Description:

A Non-Profit Law Firm has an immediate opening for a Supervising Attorney to work in the Fair Housing Enforcement Project (FHEP). The candidate may elect to work in the Bath, Rochester or Geneva office of LawNY®. The supervising attorney will provide leadership and supervision to a team of attorneys and paralegals within our Fair Housing Enforcement Project who are conducting advocacy and litigation, outreach and education and coordinating investigative testing. The supervising attorney will be responsible for an independent workload of providing representation to clients in cases involving housing discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, gender, religion, familial status, disability and lawful source of income. The level of services provided to clients range from advice and brief service to representing clients in litigation filed in state or federal court or the Division of Human Rights. The candidate must have the caring, patience, and emotional maturity to help low-income people overcome crisis situations.

Supervisors play a critical role in realizing LawNY®'s vision of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Every supervisor is expected to actively engage in learning and becoming increasingly skilled in supervision that supports this vision.

Qualifications These are the basic requirements for the position.

Admitted to practice and in good standing in New York State
Three years experience providing legal services as a licensed attorney.
Ability to work under deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
Demonstrated commitment of service to low-income people.
Commitment to engaging in learning and developing supervision skills that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities These are the most significant responsibilities and primary functions of the position.

Provide legal services to low-income clients and client groups including advice, negotiation, litigation and administrative advocacy.
Interact respectfully with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, with an awareness of the importance of cultural competence and humility.
Supervise caseload of supervised personnel, ensuring that each supervisee handles an appropriate amount of work, and coordinate the periodic review of the cases.
Help identify leadership development and mentoring opportunities for supervisees.
Create and maintain a safe and healthy work environment for supervisees.
Collaborate with other human services providers, non-profit organizations and community groups as well as the courts, administrative tribunals and the private bar to address legal problems within our community.
Cooperate in all grant reporting requirements, program reporting, timekeeping, file maintenance, case closing and compliance review.
Maintain a high level of professional competence through attendance of training sessions, seminars and conferences and individual efforts to keep abreast of current developments in the area of poverty law and the application of an equity lens to client service.