, those in need of government assistance, children in need of special education, domestic violence victims, persons with disabilities, patients with chronic illness or disease, low-wage workers, low-income members of the LGBTQ community, Holocaust survivors, and others in need. The organization’s annual operating budget is over $27 million. Serving more than 75,000 New Yorkers annually, New York Legal Assistance Group maintains a paid staff of approximately 280, supported by 2,200 pro bono attorneys and other volunteers and interns. For more information, applicants are encouraged to visit www.nylag.org.

Mission
The New York Legal Assistance Group uses the power of the law to help New Yorkers in need combat social and economic injustice. We address emerging and urgent legal needs with comprehensive, free civil legal services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community education.

Values that guide us
· We reduce the effects of poverty by providing high quality, effective civil legal services.
· We partner with our clients to help them transform their lives and strengthen their communities.
· We address our clients’ multiple legal needs by collaborating across our practice areas.
· We are at the forefront of identifying and understanding New Yorkers’ most pressing legal needs, rapidly adapting to meet these needs with innovative programs and partnerships.
· We assess need broadly, recognizing that need is not a function of income alone.
· We collaborate with community organizations and engage pro bono attorneys and volunteers to serve a greater number of people with unmet civil legal needs.
· We achieve systemic change through class actions, impact litigation and by advocating for just laws and policies.
· We work to create a welcoming and inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve.
· We teach and train the next generation of legal service professionals.

Job Description:
NYLAG has an opening for a part-time (50%) attorney specializing in mediation at its Legal Clinic for Pro Se Litigants in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). This Clinic provides free, individual legal assistance to non-prisoner, pro se litigants in the SDNY. This innovative clinic is among the first in the nation to provide pro se assistance in federal court, and has recently expanded to represent pro se litigants in connection with settlement.

The mediation attorney will be an integral part of a Clinic team consisting of one supervising attorney, one staff attorney, and two paralegals, with offices in the SDNY at 40 Foley Square in Manhattan. The mediation attorney will interview clients, perform legal research, assess the strengths and weaknesses of clients’ cases, draft mediation statements and settlement letters, in appropriate cases draft amended complaints, counsel clients about their cases, advocate for clients at mediation sessions and settlement conferences, draft and comment on settlement agreements, and assist with other Clinic legal matters. Most matters will entail representation of a pro se plaintiff in an employment discrimination cases, but some matters involve representing defendants in employment cases and other matters involve other areas of law. This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer interested in strengthening the skills needed to facilitate favorable settlements.

Duties and Responsibilities:
· Counseling clients about mediation and settlement;
· Interviewing clients to understand the facts of their cases;
· Performing legal research to allow assessment of the strengths and weaknesses in the clients’ cases;
· Advising clients about the strengths and weaknesses of their cases;
· Drafting mediation statements;
· Drafting amended complaints in appropriate cases;
· Advocating for clients at mediation sessions and settlement conferences;
· Drafting and commenting on settlement agreements;
· Explaining the terms of settlement agreements to clients; and
· Assisting with other Clinic legal tasks, including intake, client interviews, legal research, drafting court documents and advising litigants on a variety of issues.

Qualifications:
This is an ideal opportunity for a lawyer who is admitted to the bar of the SDNY and who has experience in counseling clients in connection with mediation and settlement. Preference will be given to those applicants with familiarity with employment law and/or civil rights law (particularly 42 U.S.C. s. 1983). Applicants must be prepared to interact with a diverse client population in a sensitive and professional manner. Applicants should demonstrate a strong commitment to public service and have excellent research, writing and analytic abilities. The successful candidate will work closely with the Clinic’s other staff.

NYLAG’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

BENEFITS
Excellent benefits.

LEVEL OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
None

PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
Professional

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED
J.D.

HOW TO APPLY
Please click on the link to apply:

https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=dd007530-f80f-4abe-bdff-ccf12483f337&jobId=251928&lang=en_US&source=CC3&ccId=19000101_000001

In February, 2018, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced the creation of OCA’s Commission on Parental Legal Representation. Per the Notice that can be found at https://www.nycourts.gov/whatsnew/pdf/parentrepresentationcommission-hearingnotice.pdf, the Commission (Hon. Karen Peters, Chair) will convene four public hearings in Sept and Oct., 2018 “to examine the current state of mandated Family Court representation and determine how best to ensure the future delivery of quality, cost-effective parental representation.”

While testimony at the hearings will be by application and invitation, the Commission welcomes as many written submissions as possible BY AUG. 16, 2018 and will shortly also post a short survey. Written submissions, requests to testify and any questions should be addressed to parentresent@nycourts.gov.

Please be advised that the Board and Officers of the Puerto Rican Bar Association will be forming a Nominating Committee consisting of members in good standing who demonstrate a commitment, passion and understanding of the missions and goals of the PRBA pursuant to the bylaws. 

This Committee is responsible for reviewing the qualifications of candidates for any vacant Director or Officer positions in anticipation of our upcoming annual meeting/election scheduled to take place on November 21, 2018.  The PRBA’s Board and Officers will announce members of the Nominating Committee no later than July 31, 2018. 

 If you are interested in being a member of the Nominating Committee, please email the Stephanie R. Correa, President-Elect, at president-elect@prbany.com, your name, email and telephone number by July 9, 2018. 

Mobilization for Justice, Inc. (MFJ) (formerly MFY Legal Services, Inc.), a non-profit legal services organization that provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers, is seeking an attorney for a one-year, temporary position to work on consumer and foreclosure cases.  The attorney will be part of two projects that use a multi-prong approach to providing legal services and effecting reform in the consumer and foreclosure law areas.  The attorney will be part of a team that represents homeowners in New York Supreme Court in Queens, Richmond and Kings Counties; prosecutes federal fair housing and other mortgage-related actions; and part of a team that represents consumers City-wide in debt collection cases, engages in advocacy, and initiates affirmative/impact litigation.  Both teams work in coalition with advocacy groups on policy issues; provide testimony and comments on proposed legislation and regulations; conduct trainings for lawyers, housing counselors, and homeowners; and communicate regularly with elected officials and the media.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting client intake; conducting legal research; drafting legal memoranda, advocacy letters and other legal papers; and litigating all phases of cases including defending consumer and foreclosure cases, handling settlement conferences in foreclosure cases, engaging in motion practice, conducting trials, writing and arguing appeals, filing complaints, and writing amicus briefs.
• Identifying issues for impact or class action litigation or policy initiatives, including white papers and legislative advocacy campaigns;
• Advocating in various forums on important consumer and foreclosure issues, including drafting testimony for public hearings;
• Reaching out to the community and conducting trainings; and
• Timely inputting and maintaining extensive records in a case management system.

Requirements:

• Admission to NYS Bar.
• Experience defending debt collection and foreclosure cases, and/or advising pro se litigants in debt collection cases, and/or experience with CLARO is preferred.
• Experience negotiating different residential mortgage loan modifications and working with mortgage servicers is preferred.
• Knowledge of consumer law areas, including foreclosure, student loans, debt collection, credit reporting, taxes, and/or bankruptcy is preferred.
• Excellent research and writing skills.
• Ability to balance working on complex litigation, handling individual casework, and advocating for legislative or policy changes.
• Fluency in Spanish.

Salary is pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

Applicants should submit cover letter, resume, writing sample (preferably a memorandum of law), and three references to Carolyn Coffey, Director of Litigation for Economic Justice, and transmitted by e-mail to ccoffey@mfjlegal.org with “CRP/FPP Staff Attorney” in the subject line.  We encourage all applicants to include in their cover letter a statement about how your background and/or experience might contribute to the diversity and perspective of our office.  No telephone calls please.

For further information about MFJ, please go to www.mobilizationforjustice.org.

MFJ IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

People of color, women, people with disabilities, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are welcome and encouraged to apply.

The Legal Aid Society seeks to fill the following roles:

• Civil Practice Staff Attorney – Housing Unit (Staten Island);
• Civil Practice Staff Attorney – Immigration Law Unit (ILU) New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) (Manhattan);
• Civil Practice Supervising Attorney, Government Benefits (Brooklyn);
• Civil Practice Supervising Attorney, Housing Program (Manhattan);
• Civil Practice Attorney-in-Charge, Harlem Community Law Office; and,
• Criminal Defense Staff Attorney (Manhattan).

Please click on the following link to learn more: https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/RTI.home?c=1143211&d=ExternalCareerSite#/

NEVER SOUND UNPREPARED AGAIN:
(EVEN IF YOU ARE)

May 2nd, 2018 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Brooklyn Bar Association
123 Remsen Street, Brooklyn NY 11201

THE BROOKLYN WOMEN’S BAR PRESENTS

CLE Credit Provided

NEVER SOUND UNPREPARED AGAIN:
(even if you are)

Presenters:

Heidi K. Brown, Esq.
Author of The Introverted Lawyer

Nicole Wells Kurtzman, M.A.
Founder and Principal of Speak Wells

Marea Wachsman, Esq.
Founding Member and Partner of Schreier & Wachsman

Please R.S.V.P to Jennifer Fiorentino at jenfiorentino@aol.com. Refreshments will be served

Registration Fee: $45

Free to BWBA Members, Students, Grads Awaiting Admission & Unemployed Attorneys

*Financial Aid Available. Email jenfiorentino@aol.com*

Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association
Co-Sponsored by
New York Women’s Bar Association

LAW DAY CELEBRATION
Tuesday May 1st, 2018
6:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Brooklyn Bar Association
123 Remsen Street, Brooklyn New York

________________________________

Women Helping Women: Overcoming Gender Bias and Achieving Your Full Potential in Your Field of Law

TAKING FLIGHT
Going Solo, Opening an Office, or Entering a Non-Profit
Legal Services Organization

CLE Credit Provided
[through the BWBA]
_______________________________

Presenters:
Vivian Drohan, Esq.
Susan Mitchell, Esq.
Francesca Sabbatino, Esq.
Deborah A. Scalise, Esq.

Moderator:
Michele Mirman, Esq.

Please R.S.V.P to Jen Fiorentino at jenfiorentino@aol.com
Refreshments will be served

Registration Fee: $45 *

Free to Students, Grads Awaiting Admission & Unemployed Attorneys

*Financial Aid Available. Email jenfiorentino@aol.com*

Please join Cardozo Law School for World IP Day on April 26^th from 6 – 8 pm.  This year’s theme for World IP Day is Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity.  During the program, they will introduce the newly-launched Cardozo/Google Project for Patent Diversity, a Google-funded initiative designed to increase the number of patents issued to women and underserved minorities. The Project is bringing together resource-constrained women and underserved minorities with law firms and in-house counsel willing to provide pro bonoservices for patent procurement.  Jeanne C. Curtisis the director of the Project and is eager for you and your respective organizations to learn about it, as well as to hear a broader discussion about the underlying issue of lack of parity in innovation.  Also, while this event is focused on the lack of gender parity in innovation, we know from existing studies that similar trends and dynamics exist with respect to underserved minorities, and many of the solutions being engineered (including the Cardozo/Google Project) address the lack of parity in innovation for minorities as well as for women.

Food and refreshments will be available following the program, and for attorneys 1.0 diversity CLE credit is available.

For more information and to register, please visit http://www.dominicanbarassociation.org/event-2859540.