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Our Organization:
Legal Services NYC fights poverty and seeks racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. For more than 50 years, we have challenged systemic injustices that keep people in poverty and provided legal services that help our clients meet basic needs for housing, income, economic security, family and immigration stability, education, and health care. LSNYC is the largest civil legal services provider in the country; our staff of almost 700 people in neighborhood-based offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs helps over 100,000 New Yorkers annually. We partner with scores of community-based and client-run organizations, elected officials, law schools, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness. Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equity for low-income New Yorkers.
The Opportunity:
The Director of Litigation - Housing will provide litigation and advocacy expertise and leadership for LSNYC’s housing practice, which currently includes over 200 advocates and staff in neighborhood-based offices across the five boroughs. The Director of Litigation-Housing will work closely with the Citywide Housing Director and Citywide Housing Deputy Director to develop, foster, support, and manage housing-related litigation and advocacy for low-income New Yorkers, in close partnership with tenant and community-based organizations, multi-organizational coalitions, and other relevant stakeholders. The Director of Litigation - Housing will provide legal leadership, vision, and direction for the citywide housing practice. This includes two principle focuses: (1) law reform, affirmative litigation, policy advocacy, and other efforts at creating systemic change for our clients; (2) ensuring high-quality practice throughout this large, high-volume, citywide practice, including working with advocates to develop strategic approaches to complex legal questions, approving appeals and creating and implementing an appellate strategy that maximizes our resources and effect for our clients and client population, and providing legal leadership for our housing supervisors and managers, including, where appropriate, providing legal expertise on individual complex cases.
The Director of Litigation - Housing reports to the Chief of Litigation and Advocacy and will work closely with all of LSNYC’s Directors of Litigation and Advocacy (including borough-based Directors and citywide practice Directors), including from time to time, where directed, on citywide impact litigation or advocacy on issues not directly related to housing.
Job Responsibilities:
The Director of Litigation – Housing duties include, inter alia:
We seek a candidate with the following:
TThe salary range for this position is $130,000–$209,000, based on years of relevant experience, among other factors. We expect very few applicants, if any, to be eligible for compensation near the top of the salary range.
To Apply: Email your resume and cover letter to Geraldine Durenay-Prophete at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and include the job title in the subject line.
Inclusion Statement: Studies have shown that women and people of color are more hesitant than others to apply for jobs where they fear they may not fully meet every single qualification listed. While the list of qualifications represents the qualities that we are looking for in applicants, we are looking for the best candidate for the job. If you are interested in this position and have substantial relevant experience, we encourage you to apply even if you do not fully meet every criterion listed above.
All employees are strongly encouraged to continue to receive and maintain up-to-date COVID vaccinations unless they are unable to for medical or religious reasons.
Salary Range: $130,000 - $209,000 (based on years of experience)
Full Time
Business Services
$114k-174k (estimate)
11/23/2023
05/14/2024
legalservicesnyc.org
JAMAICA, NY
100 - 200
1968
DOREEN ODOM
<$5M
Business Services
Legal Services NYC fights poverty and seeks justice for low-income New Yorkers. For 50 years, we have challenged systemic injustice and helped clients meet basic needs for housing, income and economic security, family and immigration stability, education, and health care. LSNYC is the largest civil legal services provider in the country, with deep roots in all of the communities we serve. Our staff of more than 500 people in neighborhood-based offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs helps more than 100,000 New Yorkers annually. LSNYC addresses the underlying causes of our clients p...roblems through all forms of advocacy. We partner with scores of community-based organizations, elected officials, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness. Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equal opportunity and economic, social, and racial justice for all low-income New Yorkers. Support our work! Donate online at https://lsnyc.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/get-involved/giving-to-legal-services-nyc
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