Fall 2027 Post-Graduate Fellowship Sponsorship

Job Description New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) seeks to sponsor third-year law students, judicial law clerks, and recent law graduates for Skadden and Equal Justice Works public interest law fellowships starting in Fall of 2027. We will consider projects that fulfill NYLAG’s mission and are particularly interested in fellowship projects that are timely in responding to emerging community needs and/or explicitly seek to dismantle or mitigate obstacles to overcoming poverty and crisis and impede access to justice for communities who experience disparate outcomes and increased vulnerability. NYLAG works closely with applicants who we sponsor to develop a proposal once selected. Successful projects will expand the number of individuals impacted by our services, and will propose new models of service that center NYC communities in the design and implementation of the project, advance equity, deepen the breadth of services we provide, identify opportunities for inter-agency collaboration to comprehensively respond to client needs, and/or leverage impact litigation to break down systemic barriers and inequities. These legal interventions should include substantive legal areas such as: disability advocacy; domestic violence; elder justice; employment; public benefits; special education; LGBTQ law, health; shelter advocacy; consumer protections; housing; immigration; and veterans’ rights. Each project should include a combination of direct client services, community education, advocacy, pro bono involvement, and/or impact litigation. Projects involving community outreach, education, and engagement may want to leverage NYLAG’s Mobile Legal Help Center (MLHC), through our Community Access Project Unit. Projects may want to consider how technology and/or innovative engagement models may expand access to justice. Examples of prior successful post-graduate fellowship projects that NYLAG has hosted Providing in-person support to immigrants appearing in Immigration Court at risk of detention and deportation through safety planning, advocacy, and rapid response legal services including federal litigation work. Partnering with communities to provide direct representation services and join in advocacy efforts for middle and high school aged students with Dyslexia, to ensure access to evidence-based reading instruction. Integrating employment law and discrimination claims within the LGBTQ Law Unit’s work, through collaborative efforts with NYLAG’s Employment Law Project and Pro Bono Volunteers. Representing medically fragile children in New York City in appeals of adverse Medicaid determinations and wrongful denials of medically necessary care, to ensure that medically fragile children can remain at home. Qualifications Applicants must be rising third-year law students or recent law school graduates eligible for the fellowship programs for which they seek NYLAG sponsorship. Please consult the fellowship program websites for information on eligibility, at and Applicants must be passionate about the mission of NYLAG, and dedicated to advancing social, racial, and economic justice through legal interventions and advocacy. NYLAG’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply. Salary NYLAG is a unionized workplace, and salaries are set pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. The current salary range for this position is between $91,073 and $94,552. Benefits Medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, long-term disability, commuter benefits, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for Medical and Dependent care. #J-18808-Ljbffr