Staff Attorney - Crime Victim Services / Family...

Description:

Job Description:
A Community-Based Organization seeks candidates for a full-time Staff Attorney position to join our team. The Staff Attorney will provide in-house legal assistance to Crime Victims including survivors of domestic violence. This includes providing legal assistance and consultation as well as representing survivors in family court cases, and in applications for legal status under the Violence Against Women Act. The Staff Attorney will possess experience in at least one of those legal issue areas. Responsibilities will include developing legal strategies and setting case priorities; conducting intake and consultations; training and ongoing professional development of staff on Crime Victim Services and the myriad legal needs of Crime Victims; carrying a caseload; outreach to underserved communities; coordinating schedules; managing grants to ensure that program goals and data reporting requirements are met; working with a variety of third-party stakeholders, including partner social service agencies.
Qualifications/Skills for the attorney positions:

• Admitted to practice law in New York and in good standing.
• Experience working with survivors of trauma, immigrants and/or underserved communities is required.
• Legal advocacy and representation in family court in seeking orders of protection.
• Legal advocacy and representation with campus adjudication processes.
• Legal advocacy and representation on immigration matters related the Violence Against Women Act.
• Excellent oral advocacy, litigation and writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Ability to work collaboratively and across issue area with diverse communities and institutions.
• Fluency in another language commonly spoken in NYC is preferred.
• Work collaboratively with the program staff to ensure critical needs of survivors are appropriately addressed by coordinating intake process that will accommodate survivors who approach the program directly or through referrals from partner organizations.
• Participate in the collection of accurate client services data.
• Assist with other assigned tasks as needed.
  

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