Supervising Attorney
Catholic Charities Community Services
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Salary
💰 $95,000 - $105,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Supervise staff in the provision of child-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally competent legal services to ORR-involved unaccompanied non-citizen minors
- Train and mentor attorneys, paralegals, and law graduates in immigration and family law
- Maintain a sensible caseload while supervising duties
- Ensure that staff provide ORR-involved young people with essential information and advice
- Use the client management database and SharePoint to maintain and update records
- Lead regular team meetings, provide in-house and outreach trainings, and workshops
- Draft protocols and issue guidance to triage issues timely
- Maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders
Requirements
- A Juris Doctorate or LLM from an accredited law school required
- Admission to NY Bar required
- At least one year of supervisory experience is preferred
- Experience working with youth or with incarcerated/detained people is preferred
- Experience in family/immigration law, including clinical or pro bono experience is preferred
- Fluency in English required
- Fluency in Spanish is strongly preferred
- A willingness and ability to swiftly achieve full fluency in Spanish required.
Benefits
- Hybrid work is permissible
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
immigration lawfamily lawtrauma-informed carecultural competenceclient management databaseSharePointprotocol draftingissue triage
Soft Skills
supervisory experiencementoringtrainingcommunicationrelationship building
Certifications
Juris DoctorateLLMNY Bar admission