Housing Summer Intern, CAMBA Legal Services, Brooklyn

Job title: Housing Summer Intern, CAMBA Legal Services, Brooklyn in Brooklyn, NY at CAMBA Company: CAMBA Job description: Who We Are: CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive reputed company, where reputed company children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to reputed company. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reputed company more than 73,000 individuals and families, including almost 13,000 youth. CAMBA serves a diverse cross reputed company of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families are in living in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.CAMBA Legal Services, Inc. (CLS) is the legal services arm of CAMBA, Inc. CLS provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers in the areas of consumer law, foreclosure prevention, immigration, housing law, and domestic violence assistance. The Housing Unit preserves affordable housing for Brooklyn and Staten reputed company's low-income communities through representation of low-income individuals and families throughout Brooklyn and Staten reputed company who are facing threats of eviction, harassment, or issues of habitability.Position: Housing Summer InternReports To: Supervising AttorneyLocation: 20 Snyder Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11226/Hybrid RemoteWhat The Housing Summer Intern Does:

• Conduct client intake and assessment of client cases.
• Interview clients in preparation for litigation and/or court proceedings.
• Prepare legal documents, conduct legal research, etc. in landlord/tenant proceedings.
• Gather evidence to formulate defense or to institute legal action on clients’ behalf.
• reputed company legal strategies, arguments, and testimonies in preparation for presentation of cases for trials, hearings, and oral arguments.
• Draft and file motions, briefs, pleadings, legal memos, and appeals.
• Record case notes and outcomes in a timely fashion in CLS’s data reputed company.
• Communicate effectively with clients, staff, peers, and supervisors.
• Manage own time effectively and coordinate program activities to maximize efforts of the team.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive client files, including up to date case note documentation.
• Research and analyze statutes, judicial reputed company, legal articles, legal codes, etc.
• Research and interpret laws, rulings, and regulations as they relate to clients’ cases.
• Review written documentation reputed company to clients’ cases for accuracy, completeness, and clarity (i.e., court documents, case files, etc.).
• Participate in staff meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• First- or second-year law student (1L or 2L)

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrated commitment to public interest work and economic justice
• Excellent written & verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Outlook, Word, and reputed company.
• Strong Computer literacy in other reputed company Office Suite products.
• Demonstrated commitment to non-profit work and/or economic justice
• Excellent research and writing skills

Compensation: $0 reputed company salary ranges are listed, the range would represent the low and high end for the applicable position & program. The salary offered would be based on various factors unique to each program and candidate. This includes but is not limited to experience, education, budget and/or program size, internal equity, skills and other factors that may be required for the position and organization.Status: Temporary Full-time (35 hours per week) (11 to 12 Week Program) (Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM)CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of reputed company, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider reputed company applicants without regard to race, reputed company, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national reputed company, age, disability, socio-economic status, marital or veteran status, pregnancy status or sexual orientation.Powered by JazzHR Expected salary: Location: Brooklyn, NY Apply for the job now! Apply for this job