Career Opportunities & Internships
Now more than ever, New Yorkers need our help to dismantle systems of oppression and gain access to the services, benefits, and resources they need to survive.
When you join Legal Services NYC, you are part of a collaborative team of dedicated advocates and staff who work together to get justice for our clients. With guidance and supervision, a client-focus, community-lawyering approach, and a holistic, trauma-informed, advocacy model, there is no limit to what we can achieve for our clients.
Check out the career and internship opportunities below and apply to become a social justice advocate today.
What’s it like being a housing attorney at LSNYC?
“I really don’t know what I would have done without Legal Services NYC. My landlord tried to evict me and other tenants in my building illegally, but when I found LSNYC, I knew we were in good hands.
“Their attorneys genuinely cared about our case and kept us informed every step of the way. They got the court to dismiss the eviction and I am now able to stay in my apartment. Their help means the world to me and my neighbors.”
Ralph Faison, client and veteran
Employee Benefits
There are many benefits to working at Legal Services NYC, including a competitive salary and expansive growth and professional development opportunities. Other benefits include:
- a strong, wall-to-wall union
- remote work up to 50% of the time, job duties permitting
- exceptional healthcare, dental insurance, a vision plan
- 23 vacation days per year (increasing to 28 days after the first year)
- 18 sick days per year, 7 personal days
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program
- financial assistance for adoption, surrogacy, and infertility treatments
- financial assistance for gender affirming care
- generous 403(b) retirement plan
- A commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and a work environment where everyone can bring their full selves to the work
“It has been incredible to be a part team of attorneys implementing the hard-won victories of the New York City coalition that won Right to Counsel.
“Not only do you get to speak on the record in front of a judge, but you have an opportunity to engage in meaningful social, racial and economic justice work by connecting with diverse communities, fighting greedy landlords, and trying to slow the gentrification.
“LSNYC has provided me with thoughtful supervision and a supportive team to face the difficulties of this work and I am grateful to have found a place here.”
Nick Loh, Housing Attorney
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