Staff Attorney

Summary

Join the City Bar Justice Center (CBJC) as a fully remote, part-time Legal Hotline Staff Attorney! This position offers approximately 20 hours per week providing legal assistance to New Yorkers. Responsibilities include answering hotline calls and online inquiries, providing legal information and referrals, and occasionally conducting brief services. The ideal candidate will be a New York bar member in good standing with at least three years of relevant experience. Excellent communication and client counseling skills are essential. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package for part-time employees.

Requirements

• Be a New York bar member in good standing
• Have at least three years of relevant practice experience
• Be detail-oriented and a self-starter
• Possess superb legal judgment and a capacity to multi-task
• Be creative, thoughtful, and tech-savvy
• Have high standards in work quality
• Demonstrate a commitment to racial and economic justice and to serving those who struggle with a lack of resources
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Have an ability to work both independently and with a team
• Possess excellent people and client counseling skills, including effectively interacting with members of the public in a respectful and sensitive way
• Be able to communicate and work collaboratively with other staff attorneys via online platforms such as Slack and Teams
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office 365 and able to effectively learn and use legal database and other platforms
• Be authorized to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Serve as part of a team of staff attorneys who answer questions and provide legal assistance on CBJC’s high-volume Legal Hotline
• Provide callers/online applicants with legal information, advice, and referrals on a range of civil legal issues
• Occasionally conduct follow-up brief services, such as reviewing legal documents and helping callers draft simple court pleadings
• Enter clean data and succinct notes into our case management system for each caller/online applicant
• Stay abreast of changes and updates to the law

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience in nonprofit legal services and/or with a focus on landlord/tenant, family/matrimonial, and/or consumer law
• Be fluent in a non-English language

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 401K
• Employee Assistance Program
• Complimentary New York City Bar Association membership
• Many free City Bar CLEs
• Employee discounts