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About the Role

Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) fights poverty and seeks racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. The Housing Unit works to preserve affordable housing and fight family displacement through representation of low-income tenants in eviction proceedings and affirmative litigation to challenge abusive and discriminatory conduct, particularly on Staten Island’s North Shore. The TRC team collaborates with individuals and tenant groups to prevent evictions, secure necessary repairs, pursue harassment claims, and support collective tenant action.

Responsibilities

Representing clients in individual housing matters, including eviction defense proceedings.
Litigating multi-plaintiff affirmative cases addressing repairs, overcharges, harassment, and other housing-related issues.
Appearing in civil, supreme, and federal court, as well as in administrative proceedings.
Collaborating closely with tenant organizers, tenant associations, and community partners to identify and address housing needs.
Conducting outreach and off-site intake, workshops and clinics with community partners.
Providing training to advocates, tenant associations, community members, and community groups.
Working effectively in a team environment with both legal and non-legal members to better serve clients and the community.
Maintain online case files within the office case management system to ensure compliance with various grants.

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school.
Admitted or in the process of being admitted to practice law in the State of New York.
Strong demonstrated background and experience in public interest, litigation, housing, landlord/tenant, and/or related advocacy.
Experience working with diverse low-income communities and familiarity with structural and systemic racism and their intersection with poverty.
Commitment to social justice and working in low-income communities and communities of color to advance equity.
Strong interest in working directly with clients, specifically clients in crisis.
Strong time management and organizational skills.
Superb analytical, oral, and written communication skills.

Skills

Fluency or proficiency in Spanish or another language spoken by the communities we serve is helpful but not required.

Location

Staten Island

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid remote

Experience Level

Dependent on work history and experience

Education Level

J.D.

Salary/Compensations

$88,181 - $169,852

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

About the Company

Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) fights poverty and seeks racial, social and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers.
For over 50 years, we have challenged systemic injustices that trap people in poverty and provided legal services that help our clients meet basic needs for housing, income and economic security, family and immigration stability, education, and health care.
LSNYC is the largest civil legal services provider in the country; our staff of more than 600 people in neighborhood-based offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs helps hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers annually.
We partner with scores of community-based and client-run organizations, elected officials, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness.
Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equity for all low-income New Yorkers.
LSNYC employees have numerous opportunities for growth and professional development, including access to our internal Justice Learning Center, which provides opportunities to earn free CLEs and gain experience as a trainer.
Staten Island Legal Services (SILS) fights poverty and seeks racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers.
SILS provides high-quality, innovative representation to address the pressing legal needs of Staten Island’s diverse low-income populations.
SILS focuses on the problems that have the greatest impact on our clients —preserving affordable and decent housing, preventing foreclosures, representing survivors of domestic violence, assisting in obtaining government benefits, obtaining immigration status and preventing deportations, and advocating for the LGBTQ community, students with educational needs and people with disabilities.
SILS is a part of Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), which is the largest provider of civil legal services in the country.
We partner with scores of community-based and client-run organizations, elected officials, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness.
Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equity for all low-income New Yorkers.
LSNYC employees have numerous opportunities for growth and professional development, including access to our internal Justice Learning Center, which provides opportunities to earn free CLEs and gain experience as a trainer.

Equal Opportunity

Legal Services NYC is an equal opportunity employer.
People of color, women, people with disabilities, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, and people over the age of 40 are strongly encouraged to apply.