About NYLAG:
Founded in 1990, NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combatting 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. During COVID-19, most of our services were virtual to keep our community safe. NYLAG’s staff of 380 impacted the lives of nearly 129,000 people last year.
Job description
NYLAG’s Pro Bono and Volunteer Unit has an immediate opening for a Pro Bono Manager to join our team! The Pro Bono Manager will focus on bolstering the Unit’s full scope pro bono immigration docket by training and mentoring pro bono attorneys on immigration applications and maintaining a docket of cases filed by firms and awaiting determination. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced immigration attorney to increase our capacity to place affirmative applications with our firm partners and help unify and streamline our clinic offerings. The Pro Bono Manager will report to the Director of Pro Bono and Volunteers and work collaboratively with two Pro Bono Coordinators and the immigration attorneys in each NYLAG unit that represents clients in immigration matters.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide expert supervision to pro bono attorneys and volunteers
- Provide substantive training, supervision and mentorship at legal clinics
- Provide substantive training, supervision and mentorship to pro bono attorneys with full-scope immigration cases
- Manage a docket of immigration cases initially filed by pro bono partners or in collaboration with pro bono partners while final decisions are pending
- Develop and improve trainings, guides, toolkits and other materials for individual case placement and legal clinics
- Draft case descriptions for pro bono monthly circular
- Work collaboratively with all NYLAG units with an immigration practice to triage pro bono eligible cases and clinic eligible cases
- Assist with relationship building with firms, community-based organizations, and the pro bono community
- Participate in and assist with pro bono events
- Other related tasks that support the growth of our pro bono practice.
Qualifications
- JD from an accredited law school and admission to the New York State Bar
- A minimum of 6 years' experience as an immigration attorney
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience providing supervision, mentorship or support to junior staff or volunteers
- Expertise in immigration law, including VAWA, U-Visa, Battered Spouse Waiver, T-Visa, SIJS, asylum, removal defense and more, including ability to screen, identify eligibility for relief, train and supervise on these substantive areas
- Demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of cases
- Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated strong analytical and organization skills with keen attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to respond promptly to high volume communications
- Demonstrated ability to provide mentorship and supervision, including developing toolkits, practice guides, and creating and leading substantive CLE trainings
- Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively with a team and completely independently
- Ability to track data fully and accurately with an eye toward analytics
- Comfort with outreach, networking and professional relationship building
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:
☒ Full-time
Professional Level:
☒ Managerial
Salary Range: The salary range for this position is between $97,553 - $119,576 and is based on years of legal experience.
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. |