The Criminal Appeals Bureau of The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice has openings for Staff Attorneys. Criminal Appeals Staff Attorneys handle all aspects of post-conviction practice on behalf of sentenced criminal defendants. For the first year, the attorney in this position will focus on representing clients on direct appeals of guilty plea convictions. Such appeals generally challenge, inter alia, the validity of the guilty plea and/or the excessiveness of the sentence. After the first year, the attorney will assume responsibility for a full post-conviction caseload.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
* Represent clients in appellate, ancillary, habeas corpus, and other post-conviction proceedings before New York State and federal courts
* Represent clients at trial-level Sex Offender Registration Hearings
* Manage large post-conviction caseload
* Communicate with clients and their families
* Prepare appellate briefs to New York's intermediate appellate courts and the New York Court of Appeals and orally argue such appeals
* Represent clients in appellate, ancillary, habeas corpus, and other post-conviction proceedings before New York State and federal courts
* Represent clients at trial-level Sex Offender Registration Hearings
* Manage large post-conviction caseload
* Communicate with clients and their families
* Prepare appellate briefs to New York's intermediate appellate courts and the New York Court of Appeals and orally argue such appeals
SECONDARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
* Other duties as assigned
* Other duties as assigned