Job Opportunities - Northeast

Center for Medicare Advocacy | Finance and Benefits Director (Willimantic, CT) [$90,000 - $110,000]

The Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) seeks a Finance and Benefits Director with a commitment to health equity and social justice in its Mansfield, CT office, with some remote work possible. This individual will be responsible for managing all aspects of financial operations, including accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting. They will also be responsible for benefit administration and will serve as liaison with the Center’s Human Resource consultants and internal Leadership Team. OUF.

Education Law Center-PA | Communications Director (Philadelphia, PA) [$80,000 - $110,000]

The Education Law Center-PA, a statewide nonprofit legal advocacy organization that works to ensure all children in Pennsylvania have access to a quality public education, seeks an experienced, collaborative professional for a full-time position managing the organization’s communications. The candidate should have an extensive track record of success managing a multifaceted communications program, along with a demonstrated commitment to civil rights, racial justice, educational equity, and advancing the rights of underserved populations. At least 5 years of relevant, varied, and high-level professional communications experience is required. OUF.

Everytown Law | Constitutional Law Fellow (New York, NY or Washington, D.C.) [$87,500 - $90,000]

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s major Second Amendment decisions in NYSRPA v. Bruen and United States v. Rahimi, the need to elevate and strengthen gun safety in the courts has never been more urgent. The Fellowship presents an extraordinary opportunity to participate in the development of constitutional doctrine at this pivotal moment. The Fellow will join Everytown Law’s Second Amendment practice, which focuses on defending life-saving laws against Second Amendment and related constitutional challenges through both direct representation and amicus briefing. OUF.

Free Speech For People | Senior Counsel (Amherst, MA) [$100,000 - $120,000]

Free Speech For People is seeking an experienced public interest attorney to join our cutting-edge legal team as Senior Counsel. Ideal candidates will have civil rights, campaign finance, anti-corruption, and/or election law experience, and be prepared to take a leading role in our work to defend our Constitution and our democracy and to fulfill the promise of political equality for all. OUF.

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders | Legal Internship (Spring 2025) (Boston, MA) [$0- $3,000]

GLAD Law is looking for highly motivated legal interns to help advance our work. Our legal interns perform extensive legal research and writing related to all areas of GLAD Law’s work and may have opportunities to: Support active GLAD Law litigation; Engage in public policy advocacy and public education; Work one-on-one with GLAD Law attorneys on research assignments.; Attend GLAD Law’s Legal Department meetings other case/project-related meetings. Stipends of up to $3,000 are available for legal interns who meet minimum hour requirements, depending on restrictions imposed by their school. OUF.

GLBTO Legal Advocates & Defenders | Legal Internship (Summer 2025) (Boston, MA) ($0-$3,000]

Greater Boston Legal Services | Deputy Manager – Housing Unit (Boston, MA) [$104,000]

The Deputy Manager will work in coordination and support of the unit’s Managing Attorney, which may include leading, supporting, coordinating, supervising, and evaluating staff’s work; overseeing the day-to-day operation of the unit; implementing GBLS’s administrative procedures; handling all types of personnel issues; developing, managing, and reporting on grants and contracts; and collaborating with other units and practice groups. OUF.

Greater Boston Legal Services | Staff Attorney – Housing Unit (2 Job Openings) (Boston, MA) [$74,000 - $84,500]

The attorneys will maintain a substantial trial caseload and may also engage in the broader work of the Housing Unit, including: Supporting community organizing and tenants’ associations; advocating on behalf of tenants in public and subsidized housing; assisting tenant organizations in preserving affordable housing; EA Shelter advocacy; participating in legislative and administrative advocacy projects; engaging in impact litigation. If funding for these positions changes, attorneys may be assigned work in other areas of law within the Housing Unit or GBLS. OUF.

Greater Boston Legal Services | Office Administrator (Centralized Screening – Intake) Administration Unit (Boston, MA) [$50,000 - $52,000]

GBLS seeks an office administrator within the Centralized Screening Unit who will have primary responsibility to support the intake manager and to answer non-legal questions and review intakes produced by the intake team. Intake includes the range of activities intended to enable people eligible to receive services from GBLS to know what services are available and to apply for those services. This includes screening, referral, and information collection for case evaluation. This is a new position at GBLS. The office administrator will play a lead role in helping the intake manager administer the intake system, by handling day-to-day review of cases and serving as a point person for the intake specialist team. OUF.

Greater Boston Legal Services | Staff Attorney – Employment Law Unit (Long-Term Temporary Position) (Boston, MA) [$74,000 - $96,500]

GBLS seeks an attorney for a long-term, temporary position in the Employment Law Unit for six months starting January 2025. The attorney will practice in a range of workers’ rights issue areas, potentially with some overlap with immigration law matters. The attorney’s work and caseload will depend on the needs and priorities of individual clients and community-based partners, with a focus on racial and immigrant justice. The areas of work also may be adapted to the prior experience and interests of the selected candidate selected. OUF.

Greater Boston Legal Services | Senior Accountant – Administration Unit (Boston, MA) [$75,000 - $85,000]

Each year GBLS’s attorneys, staff, and volunteers help resolve legal problems, including immigration, domestic violence, consumer fraud, unfair evictions, and juvenile expungements. GBLS seeks a Senior Accountant with a minimum of five years of direct experience to support the accounting activities of the program. The Senior Accountant is an integral part of a six-member accounting team. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Senior Accountant’s primary responsibilities will include fiscal management of grants and contracts, client trust activities, general ledger activities, and other finance-related tasks. OUF.

Katz Banks Kumin LLP | Associate (New York, NY) [$121,000 - $156,000]

The associate positions offer talented attorneys the opportunity to work on important whistleblower, employment discrimination, wage and hour, and other civil rights cases with passionate experienced attorneys. Associates are deeply involved in all aspects and stages of litigation, including investigating and developing cases, interviewing clients and witnesses, researching and drafting pleadings and detailed case communications, conducting discovery, and participating in settlement negotiations and mediations. OUF.

The Legal Aid of Society | Senior Employee Relations Specialist (New York, NY) [$85,000 - $100,000]

Under the general supervision of the Director of Employee Relations, this position plays a critical role in supporting an organizational culture that promotes productive work behaviors and communications, facilitating effective dialogue between employees and management, resolves workplace conflict, and processing ADA workplace accommodations. OUF.

The Legal Aid of Society | Supervising Attorney, Housing Justice Tenant Defense (New York, NY) [$99,444 - $163,507]

The Legal Aid Society’s Civil Practice is seeking an experienced and talented lawyer with a deep commitment to public interest practice and policy to join a dedicated team of managers and staff of attorneys, supervisors, and support personnel as a Supervising Attorney of the Harlem Community Law Office’s Housing Justice Program. The Civil Practice’s Housing Justice Program engages in both eviction defense and affirmative litigation and handles a broad range of individual tenant representation at the trial and appellate levels, including holdovers, nonpayment proceedings, HPs, Housing Authority administrative hearings, and state and federal court appeals. Our Group Housing practice represents low-income tenant associations in proceedings to enforce the housing maintenance code. Apply by January 3.

The Legal Aid Society | Paralegal Client Advocate, LGBTQ+ Unit (New York, NY) [$60,033 - $91,932]

The Legal Aid Society’s LGBTQ+ Law and Policy Unit addresses systemic issues faced by Legal Aid’s LGBTQ+ clients across all three Legal Aid practice areas, Criminal Defense, Civil, and Juvenile Rights, through legislative advocacy, litigation, community-based organizing, and individual client advocacy. The Unit is also responsible for training all of Legal Aid’s staff on working with and affirming LGBTQ+ clients and their legal rights. OUF.

The Legal Aid Society | Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (New York, NY) [$180,000 - $205,000]

Directly reporting to the Attorney-in-Chief and CEO, the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer is responsible for providing vision and leadership to The Legal Aid Society’s efforts to ensure diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI) in all our work. The Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer will be a key leader and adviser, ensuring The Legal Aid Society’s diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy is deeply integrated into The Legal Aid Society’s strategic planning, culture, and processes. OUF.

The Legal Aid Society of Westchester | Attorney (White Plains, NY) [$72,000 - $95,000]

The Legal Aid Society of Westchester provides quality mandated criminal defense to indigent individuals charged with serious felony crimes throughout Westchester County. New York State Bar Admission is required. The successful candidate will have a valid New York State drivers license and a car as attorneys travel to appear in local courts throughout the county. Attorneys work collaboratively with social work and investigative colleagues in small teams. OUF.

Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. | Associate Attorney (San Francisco, CA or Boston, MA) [$120,000 - $150,000 DOE]

Lichten & Liss-Riordan is a nationally acclaimed plaintiff-side employment law firm, specializing in class action wage and hour litigation. We are particularly well known for our pioneering and high stakes work challenging independent contractor misclassification and innovative litigation and arbitration strategies to advance workers’ rights. We are seeking an attorney with outstanding research, writing, and oral argument skills, and a dedication to creative and passionate advocacy on behalf of workers. This position will require a candidate who is able to quickly hit the ground running, assuming primary responsibility for a number of cases while also working collaboratively as part of a larger team. Responsibilities include briefing complex issues, appearing before courts and arbitrators, working closely with clients, case management, discovery, and implementing settlements. At least 2-3 years relevant experience preferred. OUF.

Massachusetts Advocates for Children | Education Staff Attorney (Boston, MA) [$69,850 - $80,300]

The Education Staff Attorney will be joining a team of exceptional public interest attorneys and advocates to directly impact the lives of families seeking equal educational opportunities for their children and participate in systemic advocacy initiatives on education issues impacting children facing the greatest barriers. The Education Staff Attorney will provide legal representation and participate in systemic advocacy in education matters related to student discipline, special education, immigrant student rights, and homelessness, among other issues. The Education Staff Attorney will also participate in statewide and regional coalitions with other legal services and community organizations to advance education equity and lead the statewide Chapter 222 Student Discipline Coalition, a vital hub for advocacy to dismantle the school-to-prison-pipeline. OUF.

Massachusetts Advocates for Children | Senior Attorney (Boston, MA) [$75,000 - $85,000]

The Senior Attorney will provide legal representation and conduct systemic legal and policy advocacy on a range of education issues including special education, student discipline, immigrant student rights, and homelessness. The Senior Attorney will work on these issues statewide, with a focus on Boston Public Schools. The Senior Attorney will join a team of exceptional public interest attorneys and advocates working together to directly improve education equity for children and youth who have been historically marginalized. This position includes opportunities to collaborate with key community partners, and to supervise attorneys. Supervised by the Legal Director, the Senior Attorney will have substantial opportunity for leadership within the organization. OUF.

Massachusetts Advocates for Children | Education Attorney Fellowship: Focus on Newcomer Students (Boston, MA) [$69,850]

Over the past year, newly arrived families have migrated to Massachusetts in significant numbers. The majority are from Haiti and South and Central America and face barriers to accessing basic services due to language barriers, immigration status, and/or poverty and homelessness. Many have children who are school aged and younger and require additional support navigating the unfamiliar educational system in the US. This position will be focused on increasing access to education for newly arrived families and students at the individual student and systemic levels through outreach, training, and advocacy. OUF.

Massachusetts Law Reform Institute | Housing/Homelessness Staff Attorney (Boston, MA) [$70,000 - $105,000 DOE]

MLRI seeks an experienced, dynamic, and strategic attorney with a background in housing law and policy to join its Housing Practice Group and advocate on behalf of low-income and marginalized people statewide. Together with the Housing Practice Group (HPG), coordinate and facilitate statewide housing coalitions; provide technical support for legal services advocates and community groups on housing and homelessness issues; provide analysis and public comment on housing-related state legislation, budget, and policy; and work with HPG to take on specific advocacy and other projects as they arise. OUF.

National Consumer Law Center | Deputy Director (Boston, MA) [$163,000 - $204,000]

The National Consumer Law Center is seeking a dedicated and collaborative leader who is motivated to promote economic justice for individuals and groups that have been left behind in our economy. As a member of NCLC’s management team, the Deputy Director will provide the Executive Director with vital support in leading one of the nation’s most respected advocacy organizations for low-income consumers. OUF.

Outten & Golden LLP | Junior Associate (San Francisco; New York; and Washington D.C) [$127,050 - $133,350]

Outten & Golden LLP is seeking junior Associates in our New York, San Francisco, and Washington DC offices to begin in Fall 2025 with some flexibility on start date. The Firm enjoys a strong national reputation for representing employees, executives, and partners in all areas of employment law—from representing senior executives in contract negotiations, to protecting individuals’ civil rights in the workplace, to combating worker exploitation and systemic discrimination in class action and impact litigation. We take pride in our decision to represent employees as advocates for workplace fairness. OUF.

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