Supervising Attorney

About NYLAG:

Founded in 1990, NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combating 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 are virtual to keep our community safe. NYLAG’s staff of 350 impacted the lives of nearly 113,000 people last year.

Job description

LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), has an immediate opening for a Supervising Attorney to join one of the longest standing and the largest Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) in the country.

LegalHealth partners with a diverse array of medical professionals in 38 hospitals throughout New York to address the health harming legal needs of low-income people with serious health problems. LegalHealth complements health care with legal care – providing free legal services in medical facilities and training healthcare professionals to understand both the legal issues their patients may encounter and the relationship between health and legal advocacy. Using a holistic approach to address social drivers of health, LegalHealth attorneys practice as generalists, representing clients on a myriad of legal matters that are often connected to a diagnosis or chronic health condition. LegalHealth plays a leadership role in the expanding national MLP movement, helping others to start or sustain their own MLPs. This position reports to a unit director.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for overseeing a small group of staff attorneys whose main duties are staffing onsite legal clinics at hospitals in a wide range of legal issues including benefits, housing, employment, immigration, and advance planning (among others).
• Responsible for providing supervision and mentorship of casework, including developing legal strategies and setting case priorities; training and ongoing professional development of staff; carrying a small caseload; coordinating schedules; managing grants to ensure that program goals and data reporting requirements are met; working with a variety of third-party stakeholders, including staff at hospital sites and government agencies.
• Deep knowledge of one or more of our practice areas is required, particularly in the areas of advance planning, Medicaid, housing and home care.
• The supervising attorney will be part of the LegalHealth Management Team and involved in programmatic issues, development of division protocols and policies and serving on substantive internal law committees.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 6 years of legal experience as a generalist and/or specialist in one of practice areas.
• Demonstrated commitment to public interest law and services to low-income, disabled, and/or disadvantaged populations.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, analytical, communication and writing skills
• Must be an attorney admitted to practice law in New York State.

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:

NYLAG is a unionized workplace, and salaries are set pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. The current salary range for this position is between $101,009 - $124,433

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.