Are you a dedicated, determined and passionate advocate who wants to make a significant impact on the lives of low-income New Yorkers?
Then, you want to work with us.
We achieve our successes through a combination of direct legal representation and high impact litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, and by providing training and technical assistance to other advocates who are working towards the same goals.
Open Positions
Empire Justice Center offers a generous benefit packages including:
- Health insurance (rich, comprehensive health care plans)
- 403(b) eligibility with 1% employer match after 12 months of employment
- 3% Non-Elective Annual Contribution made by Empire Justice Center
- Generous vacation, sick, personal, and holiday time 13 Paid Holidays
Vacation: 10.5 hours/month; Sick: 7 hours/month; Personal: 35 hours/year - Bilingual salary enhancement for qualifying employees
- Loan Repayment Assistance Program
- Voluntary Supplemental Disability
- Dental Insurance (employee paid)
- Vision Insurance (employee paid)
- $150K Group Term Life Insurance
- Generous Bereavement Leave for family, friends, and pets
- 35-hour full-time work week
- NYS Short-Term Disability
- FSA Eligibility
Recent Employer Awards
Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorney’s (GRAWA) Employer Friendly Award, 2025
This award recognizes a legal employer in Rochester that has distinguished itself by establishing employment policies that enable employees to balance their work and family commitments. Consideration for the award is given to employers’ policies on part-time employment, flexible work schedules, maternity/paternity leave, sick and vacation leave, telecommuting, and partnership opportunities, where applicable.
