Temporary Employment Attorney

About NYLAG:
Founded in 1990, NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combating economic, racial, and social injustice by advocating for people experiencing poverty or in crisis. Our services include comprehensive, free civil legal services, financial empowerment, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community partnerships. NYLAG exists because wealth should not determine who has access to justice. We aim to disrupt systemic racism by serving individuals and families whose legal and financial crises are often rooted in racial inequality. NYLAG goes to where the need is, providing services in more than 150 community sites (e.g. courts, hospitals, libraries) and on our Mobile Legal Help Center.  NYLAG’s staff of 410 impacted the lives of nearly 129,000 people last year.

Job Description
NYLAG’s Community Access Programs Unit (CAPU) and Employment Law Project (ELP) have an immediate opening for a Temporary Staff Attorney (6 Months) to work on an existing docket of unemployment insurance cases. The Staff Attorney will review and analyze Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board cases, propose next steps to CAPU and ELP Directors, and advise and represent clients on pending unemployment insurance cases. The Staff Attorney will be supervised jointly by the Director of the Employment Law Project and the Director of the Community Access Programs Unit.

Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze a docket of approximately 150 unemployment cases to determine next steps.
- Provide direct representation, advice, and consultation on unemployment insurance law matters.
- Litigate a smaller docket of cases at the appeal level.
- Complete administrative duties including updating NYLAG case management records, maintaining and updating files and case notes, and coordinating case closing of cases.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- JD from an accredited law school, admission to the NYS Bar.
- Up to five years of employment law experience.
- Experience handling unemployment insurance cases preferred.
- Demonstrated strong communication skills with both clients and colleagues.
- Demonstrated strong analytical and organizational skills with keen attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to respond promptly to high volume communications.
- Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively with a team as well as independently.
- Committed to ethical and client-centered representation models.

NYLAG’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

Employment type :
  x  Temporary (6 Months)

Professional Level:
  X  Professional

Salary Range : NYLAG is a unionized workplace, and salaries are set pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. The current salary range for this position is between $90,262 and $100,532, pro-rated for time worked (6 Months).
 
Benefits : Medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, long term disability, commuter benefits, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for Medical and Dependent care.

Application Instructions: Please save resume and cover letter on one pdf.

Covid Vaccination Policy: Please note, to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees and clients, NYLAG requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a medical or religious exemption is approved.

NYLAG is committed to a hybrid work policy for staff whose work does not require their full-time presence in the office. NYLAG’s current policy is that most staff are required to work in NYLAG’s offices or do other in-person work at least two days each week. This policy is subject to change.