Full time
The Legal Aid Society
New York, NY, USA
The Legal Aid Society’s Civil Practice is seeking an experienced and talented lawyer with a deep commitment to public interest practice and policy to join a dedicated team of managers and staff of attorneys, supervisors, and paralegals as a Temporary Supervising Attorney of the Housing Justice Helpline Program. The Civil Practice’s Housing Justice Helpline provides access to high quality legal assistance via a live answer phone line open Monday through Friday during business hours. The helpline provides callers with information, legal guidance, brief services, and referrals on housing law and related matters impacting New York City tenants. The program provides assistance with a broad range of individual tenant legal matters, including but not limited to holdovers, nonpayment proceedings, HPs, and Housing Authority administrative hearings. The Temporary Supervising Attorney will be responsible for supervising Helpline paralegal case handlers...

