Jobs at Build Up Justice NYC

Supervise a team of housing staff attorneys while maintaining a reduced caseload representing low-income Brooklyn tenants. Handle eviction, housing-condition, harassment, and affirmative litigation; conduct legal research, discovery, negotiations, hearings, and appeals. Mentor attorneys, provide training, oversee case documentation, support grant reporting, and conduct tenant-rights workshops and community outreach. The role requires New York bar admission, housing-law experience, strong advocacy and writing skills, and a hybrid Brooklyn work schedule.

Leads organizational communications, media relations, and policy advocacy. Develops messaging and communications strategies, serves as the primary media contact, creates written and digital content, prepares leaders for media appearances, analyzes communications metrics, monitors policy developments, drafts advocacy materials, and builds relationships with policymakers, coalitions, and community partners.

Manages the organization’s pro bono referral and internship programs, including partner relationships, case placements, recruitment, onboarding, tracking, and reporting. Coordinates continuing legal education, provides legal research and practice support, drafts correspondence, and assists with administrative duties. The role collaborates across programs, supports compliance with legal and ethical obligations, and requires New York bar admission and public interest legal experience.

Provides transactional legal services to nonprofits, small businesses, worker cooperatives, mutual aid groups, social movement organizations, and affordable housing developers. Responsibilities include entity formation, corporate finance, tax-exempt matters, commercial leases, contracts, regulatory work, real estate transactions, negotiations, community advocacy, client meetings, and outreach. The attorney collaborates with legal and non-legal staff and supports racial and economic justice initiatives.

Manages legal compliance for a nonprofit legal services organization, including client-file audits, court-record monitoring, policy development, risk assessment, complaints, contracts, investigations, litigation support, and governance matters. The role prepares compliance reports, identifies corrective actions, coordinates with outside counsel, supports legal staff, improves workflows, and leads special projects for the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel’s Office.