Staff Attorney

POSITION:              Staff Attorney, Immigration Legal Program
REPORTS TO:              Director of LSSNY’s Immigration Legal Program
CLASSIFICATION:            Full Time
EXEMPT/NONEXEMPT:        Exempt

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Staff Attorney will oversee a team of Community Navigators and provide eligibility determinations, review applications for relief, and provide direct legal representation to immigrants.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
•    Oversee Community Navigators who will conduct legal screenings, provide application assistance, document preparation and case management services.
•    Provide direct representation on straightforward and complex immigration cases.
•    Provide pro se application assistance and pro se application support to asylum seekers. 
•    Ensure that complex and/or overflow cases are referred to other legal service providers, giving priority to providers funded by the City of New York Human Resource Administration’s Immigrant Opportunity Initiatives Program and other Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Legal Support Centers.
•    Develop relationships with legal and community-based organizations and utilize LSSNY-ILP’s existing networks to expand access for quality immigration legal advice and social services.
•    Work at a minimum of five large-scale immigration legal screening events.
•    Participate in additional legal screening events hosted by other organizations.
•    Develop training materials and training schedule for training Community Navigators and implement such training.
•    Participate in all relevant trainings and meetings.
•    Maintain files and records.
•    Generate reports.
•    Other duties as assigned.

IN-PERSON or REMOTE: Hybrid

SUPERVISES: Community Navigators

EDUCATION:  Juris Doctor

EXPERIENCE:  At least 3 years’ experience as an attorney in the field of immigration legal services is preferred.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:  Strong verbal, writing, analytical, and organizational skills, ability to meet deadlines; ability to relate well to diverse groups of individuals and families; work well in team and partnership environment, computer literate.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:  Proficiency in a second language, particularly Spanish or Mandarin is preferred 

DATE REVISED:  June 09, 2025