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About the Role

The Legal Aid Society seeks Non-Attorney volunteers for its Pro Bono Practice to expand legal services to clients and communities. Volunteer placements align with current client needs and staff capacity, matching candidates' experience with practice areas and projects.

Responsibilities

• Duties and responsibilities are based on current client needs, volunteer experience, and may include research, writing, interviewing, assisting clients and various levels of litigation preparation.
• Volunteer opportunities are only available during regular business hours, Monday through Friday from 9am to 5 pm, unless the supervising Legal Aid staff member has made a specific request.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Availability to commit to a minimum of 6 months of part-time service or 3 months of full-time service.
• No legal background or experience required.
• Not open to high school students, undergraduates, & law students.
• Commitment to Legal Aid Society’s mission to secure equal justice before the law for all New Yorkers.
• Interpersonal and communication skills that enable healthy and productive working relationships.
• Ability to perform duties with the highest regard for confidentiality, integrity, and respect.
• Commitment to Legal Aid Society’s mission and values.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship for a work visa or permit.
• LAS will provide a letter documenting employment status for citizens of Canada and Mexico that is needed to obtain a TN visa.

Skills

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills

Location

• Borough offices

Work Type

• In-person
• Part-time
• Full-time

Experience Level

• No legal background or experience required

Education Level

• Not open to high school students, undergraduates, & law students

Salary/Compensations

• As a volunteer position, this role has no salary

Benefits

• Not benefits eligible

About the Company

• The Legal Aid Society works with Volunteers to expand our ability to provide legal services to a greater number of clients and communities.
• The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation.
• We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients (people), to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs.
• Every member of our community is expected to continuously learn about the dynamic, evolving, and emerging field of knowledge of identity, bias, and systemic forms of oppression and participate in productive efforts to dismantling bias in all forms.

Equal Opportunity

• As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.