Job o' the Day: Director of Legal Affairs at Advocates for Justice & Education in NY!
Advocates for Justice, a non-profit public interest law firm in its second year of operation, is seeking an experienced attorney to serve as the Director of Legal Affairs for the organization. The mission of the Director of Legal Affairs is to 
enable the organization to manage its legal workload more efficiently and ensure that the organization is able to always provide the highest quality service to our clients.
The Director will report to the Executive Director (not an attorney) on administrative matters and will collaborate with Arthur Z. Schwartz, Esq., President, Board of Directors, on all legal matters. All other attorneys will report directly to the Director.
The Director will be responsible for (a) leading weekly meetings amongst the attorneys to discuss cases, (b) generating legal strategies regarding ongoing cases, (c) assisting with outreach regarding potential cases, (d) making court, arbitration or deposition appearances if necessary, (e) reviewing all legal papers generated by attorneys; (f) training and developing less experience attorneys as appropriate, (g) interacting with opposing counsel as necessary, (h) providing written feedback on the organization’s legal work as well as the performance of the other attorneys, and (i) assisting the Executive Director and the Board President with the preparation of related materials (e.g. – grant proposals.)
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