The Legal Aid Society

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 18, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice is seeking a Staff Attorney to join the citywide Immigration Law Unit's Youth Project team.The Immigration Law Unit (ILU) in The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice is a recognized leader in providing high-quality representation to non-citizens in all five boroughs of New York City...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 02, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice is seeking dedicated and passionate entry-level Staff Attorneys for trial offices in the five boroughs of New York City. Entry level staff attorneys are defined as those that have 0-3 years of experience in criminal defense, are admitted to practice in the State of New York or ...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 02, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society has openings for Staff Attorneys in the Criminal Appeals Bureau (CAB) unit, to start in or around September 2027.CAB provides legal representation for people who have been convicted of a crime and cannot afford to pay an attorney. CAB is the largest post-conviction public defender in New York City...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 01, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society, the nation's oldest and largest social justice legal services organization, has Summer 2027 Legal Internships for the Criminal Defense Practice (CDP) throughout the city. The Criminal Defense Practice is the primary public defender in New York City, providing holistic, client-centered representation to o...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 04, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice is seeking a Staff Attorney to join the Federal Litigation team within its Immigration Law Unit. The Staff Attorney will represent low-income clients before the U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals to safeguard...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 02, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society, the nation's oldest and largest social justice legal services organization, has immediate openings for experienced trial attorneys in the Criminal Defense Practice Trial offices throughout the city. The Criminal Defense Practice is the primary public defender in New York City, providing holistic, client-...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedNov 20, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society has an opening for an Adolescent Intervention and Diversion (AID) attorney in the Manhattan Criminal Trials office. AID is an interdisciplinary team model comprised of Staff Attorneys, Mitigation Specialists and Investigators dedicated to representing teenage clients prosecuted in the adult criminal court...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 28, 2026Job Description:The law reform units of the Legal Aid Society (LAS) have opportunities for law school students to participate in LAS's ground-breaking work on impact litigation and policy initiatives that seek to address systemic issues facing Legal Aid's clients.Criminal Defense Law Reform Team – This team has four internshi...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 28, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice has non-paid internships in its various NYC Borough offices and specialized units for Spring 2027. Legal interns assist the Civil Practice attorneys, who work to improve the lives of low-income New Yorkers by helping vulnerable families and individuals obtain and maintain the basic necess...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 28, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice (JRP) has non-paid internship openings in its trial offices and specialized units for the Spring 2027 term. We are seeking law students dedicated to children's issues and juvenile justice. Legal interns work directly with JRP attorneys in an inter-disciplinary team with social w...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedDec 28, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society, the nation's oldest and largest social justice legal services organization, has Spring 2027 Legal Internships for the Criminal Defense Practice (CDP) throughout the city. The Criminal Defense Practice is the primary public defender in New York City, providing holistic, client-centered representation to o...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedNov 13, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice is seeking a Staff Attorney to join the Legal Clinics team within its Immigration Law Unit (ILU). This position will assist in ILU's limited scope legal clinic and community education work, including helping legal clinic clients and working with clinic volunteers and other community-based...

Deadline is 3:00 PM EST for Date ListedOct 14, 2026Job Description:The Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice (JRP) is seeking to hire entry-level Staff Attorney and or Law Graduates eligible to practice pursuant to the Legal Aid Society practice order, to fill openings in several of its trial offices.JRP provides legal representation to children and youth, who are before New Yo...