Supervising Attorney for Training, Assigned Counsel Pan
About The Position
The Assigned Counsel Plan (ACP), established in 1966, provides quality legal services to indigent persons through compensation to private attorneys for representing clients charged with criminal offenses. The Supervisory Attorney for Training will create, implement, and manage a 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 areas impacting the representation of indigent persons. Working in partnership with New York State's 1st and 2nd Appellate Divisions and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the Training Director will develop and implement innovative solutions for a comprehensive training 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
- Initiate outreach to 18-B Panel attorneys, courts, bar associations, and other organizations to assess training needs.
- Ensure the Assigned Counsel Plan conducts training and continuing legal education designed to prepare 18-B panel attorneys for representing indigent persons charged with crimes.
- Identify and engage presenters with expertise in various categories and collaborate with them to make classes useful and educational.
- 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 and 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 trainings including instruction in substantive areas of the law, skills training, and updates on new legislation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
