TakeRoot Justice

About the Position:The staff attorney will be responsible for collaborating directly with community organizers and tenant associations to build power within the NYC housing movement. Our attorneys use a community- and movement-lawyering approach to challenge landlords, lenders, and government agencies by providing legal representation, research, and training to tenant organizations and their members.Our...

TakeRoot Justice (“TakeRoot”) seeks applicants to cover the leave of a Senior Staff Attorney and provide interim support to TakeRoot's Workers' Rights practice, which includes a Director, a Paralegal/Advocacy Coordinator, and five Senior Staff Attorneys, at least one of whom who will be on leave.The Workers' Rights practice partners with community-based worker centers (“partner organizations”) in all five ...