Directing Attorney

LSNYC seeks a Directing Attorney to develop, manage and supervise our Civil Rights Justice Initiative, which addresses systemic inequality by challenging unlawful discriminatory policies and practices based on race, national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and other protected categories through litigation and advocacy.

About Us:

Legal Services NYC fights poverty and seeks racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. For more than 50 years, we have challenged the systemic injustices that trap people in poverty and provided legal services that help our clients meet basic needs for housing, income, economic security, family and immigration stability, education, and health care. LSNYC is the largest civil legal services provider in the country; our staff of more than 650 people in neighborhood-based offices and outreach sites across all five boroughs helps more than 100,000 New Yorkers annually. We partner with scores of community-based and client-run organizations, elected officials, public agencies, pro bono lawyers, and the courts to maximize our effectiveness. Our work fights discrimination and helps to achieve equity for low-income N...