Staff Attorneys; Right to Counsel Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan Offices

Housing Staff Attorneys (Right to Counsel) - Immediate Hire - Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan Offices

Brooklyn Legal Services;
Manhattan Legal Services;
Queens Legal Services

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.

Do you want to use your legal degree to push forward social justice and help every day New Yorkers protect their homes & communities? Are you excited to engage in motion practice, conduct oral advocacy, and handle trials?

Legal Services NYC seeks law graduates and/or staff attorneys to join our Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan offices as we implement New York City’s groundbreaking Right to Counsel law. The attorneys in our dynamic, high-impact housing unit are engaged in cutting edge litigation, in court, every single day, helping prevent evictions for tens of thousands of New Yorkers every year.

New York City’s Right to Counsel law, passed in 2017 after a successful tenant‑led campaign by tenant organizers, advocacy groups and legal services organizations, is the first law in the nation to provide income‑eligible tenants who are sued for eviction in housing court with the right to an attorney to defend their case.

LSNYC’s housing practice helps realize this promise of this law and represents low‑income tenants defending their homes. Our litigators defend tenants in many different settings, including in eviction proceedings in housing court, representing tenants in administrative hearings, bringing affirmative litigation, and handling appeals at all levels.

The work of RTC Housing Unit attorneys will involve developing expertise in housing court practice, housing programs and subsidies, and public benefits. The attorneys will be expected to perform community outreach and provide legal information, advice, and counsel, both in clinical and informal settings. The attorneys will also be expected to perform trainings for other advocates, tenant associations, community members, and community groups.

We are looking for candidates who are excited to work in a fast‑paced environment and to use creative strategies in the pursuit of justice.

Salary is pursuant to our collective bargaining agreement. Salary Range (based on years’ experience) is as follows:

• 1-10 years: $85,612 - $110,424
• 11-20 years: $112,950 - $133,347
• 21+ years: $139,500 - $164,905

Benefits include exceptional healthcare with low copays (for which employees pay only 1% of their salaries per year), generous dental insurance, a vision plan, generous vacation days (21 days the first year; 28 days/year thereafter) that people routinely use, plus 14 paid holidays and 18 sick days/year. We provide generous parental leave (six months) as well as coverage for fertility treatment.

The position is hybrid permitting 50% remote work, job duties permitting.

• Conducting intake and providing full legal representation in housing court proceedings to New York City tenants referred to LSNYC through the right to counsel initiative in NYC housing courts, and through…