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About the Role
The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York is seeking a Domestic Relations Staff Attorney to provide legal services across sixteen counties in Upstate New York. This role is crucial for addressing systemic inequities and ensuring access to justice for low-income clients.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal assistance to eligible clients in Family and Supreme Courts within Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties concerning Domestic Relations Law.
- Collaborate with government and nonprofit agencies that offer supportive services to litigants in Family and Supreme Courts.
- Offer legal assistance in domestic relations proceedings, including custody, visitation, abuse/neglect, child/spousal support, matrimonial, and family offense matters.
- Deliver a full spectrum of legal services, encompassing counsel and advice, referrals, representation in administrative hearings, affirmative and defensive litigation, systemic advocacy, community legal education, outreach, engagement, and community lawyering.
- Ensure compliance with requirements and collaborate with other LASNNY domestic relations attorneys and paralegals to maximize access to services and address systemic issues arising from Family and Supreme Court proceedings.
- Participate in the development and implementation of LASNNY's race equity priority and professional development plans.
Requirements
- Must be licensed to practice in NYS or eligible for admission.
- Demonstrated commitment to providing high-quality legal services to low-income clients and addressing systemic inequities.
- Ability to identify and address systemic legal problems and collaborate with staff to ensure comprehensive legal services.
- Must be intelligent, hardworking, careful, reliable, possess good judgment, and have attention to detail.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with clients, staff, and educators, and work independently and efficiently.
- Proficient computer skills.
- Reliable transportation; occasional travel may be required.
- Strong preference for lived experience.
- Prior experience with community lawyering or community organizing is preferred.
- Ability to communicate in Chinese or Spanish is preferred.
- Demonstrated creativity and experience in using varied legal tools and strategies to secure systemic outcomes for low-income clients is preferred.
Skills
- Proficient computer skills
- Effective communication skills
- Independent work
- Efficient work habits
- Attention to detail
- Good judgment
- Reliability
- Community lawyering
- Community organizing
- Legal advocacy
- Systemic advocacy
- Community legal education
- Outreach
- Engagement
Location
- Plattsburgh, NY
Work Type
- Hybrid-remote
- Alternative work schedules
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- Not specified
Benefits
- Generous time off
- Excellent health insurance coverage with premiums primarily paid by LASNNY
- Health insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Retirement contributions
- Tuition reimbursement
- Qualifying moving expenses
- Flexible hybrid-remote work schedules
- Alternative work schedules
About the Company
- The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York is a nonprofit civil legal services program serving sixteen counties in Upstate New York across six regional offices.
- We are a unionized program.
Equal Opportunity
- LASNNY values a diverse, inclusive workforce and provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
- All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual's race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws.
- We strongly encourage applications from women, BIPOC, LGBTQI+ persons, protected veterans, applicants and recipients of public assistance, older adults, and people with disabilities.
- Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at LASNNY and we will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.