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Job Description The Legal Aid Society s Criminal Defense Practice is seeking an experienced attorney for its Decarceration Project. The Decarceration Project is a first-of-its-kind unit that reimagines how public defenders confront pretrial detention. Through strategic litigation, policy advocacy, and early intervention, the Decarceration Project fights to ensure as many of our clients return to their communities after arrest as possible. Attorneys in the Decarceration Project are Legal ...

Job Description The Legal Aid Society s Criminal Defense Practice seeks an experienced, committed and talented lawyer to join a team of skilled advocates as a Supervising Attorney in the Prisoners Rights Project (PRP). The Prisoners Rights Project works to protect the legal rights of people incarcerated in New York City jails and New York State prisons. We do so through impact litigation seeking systemic reforms, most often as class actions in federal and state courts; legislative ...

Civil Practice Law Graduate, Housing Justice Tenant Defense Fall 2026 #25-150 New York, New York, United States Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 01, 2025 Job DescriptionThe Legal Aid Society s Civil Practice has Law Graduate positions available in the Housing Justice Unit Tenant Defense for Fall 2026. While awaiting New York Bar admission, Law Graduates will work closely with a Housing Supervisor and within the parameters of the LAS Practice Order. Tenant Defense ...

Staff Attorney, Law Reform UnitNew York, New York, United States Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedNov 06, 2025 Job DescriptionThe Legal Aid Society s Civil Practice Law Reform Unit is seeking an experienced, creative, and energetic lawyer for an available Staff Attorney position in the Homeless Rights Project (HRP). This position, in collaboration with a small team, is responsible for protecting and expanding the rights of homeless New Yorkers along with advocacy partner and institutional ...

Supervising Attorney, Elder Law Unit Universal Access (Bronx)Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedNov 06, 2025 Job DescriptionThe Legal Aid Society s Civil Practice is seeking an experienced and talented lawyer with a deep commitment to public interest practice and policy to join a dedicated Housing team as the Supervising Attorney of the Elder Law Unit-Bronx. The ideal candidate will also have a passion for representing the most vulnerable clients and in multidisciplinary collaboration ...