Special Education Unit Attorney

2 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States Teachers Support Network Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Special Education Unit Attorney (Level 4) to join our team at Teachers Support Network. As a key member of our Special Education Unit, you will play a critical role in providing legal support and guidance to our staff and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
  • Prepare and try complex cases involving significant precedents, novel and complicated determinations of law and fact, or having significant legal, policy or financial implications for the Department of Education.
  • Determine the advisability of presenting witnesses as well as the admissibility of types of evidence and matters of legal strategy.
  • Provide training for the field staff and the Committee on Special Education (CSE) clinical staff on compliance with federal and state education laws and regulations.
  • Confers with special education specialists, technical experts, and other attorneys, including counsel for litigants.
  • Negotiates and implements the settlement of special education claims.
  • Conducts legal investigations; administers meetings to confer with CSE impartial hearings teams and clinical staff to discuss pending special education claims and CSE special education-related matters.
  • Prepares and argues difficult cases and appeals in administrative tribunals and in the courts.
  • Reviews, revises, and approves agreements prepared by other attorneys.
  • Drafts memoranda seeking fiscal settlement authority.
  • Analyzes studies and reports on the effects of City, State, and Federal legislation.
  • Trains and supervises SEU Legal Associates to review, gather documentation, and investigate and prepare reports and settlement recommendations regarding the propriety of parents' due process claims.
  • Oversees the SEU Legal Associates to maintain appropriate records on cases filed for impartial hearings, responds to due process complaints, and determines the Department's obligations to parents and students pursuant to impartial hearing orders.
  • Analyzes the relative strength of impartial hearing cases and evaluates the appropriateness of plaintiffs' demands.
  • Instructs appropriate offices in the DOE regarding their obligations to parents and students pursuant to impartial hearing orders.
  • Reviews internal settlement recommendations.
  • Gathers evidence and assists in researching issues for the Special Education Unit.
  • Appears at pre-hearing conferences; responsible for reviewing administrative decisions.
  • Researches state and federal case law and implications for settlement negotiations.
  • Works with public advocacy groups, parents, and private attorneys to arrive at mutually beneficial settlements.
  • Reviews, revises, and approves stipulations of settlements.
  • Provides training for the field staff and attorneys on settlements and agreements.
  • Reviews and negotiates claims for attorney's fees.
  • Prepares preliminary reports, statistical data and recommendations pertaining to cases.
  • Reviews administrative decisions.
  • Reviews, revises, and approves requests for pendency.
  • Acts as liaison to the Office of the Corporation Counsel for special education matters filed in Federal Court.
Additional Responsibilities (Level 4)
  • Serves as Team Leader for multiple staff attorneys in trial preparation and presentation and settlement of cases in the Special Education Unit.
  • Assists Managing Attorneys with the training and supervision of agency attorneys from the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) who are assigned to the Committees on Special Education.
  • Serves as supervisor for SEU community associates and administrative staff in the pre-hearing and settlement of cases.
  • Assists the Managing Attorney for Litigation with the training and supervision of agency attorneys from the Office of the General Counsel who are assigned to the Committees on Special Education.
  • Manages case assignments for ten day letters, due process proceedings and settlements.
  • Trains newly appointed Team Leaders and acts as liaison between managing attorneys and team leaders for review of escalated cases.
  • Reviews, revises, and approves memoranda seeking fiscal settlement authority.
  • Reviews, revises, and approves settlement agreements.
  • Serves as a team leader for pendency determinations prepared by multiple staff attorneys.
  • Serves as a team leader for multiple staff attorneys working on special education matters filed in Federal Court.
Qualification Requirements

Minimum:

  • Admission to the New York State Bar.
  • Three (3) years of progressively responsible United States legal experience subsequent to admission to any State Bar.

Preferred:

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to understand provisions of applicable laws and regulations.
  • Ability to write clearly and concisely.
  • Litigation experience.
  • Settlement experience.
  • Efficient legal research skills.
  • Supervisory experience.

Salary: $118,800-$123,300

(Internal candidates who are selected for this position and who currently hold comparable or less senior positions within the DOE will not make less than their current salary.)

Please include a resume and cover letter with your application.

NOTE: The filling of all positions is subject to budget availability and/or grant funding

* New York City Residency is NOT Required *

We encourage all applicants from the New York City tri-state area to apply.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DOE Non-Discrimination Policy

It is the policy of the Department of Education of the City of New York to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, marital status, partnership status, disability, sexual orientation, gender (sex), military status, unemployment status, caregiver status, consumer credit history, prior record of arrest or conviction (except as permitted by law), predisposing genetic characteristics, or status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual offenses and stalking, and to maintain an environment free of harassment on any of the above-noted grounds, including sexual harassment or retaliation.

For more information, please refer to the DOE Non-Discrimination Policy.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/.

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