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About the Role

Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) is seeking a Supervising Attorney to join the detained removal defense team within its Immigration Practice. This role involves providing daily substantive supervision to attorneys, carrying a reduced caseload, and potentially participating in federal litigation and circuit court appeals.

Responsibilities

• Regularly meet with supervisees for individual case supervision to review cases and identify issues.
• Review supervisees’ written work and provide feedback.
• Attend detained and non-detained individual hearings and other court appearances to provide guidance and feedback.
• Supervise all aspects of law graduate and new attorney casework, including entering appearances, participating in client calls, witness preparation, and meeting with clients at detention facilities.
• Teach and coach attorneys to help them grow their knowledge, skills, and further their professional development.
• Assist in the development of team-wide trainings.
• Evaluate attorney performance both formally and informally and regularly provide appropriate feedback.
• Know and apply BDS policies and procedures, including personnel and office policies.
• Ensure supervisees maintain up to date case notes and records in the case and document management systems.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• New York State Bar admission or Bar admission in any U.S. state or territory and ability to obtain admission in NYS.
• 4+ years of removal defense experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to client-centered representation.
• Ability and desire to train, teach, and help staff attorneys reach their full potential as effective advocates for their clients.
• Ability to effectively and respectfully communicate and connect with people with varied backgrounds, identities and experiences.
• Desire to work effectively and collaboratively with interdisciplinary staff members both within the Immigration practice and throughout BDS as a whole.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Adept at navigating case and document management systems.

Location

• Brooklyn

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Exempt
• Salaried
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 4+ years of removal defense experience

Salary/Compensations

• $130,000-$150,000

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Generous vacation, sick, holiday, family, and medical leave policies

About the Company

• BDS is a public defense office representing low-income New Yorkers in criminal, family, immigration, and civil legal matters.
• Our work with clients is focused on the intersection of the legal systems that disproportionately impact Black and Brown people living below the poverty level in Brooklyn.
• BDS represents thousands of people each year who have diverse, complex, and multi-faceted legal needs.
• In addition to a zealous legal defense, our interdisciplinary teams of attorneys, social workers and advocates provide a wide range of legal and advocacy services, including housing, public benefits, education, and employment issues.
• BDS’s Immigration Practice is a collaborative team of over 80 staff members.
• Attorneys on the detained removal defense team represent low-income noncitizens held in immigration jails before immigration courts in New York City and elsewhere.
• Attorneys also represent noncitizens in non-detained removal proceedings, applications before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and federal circuit courts, and habeas corpus and mandamus actions before federal district courts.

Equal Opportunity

• Brooklyn Defender Services is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to celebrating diversity and maintaining an equitable and inclusive work environment.
• We strongly encourage candidates of all identities, expressions, orientations, disabilities, and experiences to apply.
• If you require an accommodation due to a disability or another reason, please contact the Managing Director, HR, Christina Wallace, at cwallace @bds.org.