The Daytime Arraignment Attorney Supervisor maintains front line responsibility for the office’s provision of client services in the Criminal Court Day arraignment part. Given current unique staffing requirements, the supervisor will provide supervision at Bronx Criminal Court on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. This schedule is considered full-time and subject to change based upon contractual requirements on staffing, office needs and court scheduling.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Arraignment Supervision and Support
- Monitor and distribute CDP arraignment cases to attorney staff
- Monitor and distribute conflict cases to other providers
- Coordinate with court personnel, Judiciary and NYPD to help ensure flow of cases and address any procedural problems that require attention
- Assist attorneys in addressing substantive issues of cases to be arraigned, including trouble shooting over 24-hour arrest to arraignment time cases and unusual volume of online arrest cases to be arraigned
- Attend regularly scheduled stakeholder meetings with external agencies
- Monitor physical conditions of both courtrooms and holding areas
- Prepare daily arraignment reports
Team Development and Supervision
- Schedule employee hours, assign work, approve time off and remote work schedule requests following the guidance of LAS policy and procedures
- Attend management meetings, participate in management trainings, and utilize current employment policies, practices and guidance as provided by management and Human Resources
- Conduct management and supervision practices that affirmatively support equity and inclusion in the workplace
- Supervise direct reports in setting performance standards, provide routine feedback as well as coaching/counseling, and issue disciplinary action as needed
- Identify and provide training and development opportunities and ensure mandatory trainings are completed
- Identify, delegate, and document work responsibilities, roles, and procedures to meet the mission of the department
- Identify and implement department/unit management and accountability practices to improve performance
- Resolve employee conflict, complaints, and address union concerns, with guidance from Human Resources
- Lead organizational and culture change for the unit
Professional Development and Other Duties as Assigned
- Participate in continuous professional development
- Continuously learn about forms of bias in the workplace and demonstrate affirmative behaviors that support an inclusive work environment
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
Required qualifications:
- Minimum of five years as a criminal defense attorney
- Felony certified for a minimum of three years prior to applying
- Comprehensive knowledge of criminal and constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and ethical principles contained in the Code of Professional Responsibility
- Ability to collaborate with external stakeholders
- Superior oral and written advocacy skills and organizational skills
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Position Based Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- The ideal candidate is a motivated leader that values teaching and mentoring, innovation, and professional development and understands the vital role public defenders play in challenging systemic racism and oppression through direct in-person litigation of the people we are honored to serve
- Knowledge of criminal and procedural law topical areas
- Demonstration or performance of litigation and trial specific skills
- Demonstrated ability to build collaborative teams, train, mentor and coach individuals and groups
- Ability to inspire others to seek innovative and creative approaches to advocacy and the provide effective performance feedback and evaluation to encourage ongoing development
Supervision Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to schedule, assign, and manage work and resolve problems as needed
- Ability to manage the work including assessment of work process and outcomes, gathering relevant information about the work, recommending alternatives, or elevate issues as needed
- Ability to clearly identify roles, responsibilities, delegate tasks and hold people accountable
- Ability to create and implement effective communication plans
- Ability to provide meaningful performance feedback for professional development including having difficult conversations and resolving sensitive employee issues
- Pursue continuous learning on forms of systemic oppression of marginalized identities and establish team norms and management practices using an equity mindset and informed by inclusive practices
Organizational Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Commitment to Legal Aid Society’s mission to secure equal justice before the law for all New Yorkers
- Interpersonal and communication skills that enable healthy and productive working relationships
- Ability to perform duties with the highest regard for confidentiality, integrity, and respect
- Commitment to Legal Aid Society’s mission and values
Physical, environment, travel, and other duties required:
- Mostly sedentary, significant time using a computer and monitor; communicating and meeting using video
- Requires occasional or frequent physical movement to perform essential job functions which may include, bending, reaching, pulling, pushing, standing or walking for long periods of time, accessing small spaces
- May or will require travel within NYC, across the five-borough region
- Ability to lift 40 pounds on an occasional/routine basis
* For positions noted as essential, this will require either remote or in-person work during times of closure or otherwise non-typical business hours which may include evenings and weekends and during unforeseen events such as inclement weather or poor air quality conditions.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
The salary range represents a good faith estimate of the range we expect to pay for this role. The actual salary offered may vary depending on many factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as collectively bargained salary steps for unionized roles.
Salary Range: $99,444 – $163,507
The Legal Aid Society offers a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Click here to read more about benefits.
Higher Education and Loan Forgiveness
The Legal Aid Society is a qualified employer for the purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This position allows an employee to take advantage of PSLF and other State and Federal loan forgiveness programs. Additionally, employees who are New York residents may be eligible for assistance from New York state to assist with loan repayments, depending on years of practice. To learn more, click the links below.
hesc.ny.gov/loan-forgiveness-programs
WORK AUTHORIZATION
All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship for a work visa or permit. We are currently unable to sponsor employment visas or permits. (However, for citizens of Canada and Mexico, LAS will provide a letter documenting employment status that is needed to obtain a TN visa.)
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be completed online via the career portal. We do not accept emailed applications. Submit the following documents as a combined PDF:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients (people), to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us and our ability to build strong relationships with our colleagues. Every member of our community is expected to continuously learn about the dynamic, evolving, and emerging field of knowledge of identity, bias, and systemic forms of oppression and participate in productive efforts to dismantling bias in all forms.