The Legal Aid Society, the nation’s oldest and largest social justice legal services organization, has immediate openings for dedicated, passionate Discovery Attorneys in the Trial division of the Criminal Defense Practice as part of the Discovery Unit.
With the implementation of new discovery reforms across New York State, we are committed to supporting trial attorneys in their discovery litigation. To strengthen this effort, we have expanded our office with a new class of litigation assistants dedicated to reviewing discovery materials. In addition, we are launching a new eDiscovery platform, NICE, designed to provide attorneys with advanced tools for more efficient discovery review.
We are now looking to assign a Discovery Unit Attorney to each trial office to provide essential litigation support. This role will be a critical resource for attorneys, litigation assistants, and paralegals, offering guidance on cases, technology, and best practices for reviewing discovery.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist attorneys, litigation assistants, and paralegals in reviewing discovery
- Assist attorneys in all aspects of discovery litigation, including writing motions, and conducting discovery conferences in court
- Train attorneys, litigation assistants, and paralegals on how to use our eDiscovery platform, NICE, as well as other software.
- Maintain and run a Litigation Assistant Teams Channel to provide real-time support on discovery-related matters
- Mentor litigation assistants in best practices for reviewing discovery
- Train attorneys, litigation assistants, and paralegals in discovery law
- Create and teach CLE classes on discovery-related issues
- Develop new methods for cataloging and organizing discovery
- Partner with attorneys to identify and analyze emerging discovery trends across the city and borough and develop litigation strategies
- Foster and encourage teamwork and communication
- Use discretion and sound judgment to help troubleshoot issues and resolve non-routine matters
- Other duties as assigned
SALARY TRANSPARENCY
The posting reflects the range of potential salaries for the role. The specific salary offers will be dependent on candidate qualifications, including collectively bargained salary steps for unionized roles.
Salary Range/ Salary: $83,844 – $147,907
SALARY AND BENEFITS
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society believes in attracting and retaining exceptional talent committed to serving our clients. We offer a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Salaries for our unionized jobs are governed by our Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please visit our Careers page for additional information. Salary and benefits information will be available to applicants, when and if an offer is made.
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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
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
The leadership of 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, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be completed online. We do not accept paper submissions. Please visit our Careers Page to review all current job postings, and instructions on the application process. For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.
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.
Please submit these documents as a single combined PDF when you apply via the LAS (Legal Aid Society) Recruitment Portal.
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- A list of trials where you served as first chair (please list if they were misdemeanors or felonies)
- A sample discovery-related motion