Deputy Director​/Attorney, Compliance & Training, PAH-Brooklyn

Since 1968, Build Up Justice NYC (BUJNYC) has provided free legal services for low-income residents of Brooklyn, pursuing neighborhood-based mission of justice, empowerment, and community development. For over half a century, we have utilized an array of legal and advocacy strategies—community organizing, affirmative civil rights litigation, and eviction defense to defend the rights of individuals and families. Collaboration with the city, state, and federal officials to enforce housing laws and develop legislative solutions is also an integral part of our strategy.

BUJNYC has three core programs—Preserving Affordable Housing (PAH) Program, Consumer & Economic Advocacy (CEA) Program, and Community & Economic Development (CED) Program—each of which has unique initiatives and plays a vital community role to ensure basic needs are met and fundamental rights affirmed.

The Deputy Director/Attorney, Compliance and Training will supervise attorneys in the PAHB program that represent low-income tenants in Brooklyn facing eviction in court and before administrative agencies and bringing affirmative litigation. They will provide legal oversight, mentoring and guidance and quality control for all casework handled by staff ensuring compliance with legal compliance and ethical standards. The Deputy Director will lead case review and assignment meetings to ensure manage the continuing education and professional development of attorney staff.

• Lead weekly case assignment meetings and manage assignments to ensure professional skills and experiences are developing for attorney staff;
• Coordinate and supervise program work, including scheduling and attending meetings and case reviews, assign appropriate casestotheteam, and provide support on case strategy;
• Participate in the development, implementation and management of program procedures to ensure meeting case numbers and other program deliverables;
• Supervise writing attorneys to facilitate development of templates, drafting legal documents, pleadings, motion brief and appeals and providing writing training for attorneys and paralegals;
• Oversee data in case management system to ensure it is up to date and compliance of program procedures are being maintained, gather data for grant reporting and provide support for grant reporting to funders;
• Manage pro-bono collaborations and program interns in coordination with Program Director;
• Organize learning opportunities for team to ensure career growth paths for staff attorneys are maintained;
• Conduct legal research and keeping current on state law and procedures within area of practice;
• Conduct trainings for community-based organizations and coalitions in the related substantive matters to include but not be limited to Know-Your-Rights housing workshops, clinics, and other educational outreach activities to ensure that tenants are aware of their protections under housing laws;
• Draft and update programmatic and educational materials for program staff and as requested for clients/outreach events;
• Attend meetings and perform administrative tasks related to the workand supervision, such as timekeeping and case tracking and notes;and
• Other duties as assigned.

• Provide additional support as needed for client intake and screening, and provide advice, consultation, advocacy, and brief services to potential clients at clinical programs in the community and other community event;
• Conduct discovery and depositions and represent/facilitatecommunication with clients, negotiations with opposing counsel and advocacy with outside agencies on behalf of clients;
• Attend client meetings andparticipatein community outreach efforts promoting program services…