Hybrid Legal Aid Project Coordinator

newyorkcitybarassociation; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

The City Bar Justice Center seeks a Project Coordinator to join the FedPro-SDNY team, supporting intake, case management, and liaison with interns and volunteer attorneys in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

This is a hybrid position based in New York, NY. You will assist with organizing trainings, managing records, and supporting grant reporting, while communicating respectfully with litigants and staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or substantially equivalent work experience in a professional setting.
• Minimum 6 months of work experience (relevant internships acceptable).
• Strong data entry, organizational and project management skills; high attention to detail; excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable communicating both by telephone and in direct contact with the public; self‑starter with a record showing (or a demonstrable capacity for) consistent professional timeliness and reliability.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, and the ability to quickly learn and effectively use LegalServer and other technology.
• A curiosity to learn about various federal laws and civil litigation procedure.
• A team player with an ability to interact respectfully with people of different backgrounds and perspectives on the justice system, including litigants, fellow staff members, volunteer attorneys, and court staff and other government employees, and desire and capacity to engage with members of the public in a respectful and sensitive way, many of whom suspect institutions and the legal profession, and some of whom experience legal problems compounded by mental health struggles.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for public interest legal work, serving those who struggle with a lack of resources, and providing legal assistance to historically underserved communities.
• Professional working proficiency in Spanish or another non-English language a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first point of contact for pro se litigants seeking legal assistance, including interviewing and screening litigants for eligibility for FedPro‑SDNY services by phone, email, and/or in person at FedPro‑SDNY’s lower Manhattan courthouse office, while providing caring follow‑up to the pro se litigants, who typically seek our assistance at vulnerable moments in their lives.
• Carefully maintain case, program/activity, and volunteer records and databases, and run and analyze statistical and other reports.
• Provide administrative help by helping to engage interns and volunteers, and organizing virtual and in‑person training programs, events, and legal clinics.
• Liaise with attorney volunteers from large firms, corporate legal departments, and solo practices.
• Assist in preparing grant applications and reports, and in designing and writing program content such as blogs, reports, legal informational resources, presentations and social media posts.
• As needed, provide general administrative support, including with new FedPro‑SDNY programming and with other CBJC projects.

Skills

Data entry

Organizational skills

Project management

Verbal & written communication

Microsoft Office 365

Legal software

Bilingual Spanish (nice to have)

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

LegalServer

Job description

The City Bar Justice Center seeks a Project Coordinator to join the FedPro-SDNY team, supporting intake, case management, and liaison with interns and volunteer attorneys in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

This is a hybrid position based in New York, NY. You will assist with organizing trainings, managing records, and supporting grant reporting, while communicating respectfully with litigants and staff.