Supervising Attorney for Training, Assigned Counsel Pan

City of New York•New York, NY

12d•$72,038 - $175,000

About The Position

The Assigned Counsel Plan (ACP), established in 1966, provides quality legal services to indigent persons in New York City. Funded by the City of New York through the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the ACP compensates private attorneys for representing indigent clients charged with criminal offenses. Attorneys are assigned matters by the Court and the Administrator’s Office when institutional providers have a conflict. The Supervisory Attorney for Training will be responsible for creating, implementing, and managing a comprehensive training, mentoring, and continuing legal education (CLE) program for 18-B Panel attorneys. This program will cover criminal law, evidence, criminal procedure, immigration, and other relevant areas impacting the representation of indigent persons. Working in partnership with the 1st and 2nd Appellate Divisions of New York State and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the Training Director will develop and implement innovative solutions for this program.

Requirements

Admission to the New York State Bar.
Four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar.
Eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.
Must remain a Member of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of employment.

Responsibilities

Create, implement, and manage a training, mentoring, and continuing legal education (CLE) program for 18-B Panel attorneys.
Develop and implement innovative solutions to establish and maintain a comprehensive training program.
Initiate outreach to 18-B Panel attorneys, courts, bar associations, and other organizations to assess training needs.
Ensure that training and CLE are designed to prepare 18-B panel attorneys for representing indigent persons charged with crimes.
Identify and engage presenters with expertise in various categories.
Work with presenters to make classes useful and educational for 18-B panel attorneys.
Develop training and CLE classes in various formats, including live training and webinars.
Arrange for the recording of live programs and webinars and post previously recorded sessions online.
Create new and update existing materials for trainings.
Implement pre and post-training assessments and use data to guide future programming.
Track registration and attendance by 18-B Panel attorneys at training and CLE programs.
Coordinate with the Office of Continuing Legal Education to meet state requirements.
Inform 18-B Panel attorneys of training and CLE opportunities offered by bar associations, law schools, courts, and defender advocacy groups.
Manage and direct instruction in substantive areas of the law, skills training, and updates on new legislation.