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Posted by: LegalHealth Unit - 3/16/2023
Job Expires: 6/14/2023
Staff Attorney

About NYLAG:

Founded in 1990, NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combatting economic, racial, and social injustice by advocating for people experiencing poverty or in crisis. Our services include comprehensive, free civil legal services, financial empowerment, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community partnerships. NYLAG exists because wealth should not determine who has access to justice. We aim to disrupt systemic racism by serving individuals and families whose legal and financial crises are often rooted in racial inequality. NYLAG goes to where the need is, providing services in more than 150 community sites (e.g. courts, hospitals, libraries) and on our Mobile Legal Help Center. During COVID-19, most of our services are virtual to keep our community safe. NYLAG’s staff of 300 impacted the lives of nearly 90,000 people last year.

 

Job description

LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), has an immediate opening for a staff attorney.  LegalHealth partners with medical professionals in 34 hospitals in New York City to address the non-medical needs of low-income people with serious health problems.  LegalHealth complements health care with legal care – providing free legal services in medical facilities and training healthcare professionals to understand the legal issues their patients may encounter. LegalHealth is the largest medical-legal partnership (MLP) in the country and often plays a leadership role in the expanding MLP movement. This is a one-year position with potential to stay on longer depending on project funding.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Responsible for staffing a legal clinic at a hospital partner
  • Provides legal services in a wide range of issues including: benefits, housing, employment, immigration, and advance planning
  • Works on a cancer related project
  • Provides legal help to cancer patients throughout New York City
  • Position requires an in-person legal clinic at a hospital 1-2 days per week and fulfilling the hospital clearance requirements

 

Qualifications

  • Admitted to practice law in New York
  • Two to three years of prior and relevant experience, preferably working in healthcare or with vulnerable populations
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong research and writing skills
  • Ability to both empathize with clients’ challenges and help to problem solve is critically important
  • Spanish speaking candidates a plus

 

NYLAG’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

Employment type:

Full-time
Part-time

Temporary

 

Professional Level:
Entry Level
Professional
Managerial

 

Salary Range:

NYLAG is a unionized workplace, and salaries are set pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. The current salary range for this position is between $73,046 - $84,810.

             

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, long term disability, commuter benefits, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for Medical and Dependent care.

 

Application Instructions: Please save resume and cover letter on one pdf.

 

Covid Vaccination Policy:Please note, to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees and clients, NYLAG requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a medical or religious exemption is approved.

 

NYLAG is committed to a hybrid work policy for staff whose work does not require their full-time presence in the office. NYLAG’s current policy is that most staff are required to work in NYLAG’s offices or do other in-person work at least two days each week. This policy is subject to change.

 
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