Summer Legal Intern, Diversity Legal Internship Program

New York

Job Description Job Description POSITION: ​ Summer Legal Intern, Diversity Legal Internship Program

STIPEND: $4,200.00 for the Summer term

About the Center

The Center for NYC Neighborhoods (the “Center”) is a New York not-for-profit that promotes and protects affordable homeownership in New York so that low to moderate-income New Yorkers can build strong, thriving communities. Working with public and private partners, the Center and its affiliates meet and support the diverse needs of homeowners throughout New York State by offering free, high-quality direct services, support of community-based housing counselors, policy research and advocacy, and affordable lending products We assist individuals and communities experiencing ongoing housing discrimination due to systemic barriers to equitable homeownership. Our legal team, consisting of a General Counsel, three staff attorneys, and two compliance officers, collaborates closely to address these challenges effectively.

The goal of the Center’s Diversity Legal Internship Program is to recruit law students from diverse academic, professional, and personal backgrounds or who have overcome adversity, for one summer and provide substantive experience to contribute to their professional development and cultivate the future cohort of attorneys dedicated to serving individuals and communities facing patterns of historic discrimination.

Position Summary

The Center seeks a part-time legal intern for the 2024 Summer term to join its legal team. During the course of the program, the legal intern will work with attorneys and compliance team members on the Center’s legal team and undertake a broad range of responsibilities to gain valuable experience in a variety of practice areas, which may include issues related to compliance, housing law, insurance law, employment law, non-profit governance, and internal policy review as well as lobbying regulations. The Center’s Diversity Legal Internship Program aims to recruit law students from diverse academic, professional, and personal backgrounds for one summer to help further and expose them to the Center’s work of assisting New York homeowners who face housing instability, keeping individuals and families in place and neighborhoods and communities intact while addressing the inequities of discriminatory historic and current lending and property law practices.

This internship is a remote/virtual position. A commitment of 14 hours per week is required for a minimum of twelve (12) weeks. Current law students who are interested in non-profit governance, housing law, policy, compliance, or related fields are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Researching legal issues that impact program policy and strategy;

Drafting transactional documents as well as reports, memoranda, or other written work products for internal and/or external stakeholders;

Collaborating with internal teams on cross-group projects;

Attending internal working group and program meetings;

Collaborating with other members of the Center to implement and continuously improve practices, protocols, and tools;

Other duties reasonably related to the position may be required.

Skills & Qualifications

Applicants must be first- or second-year law students in good standing for the degree of J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school. Applicants must be an enrolled and registered student at an accredited law school. The internship is conditioned upon an applicant’s continued status as an enrolled and registered student.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively across several diverse internal groups and teams.

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Demonstrate an ability to work efficiently and meet deadlines.

Demonstrate an ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.

Demonstrate a growth mindset through resilience, engaging in expansive thinking, and showing curiosity.

Passionate about promoting affordable homeownership and an equitable New York.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Office Suite, or related software.

Salary

We offer a competitive stipend of $4,200.00 for the Summer term.

Application

To apply for this position, please submit your cover letter, and resume, through the career page on our cnycn.org website no later than Friday, April 26, 2024.

***Please note: Brief legal writing samples and Unofficial transcripts will be requested from candidates who pass the initial screening stage***.

In your cover letter, please answer the following questions:

How have your past educational and professional experiences prepared you for this opportunity?  Please demonstrate how your diverse background/experience and/or any adversity you have overcome have prepared you for this role.

What interests you most about this opportunity and what do you hope to learn?

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicant review will continue until the position is filled. Persons requiring reasonable accommodation to participate in this hiring effort are requested to contact Recruitment at the Center at 646.849.4616. We thank you for your interest in career opportunities with the Center.

The Center for NYC Neighborhoods ​is an equal-opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, upgrade, train, and promote for all positions and job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital, veteran or disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other status as a member of any other legally protected group or activity.

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