Open Position: Full Time Paralegal, Independent Consumer Advocacy Network (ICAN) Unit

FULL-TIME PARALEGAL POSITION AVAILABLE – HEMPSTEAD OFFICE

Overview:   For more than 50 years, Nassau Suffolk Law Services (NSLS) has been providing free, high-quality legal counsel in civil matters when basic human needs are at stake, including eviction and foreclosure prevention, income maintenance, disability, elder law, healthcare, education, consumer fraud and more.  As the only provider of comprehensive civil legal services on Long Island, our services support thousands of poor and low-income families and individuals who cannot afford an attorney. With the gap separating those who can and cannot afford legal representation widening each day, we work to ensure that everyone has equal access to justice, regardless of their ability to pay.  NSLS has a staff of over one hundred employees situated in three offices across Long Island.

JOB DESCRIPTION:   NSLS has an immediate opening in our Hempstead office for a full-time paralegal in the Independent Consumer Advocacy Network (ICAN) unit, primarily to assist persons with Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) in receiving health care services at home.

DUTIES:   The paralegal will screen calls and conduct initial intake interviews.  Under the supervision of the unit’s Supervising Attorney and Staff Attorneys, the paralegal will also provide information, referrals and brief services to individuals or agencies, provide attorneys with case and litigation support; help create and update unit materials and input and maintain records in internal and external case management systems.

START DATE:  Immediate.

SALARY:  $37,758.00 DOE, union scale, with excellent benefits.

REQUIREMENTS: Paralegal training, college degree or appropriate prior experience; excellent communication and writing skills; strong attention to detail and organizational ability to prioritize and multi-task; demonstrated commitment to the goals and clients of the legal services program and the ability to work with the staff attorneys assigned to the unit; proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook; bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English preferred but not mandatory.

Persons interested should submit a cover letter with their resume to:

Lynn Iacona, Esq., Supervising Attorney

NASSAU/SUFFOLK LAW SERVICES COMMITTEE, INC.

1 Helen Keller Way, 5^th Floor

Hempstead, New York 11550

liacona@nsls.legal

NASSAU/SUFFOLK LAW SERVICES COMMITTEE, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.  PERSONS OF COLOR AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, WOMEN AND LGBTQ ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.