Supervising Attorney

5 days ago

Rochester, New York, United States Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supervising Attorney to join our team at Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. (LawNY). As a Supervising Attorney, you will provide leadership and supervision in supplying comprehensive legal services to eligible clients, with a focus on housing law and community development.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide respectful and culturally competent legal services to low-income clients and client groups, including advice, negotiation, litigation, and administrative advocacy.
  • Manage multiple tasks and deadlines while supervising a caseload of supervisees and coordinating the periodic review of cases.
  • Identify leadership development and mentoring opportunities for supervisees and train less-experienced attorneys, paralegals, and/or other staff in their pursuit of career advancement.
  • Create and maintain a safe and healthy work environment for supervisees.
  • Build relationships and collaborate with human services providers, non-profit organizations, community groups, and impacted community members, as well as the courts, administrative tribunals, and the private bar, to address legal problems within our community.
  • Take responsibility for proper grant management requirements, program reporting, timekeeping, file maintenance, case closing, and compliance review.
  • Maintain a high level of professional competence through attendance at training sessions, seminars, and conferences, and individual efforts to keep abreast of current developments in the area of poverty law and the application of an equity lens to client service.
Requirements
  • Admitted to practice and in good standing in New York State.
  • Three (3) years experience providing legal services as a licensed attorney.
  • Demonstrated commitment to service to low-income people.
  • Commitment to engaging in learning and developing supervision skills that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience incorporating an anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens into legal practice, with an understanding of the concepts of structural and institutional racism and their impact on underserved and underrepresented communities.
  • Experience with eviction defense and other legal issues affecting housing.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including a commitment to providing trauma-informed services.
  • Experience with the courts and agencies in our service area, and/or lived experience with our client communities.
  • True fluency in a language other than English that is spoken by our clients.
Benefits
  • Salary is dependent on years of experience and based on a pay scale with annual increments.
  • The beginning salary for a Supervising Attorney with three years of experience is $68,000, and the salary for a Supervising Attorney with ten years of experience is $77,900.
  • LawNY is a qualifying employer for public interest loan forgiveness program.
  • LawNY provides an excellent package of fringe benefits, including 94% employer-paid health insurance with significant HSA contributions, 100% employer-paid dental and disability insurance, vision coverage, and $50,000 automatic life insurance, as well as generous leave provisions.
About LawNY

Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. (LawNY) is a not-for-profit law firm that provides free civil legal services to low-income clients in a 14-county area of Western New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier. LawNY has seven fully staffed field offices and a business office in Rochester.

LawNY is committed to equitable inclusion across race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, sex, religion, economic circumstances, ethnicity, national origin, and culture. We are increasingly committed to creating a law firm where race equity, diversity, and cultural competency are integral components of our work, from client advocacy to internal operations.

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