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About the Role

The NYCLU seeks a senior staff attorney with 6 or more years of legal experience to manage pro bono relationships and intake within the legal department. This role involves developing relationships with pro bono partners, coordinating with staff to identify firms for specific projects, and identifying pathways to expand the program. The attorney will also manage the intake program, overseeing the team that responds to public inquiries for assistance, referrals, and resources. The work will encompass the full range of NYCLU's mission, including issues related to racial and economic justice, free speech, privacy, and equality.

Responsibilities

Develop relationships with pro-bono partners and networks.
Consult with attorneys and staff across the NYCLU on pro-bono matters.
Draft and prepare pitches for pro bono projects; follow up on engagements to ensure successful completion.
Manage intake team of volunteers and non-litigators evaluating and following up on requests from the public for assistance, resources, or referrals.
Prepare demand letters and/or Freedom of Information Law and Freedom of Information Act requests where appropriate.
Consult with attorneys and staff on intake matters and referrals.
Participate in public education on civil liberties and civil rights issues in the form of speaking engagements and published writings.
Collaborate with leaders and staff across the NYCLU to ensure an integrated approach to addressing injustice.
Supervise and mentor law students as part of the NYCLU summer-intern program and contribute to the professional development of other members of the legal department.

Requirements

Excellent writing, research, analytical, and communication skills.
Six or more years of legal experience, with a preference for significant public-interest litigation experience.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and advocate effectively, including an ability to coordinate with teams working on public-interest litigation or advocacy.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a diverse public-interest setting and to foster and support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Demonstrated commitment to the goals and priorities of the NYCLU.
Admission to the New York Bar.

Skills

Public-interest litigation
Strategic thinking
Effective advocacy
Team coordination
Collaboration
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Spanish fluency (plus)

Location

New York Civil Liberties Union, 125 Broad Street, NY, NY 10004

Work Type

Permanent Part-Time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior Staff Attorney (6 or more years of legal experience)

Education Level

Admission to the New York Bar

Salary/Compensations

Subject to the NYCLU’s attorney salary scale, which is based on years of legal experience (current full-time starting salary for a lawyer with 6 years of experience is $118,000 and will be prorated according to hours worked).

Benefits

This position may be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

About the Company

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation's leading advocates on behalf of constitutional rights and liberties.
Founded in 1951, as the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, the NYCLU is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization with more than 90,000 members and supporters, and eight offices statewide.
We work in the courts, in the legislatures and on the streets to advocate for racial and economic justice, free speech, freedom of religion, privacy and equality before the law for all New Yorkers.
The NYCLU is committed to building an equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist workplace that centers the voices of marginalized and directly impacted communities.
The NYCLU’s Legal department is comprised of seventeen lawyers, a director of legal operations, an investigator, two paralegals, a data research analyst, and a legal assistant.
Legal Department staff work on a wide range of civil rights and civil liberties cases in federal and state courts and in administrative tribunals.
They also support the legislative, advocacy, communications, and field work of the NYCLU.

Equal Opportunity

The NYCLU is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and having a workforce that reflects the population that we serve.
The NYCLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.