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NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

<div><p><b>New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR</b>, the <b>&ldquo;Agency&rdquo;) </b>is the State&rsquo;s affordable housing agency, with a mission to build, preserve, and protect affordable housing and increase homeownership throughout New York State.</p><p><i>
A Civil Service exam is not required for this position. Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications outlined below to be considered.</i></p><p>
HCR is committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Our work would not be possible without the diverse backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and abilities of our employees. HCR is committed to developing a workforce that represents the diverse population of New York State. HCR embraces a diverse and inclusive work environment by encouraging all individuals, including those with disabilities, to apply to open positions at the agency.</p><p><b>
HCR Legal</b> provides counsel across the agency&rsquo;s offices and program areas, including with respect to financing and real estate transactions, litigation matters, administrative and regulatory issues, policy and legislation, and operations and governance. The team also encompasses the Tenant Protection Unit, which proactively enforces the State&rsquo;s rent regulation laws.</p><p>
HCR consists of: the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the NYS Housing Trust Fund Corporation, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, the Affordable Housing Corporation and the State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency (collectively, the &ldquo;Agencies&rdquo;).</p><p>
The duties listed below relate to the work of the Agencies and will be undertaken under the direct supervision of the Agencies&rsquo; Associate Counsel for Legal Operations.</p><p><b>
Job Summary:</b></p><p>
The Assistant Counsel will be primarily responsible for the legal work applicable to the Agencies&rsquo; operations. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:</p><ul><li>
Assisting with operational legal work associated with the Chief Operating Officer&rsquo;s Office (Procurement; Finance and Budget; Information Technology; Facilities; and Human Resources)</li><li>
Assisting with the drafting and review of board materials in connection with Agency Operations (including but not limited to contract-related board memos and accompanying resolutions);</li><li>
Drafting procurement contracts, procurement contract amendments/renewals and agency real estate documents (e.g., office leasing), and advising on insurance matters;</li><li>
Assisting with IT-related legal matters, solicitations and inquiries;</li><li>
Working closely with Agency contract counsel and the Procurement department to update contract standard clauses, review solicitation and proposal material, and provide legal advice regarding grant, procurement and contract related legislation, regulations;</li><li>
Assisting with Agency FOIL requests and control agency inquiries/reviews;</li><li>
Assisting with Mitchell-Lama admission and succession appeals decisions, including research and other legal work associated with the Mitchell-Lama Program;</li><li>
Assisting with regulatory compliance of Project Sunlight;</li><li>
Assisting with legal matters relating to the Agency&rsquo;s Department of Empowerment, Compliance and Opportunity and related matters regarding minority and women owned business enterprises and service disabled veteran owned businesses;</li><li>
Carrying out such other legal duties as are necessary to support Legal operations, at the direction of the Senior Vice President/General Counsel, the Deputy Counsel for Compliance and/or other supervising counsel.</li></ul><p><b>
Who you are:</b></p><ul><li>
Minimum of 3 years of experience with providing legal support for government administrative and operational functions;</li><li>
Experience with Federal and NYS procurement and contracting rules and regulations, FOIL rules and regulations, or legal writing;</li><li>
Experience with FOIL, contracts and procurements, or drafting decisions for administrative appeals is preferred;</li><li>
Experience with Project Sunlight a plus;</li><li>
Experience with public benefit corporation or State executive agency procurement and contracting rules and requirements a plus;</li><li>
Familiarity with: NYS Finance Law, Article 11; NYS Public Authorities Law, Title 4; NYS Executive Law, Article 15; NYS Veterans' Service Law, Article 3; NYS Private Housing Finance Law; NYS Code, Title 9; and the NYS Public Officers Law</li><li>
Knowledge of information technology contract matters a plus; and</li><li>
Must be admitted to the practice of law in New York State.</li></ul><p>
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will be expected to perform other reasonably related duties as assigned.</p><p><b>
What we offer at NYSHCR:</b></p><ul><li>
Extensive benefits package including paid leave, including excellent health, dental, vision and retirement benefits with the New York State &amp; Local Employees&rsquo; Retirement System.</li><li>
Promotional opportunity for dedicated professionals</li><li>
Work life balance benefits including a 37.5 hour work week and paid time off benefits including, vacation, sick, personal days, and Federal Holidays</li><li>
Opportunity for compressed scheduling</li><li>
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave</li><li>
Paid Family Leave</li><li>
Opportunity for compressed/flextime scheduling</li><li>
As a New York State employee, you may qualify to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments under an accepted repayment plan and while working full-time for an eligible employer.</li></ul><p><b><i>
Additional SONYMA/HFA/AHC Benefits:</i></b></p><ul><li>
Cash in for Wellness! This program provides you with the option of buying or renewing a health club membership of your choice or enrolling in a weight loss and or smoking cessation program, using your sick leave accruals.</li><li>
Tuition reimbursement program &ndash; for job related and non-job related courses</li><li>
Vacation Leave Buy-Back program &ndash; Subject to approval, every year eligible employees may exchange previously earned and accrued vacation time in return for cash compensation (at employee&rsquo;s daily rate of pay at time of exchange)</li><li>
Access to Plum Benefits &ndash; savings on movie tickets, theme parks, hotels, tours, Broadway shows and more!</li><li>
Optical reimbursement program &ndash; Employees are eligible for optical, hearing aid, and podiatric expenses not otherwise covered by insurance, with a maximum aggregate amount of $650 per year, per family. Unused yearly balances may be carried over to the next year for a maximum of $1300</li></ul><p><b>
About New York State Homes and Community Renewal:</b><br>
Under the leadership of Governor Kathy Hochul and Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas, <b>HCR</b> is a vibrant, innovative agency that integrates and leverages New York State&rsquo;s housing resources. We have offices in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Syracuse, and employ a diverse workforce of professionals who are hard-working and committed to serving low- and moderate-income families. Our mission is far-reaching, encompassing single- and multi-family housing finance, home improvement, rent regulation, housing subsidies, and community development. We partner regularly with a variety of public and private stakeholders.</p><p>
Achieving this mission requires a wide range of skills and backgrounds in public policy, administration, real estate, construction, finance, law, and many other areas of expertise. We seek to provide a workplace environment that is productive, flexible, accountable, ethical, and caring. Our employees are empowered to make a difference where they live and work. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid leave, health, dental, vision, retirement, and family-friendly policies.</p></div>

Assistant Counsel

City of New York

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 ABOUT THE OFFICE: Pursuant to Article 18-B of the County Law, the Assigned Counsel Plan (ACP), in consultation with the Presiding Justices of the 1st and 2nd Appellate Divisions, has been providing quality legal services to indigent persons since 1966. All services provided by the Assigned Counsel Plan are funded by the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services and the City of New York through the Office of Criminal Justice. ACP provides compensation to private attorneys representing indigent clients charged with criminal offenses. Attorneys are assigned matters by the Administrator's office when a conflict exists prohibiting the institutional providers from providing representation.
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 ABOUT THE ROLE: The Supervising Attorney for Mental Health will provide oversight to 18-B attorneys to advocate for clients facing misdemeanor and felony charges in the Criminal and Supreme Courts of New York City. Under the supervision of the ACP Administrators and with significant latitude for independent judgement, the Supervising Attorney for Mental Health will provide assistance to attorneys and work to ensure best practices by executing the following tasks:
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   Provide legal assistance, case consultation, and expert referral guidance to panel attorneys handling cases involving mental health issues.
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   Work with other ACP Supervising Attorneys monitoring case activity to ensure attorney adherence to best practices.
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   Maintain cooperative and supportive relationships with relevant personnel in state and city agencies and with community-based stake holders.
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   Coordinate with ACP Supervising Attorneys for Training to provide CLE&rsquo;s addressing law and issues relevant to representing clients with mental health issues.
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   Oversee panel attorneys&rsquo; participation in problem-solving courts. Provide guidance to attorneys as to how and when to utilize those courts.
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   Instruct attorneys in psychological defenses. Provide attorneys with case law and trial strategies.
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   Direct attorneys how to effectively employ forensic and mitigation experts.
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   Guide attorneys as they navigate CPL 730 and Mental Hygiene Laws.
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   Respond to client, community, and staff concerns.
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   Represent ACP at citywide and statewide coalition meetings, task forces, and working groups for mental health initiatives.
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 Admission to the New York State Bar; and 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.
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 As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education&rsquo;s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.
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 The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
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Supervising Attorney for Mental Health, Assigned Counsel Plan

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   Duration: 06 Months (Possible Extension)
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    This individual reports to the VP, Operations Finance in the General Counsel&rsquo;s Organization. The incumbent will provide an array of financial support to managing counsel groups, including ongoing management of the outside counsel legal invoice processing and annual financial planning exercises.
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   Specifically, this position will have responsibility for tracking and reporting against outside counsel budgets, utilizing the company&rsquo;s subscribed e-billing and matter management tool (Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker).
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   Screening of outside counsel invoices to ensure appropriate financial controls and communicating with outside counsel firms on invoice discrepancies.
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   Preparation of various reports tracking outside counsel expenses and support of internal GCO group budgets.
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   Communicating and enforcing GCO policies regarding case management and billing with outside counsel.
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   Building and maintaining strong relationships within the General Counsel Organization, with law firm contacts, as well as with business partners across AXP.
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   Collaborating with GCO attorneys and Operations colleagues in support of forecasting and results analyses/trends.
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   Implement new tools and process changes with regard to the GCO e-billing/matter management database to enhance reporting, enable robust analytics, and drive automation.
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   Partnering with colleagues on the GCO Operations team to develop recommendations, influence outcomes, and meet objectives in developing processes in an evolving landscape.
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   Creating ad hoc reports within the tool as requested by various members of the GCO.
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   Analytical and agile mindset in approach to challenges.
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   Data manipulation capability, with an aptitude to learn new database skills.
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   Consultative approach with key stakeholders and an ability to summarize large amounts of data and information into meaningful insights.
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   Self-starter with intellectual curiosity and the ability to advance multiple priorities simultaneously and under tight deadlines.
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   Excellent relationship skills.
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   Proven ability to drive outcomes.
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   Willingness to make decisions, to act and lead with courage.
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   Accounting and financial acumen.
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   Comfort with and an eye for detail.
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Financial Analyst

Center for Alternative Sentencing & Employment Services

<p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><b>Job Title:</b> Night Assistant Team Leader, Intensive Services Unit</p><p><b>
Job Summary:</b></p><p>
CASES is currently seeking a Night Assistant Team Leader to join a new initiative, the Intensive Services Unit (ISU) within the Pretrial Services Department. In their role, the Night Assistant Team Leader will provide direct supervision and clinical support to four (4) staff members during the night shift in Manhattan Criminal Court. The oversight will be of a unique team who are building and maintaining a caseload from the courtroom to the community nightly. The Night Assistant Team Leader will assist in managing the day-to-day operations of the team with the additional support of the Director of Arraignments.</p><p>
The Intensive Services Unit (ISU) initiative will implement innovative approaches to working with individuals who have been placed in the Supervised Release Program and experience more extensive needs and challenges that may impact daily functioning and overall program engagement. The ideal candidate for this position will work well as part of a coordinated clinical team actively assisting all team members. The focus group of program participants manage challenges in mental health, substance use, employment, and medical health. The team promotes proactive, sustained engagement in the community as a catalyst to individual transformation by bridging participants to community partners and resources eager to support our participants in realizing their greatest potential.</p><p></p><p><b><br>
Salary: </b>The salary for the Night Assistant Team Leader role is $77,000 - $79,000 per year.</p><p><b>
Shift Hours: </b>This position is full-time working Saturday-Wednesday from 5pm to 1am.</p><p><b>
Location Address: </b>100 Centre Street, New York, NY 10003</p><p><b>
Workplace Flexibility:</b> Flexible, after 90 days can finish shift from home 1x per week (10am-1am).</p><p></p><p><b><br>
What you will be doing:</b></p><ul><li>
Provide clinical and administrative oversight of a team of four (4) and growing.</li><li>
Support the overall clinical and administrative operations of the community supervision, case management, peer support, health, and rehabilitation services.</li><li>
Be flexible and innovative in the first of its kind position at CASES, where you will oversee staff who will work in the courtroom and the community.</li><li>
Provide support to staff who will be in the community from 5pm-9pm.</li><li>
Manage a specialized caseload of program participants who present with significant behavioral health needs, co-morbid conditions and/or complex presentations requiring collaboration with various partner providers.</li><li>
Provide recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and gender-responsive services.</li><li>
Assess participant&rsquo;s; immediate needs, legal circumstances, substance use, mental health, trauma, psychosocial, vocational, educational, and housing needs to complete assessments and develop service plans.</li><li>
Assistant Team Leader will conduct in-person field-based services in the community with team members to support staff in their work with participants with elevated risks and needs, when needed.</li><li>
Provide transitional support for clients to their home, shelters, treatment programs and/or other services to ensure and secure connection to programming.</li><li>
Work regular schedule and adhere to schedule changes to ensure SRP consistently maintains coverage for all court shifts; perform other related duties as assigned by supervisors and senior staff.</li><li>
Assist clients with linkages to and systems navigation within the behavioral health, human services, and criminal justice systems as appropriate Conduct outreach to families and significant others to gather collateral information for service planning.</li><li>
Use evidence-based counseling approaches to develop a rapport with participants and develop insight into specified need areas.</li><li>
Take leadership in management of high risk and complex care cases, including conducting direct work in the community and with other members of the team as needed to manage risk.</li><li>
Complete assessments, progress notes and program data reporting as required by program funders.</li><li>
Develop and maintain excellent professional relationships with judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, and other court partners to facilitate program admissions and maintain CASES 'credibility in the Manhattan Criminal and Supreme Courts.</li><li>
Help ensure we maintain a safe working environment by reporting any hazards or unsafe conditions, e.g., liquid spill in hallway, to the appropriate facilities staff member or supervisor.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><br>
What we are looking for:</b></p><ul><li>
Master&rsquo;s degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or similar fields preferred or Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Social Work with 3-4 years Supervisory experience.</li><li>
At least three years of experience working in human services with individuals with serious mental illness and those with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. As well as working in the field.</li><li>
Experience understanding various evidence-based models and theories pertaining to psychoeducation, motivational interviewing, serious mental illness and recovery.</li><li>
Experience understanding family systems based on diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.</li><li>
Highly organized and self-motivated.</li><li>
Spanish speaking is a plus.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><br>
Employee Benefits:</b></p><p>
CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:</p><ul><li>
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Vacation and Paid Time Off &ndash; starting at 25 days</li><li>
12 Paid Holidays per year.</li><li>
Retirement 403(b) Competitive matching up to 6%.</li><li>
Employee Referral Program</li></ul><p></p><div><div><b><br>
Our Values</b></div></div><div><div>
At CASES, we like to move with</div><div></div><div><b><br>
PURPOSE</b>, which reflects our values:</div></div><div><div><b>
PEOPLE| </b>Hold people&rsquo;s stories with dignity</div></div><div><div><b>
UNITY|</b> Commit to a shared mission</div></div><div><div><b>
RESPECT|</b> Celebrate the strength of diversity</div></div><div><div><b>
PROGRESS|</b> Always work to improve</div></div><div><div><b>
OPTIMIZE|</b> Make the best use of resources</div></div><div><div><b>
SOLUTIONS|</b> Work together to solve problems</div></div><div><div><b>
EMPATHY| </b>Seek to understand others</div></div><p>
Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.</p><p></p><p><br>
CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
Saturday - Wednesday, 5pm to 1am.<br>
35 hours per week excluding breaks.</div>

Night Assistant Team Leader Intensive Services Unit

Stifel

<div>Why Stifel:
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1919 Investment Counsel (&ldquo;1919&rdquo;), a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corporation, a NYSE-listed financial services company, provides experienced investment management and trust advisory services to wealthy individuals, families, trusts, foundations and institutions. 1919 has assets under management of approximately $25.6 billion, as of September 30, 2025; 27 portfolio managers with an average of 30 years of experience; an experienced proprietary research team; and offices in Baltimore, Birmingham, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Vero Beach.</div><div>
1919 offers rewarding internship opportunities for individuals who share our passion for investing, our commitment to putting clients first, and our dedication to having the highest integrity in everything we do. We are looking for exceptional students and professionals who value intellectual curiosity, diversity, leadership, and collaboration.</div>
What You'll Be Doing:
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The Cincinnati Office of 1919 Investment Counsel is currently offering a paid, summer 2026 internship to a college student entering their junior or senior year of college.</div><div></div><div><br>
The Intern will provide project support to the Cincinnati office team by working with our Responsible Investment Research Team and our Responsible Investment Portfolio Managers. The Intern will learn about our investment processes and assist the team with various responsible investing research and general investment projects. The Intern may provide support for 1919&rsquo;s climate-aware investment strategy. The Intern will have a strong interest in responsible investing and financial markets. The Intern will comply with firm policies and procedures.</div>
What We're Looking For:
<ul><li>Attend Investment Meetings with the Team.
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What You'll Bring:
<ul><li>GPA of 3.0 or higher desired.</li><li>Intellectual curiosity, strong attention to detail, problem-solving mentality.</li><li>Experience using MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, required.</li><li>Salesforce, FactSet, Trading Software, preferred but not required.</li><li>Strong writing, research, and organizational skills.</li><li>A professional, respectful demeanor and team-oriented personality.</li><li>Comfortable working independently and on long- and short-term projects simultaneously.</li><li>Ability to work in the Cincinnati Office.</li></ul>
Education &amp; Experience:
<ul><li>A junior or senior in college, pursuing a Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related area. 1919 also welcomes STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities majors such as Political Science or Environmental Science who have an interest in Financial Services.</li></ul>
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Actual salaries may vary, and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate&rsquo;s qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position. The base salary is one component of Stifel&rsquo;s overall compensation package for each individual employee. Other benefits and offerings include, but not limited to, discretionary bonuses, health / dental / vision / prescription insurance offerings, Stifel Total Health Connect, flexible spending accounts, tuition &amp; certification assistance programs, paid time off, and much, much more! To view a more comprehensive list of Stifel&rsquo;s current offerings, please visit https://www.stifel.com/careers/benefits. Applications are accepted until the position is filled. About Stifel:
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1919 Investment Counsel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corporation, provides investment management and financial planning services to wealthy individuals, families, trusts, foundations, and institutions. 1919 Investment Counsel manages more than $24 billion of client assets and has offices in Baltimore, Birmingham, Cincinnati, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Vero Beach. 1919 Investment Counsel has a team of portfolio managers, research analysts and client service professionals that work together to construct investment portfolios that are tailored to each client&rsquo;s specific needs and objectives and to deliver tailored solutions that preserve, build and manage wealth for 1919 Investment Counsel&rsquo;s clients. The firm primarily serves high net worth clients which often require complex financial planning and advice as well as exceptional client service.</div><div></div><div><br>
1919 Investment Counsel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</div></div>

Internship – Responsible Investing: Social Research and Investment Management

Matter Labs

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 At Matter Labs, we believe freedom drives progress and prosperity. Our mission is to advance freedom for all &mdash; through mass adoption of crypto.
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 We are looking for a Legal Counsel, Transactions to join our legal team. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you will be Matter Labs principal in-house legal advisor for a broad range of product,commercial, corporate, and compliance matters. Primary work will be partnering with our engineering team on products. Additionally, you will handle simple contracts (i.e. vendor, NDAs) and cross-border transactions commercial agreements (including simple. You will also work on global IP, privacy, and employment matters.
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 As our ideal candidate, you are as comfortable driving projects as you are jumping in to help on other matters, regardless of the work to be done. You are a flexible and creative thinker with a pragmatic business mindset and solution-oriented approach to delivering legal services. You are willing to learn new areas of the law. You have a high emotional intelligence when interacting and collaborating with a variety of internal partners and sophisticated clients. You have strong integrity and ethics. And you want to be part of a low-ego, high-performance company.
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   Compliance: Counsel internal clients on legal and compliance policies and implications related to proposed transactions.
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   Experience: 3-5 years as a lawyer, with a background in both top-tier law firms and in-house roles, particularly in international product counseling, corporate transactions and technology as well as SOC2 and GDPR; experience in other areas a plus (i.e. employment, IP)
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Cooley LLP

<div><div>Cooley is seeking an Innovation Counsel to join our Practice Innovation team.</div><div></div><div>
Position summary: Working under the guidance of the Lead Innovation Counsel, the Innovation Counsel will advance Cooley&rsquo;s efforts to deliver practice-specific initiatives designed to maximize the value of our innovation technologies and practices. This role will be performed in collaboration with practice group leadership, resource attorneys, practice support lawyers, the legal education and professional development teams, and others to drive best practices for leveraging legal technology such that Cooley&rsquo;s approach to these technologies is a key differentiator among law firms. This role will introduce new tools and processes developed and implemented by the innovation department, leveraging the Innovation Counsel&rsquo;s legal understanding and experience. The Innovation Counsel will also support practice group-specific resource initiatives. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:</div><div></div><div>
Responsibilities:</div><ul><li>
Support and provide attorney-level input on targeted legal technology adoption initiatives impacting the firm&rsquo;s practice groups</li><li>
Design and prepare meaningful playbooks to help practice groups understand and implement best practices around the use of innovation technologies and processes</li><li>
Organize presentations, status reports, and executive briefings</li><li>
Collaborate closely with leadership in the innovation, firm operations, technology and practice groups in the request/initiative prioritization process, both in sharing insight gleaned from work with the practice groups and in evangelizing the existence and value of the prioritization process to the practice groups</li><li>
Collaborative closely with other innovation teams to develop objectives, success metrics, and timelines related to legal technology adoption initiatives in the practice groups</li><li>
Collaborate closely with practice management teams, legal project management and pricing teams to understand and analyze current practice group operational workflows, identify areas for improvement, and develop strategies to increase effectiveness and efficiency leveraging legal technologies</li><li>
Work with other innovation teams to drive legal technology pilots, deployments, proofs of concept, experiments, and continuous improvements within the firm&rsquo;s practice groups</li><li>
Work closely with the change management team to help them develop effective communication campaigns for practice groups and develop meaningful change measurement processes</li><li>
Develop and maintain practice group-specific resources, and work with Practice Engineering and other firm departments to automate and/or scale such efforts</li><li>
Additional responsibilities based on evolving needs of the firm</li></ul><div></div><div>
Skills and experience:</div><div>
Required:</div><ul><li>
After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications</li><li>
Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required</li><li>
Ability to travel, as required</li><li>
4+ years direct applicable experience (e.g., legal practice experience, hands-on experience with legal technology use and adoption efforts)</li><li>
Active member in good standing or registered in-house counsel of the bar(s) in all jurisdictions from which you regularly work, as well as the jurisdiction in which your assigned office is located, if applicable</li><li>
Juris Doctor(ate) or non-US equivalent</li><li>
Experience in supporting and driving cross-functional projects involving legal technology teams, knowledge management teams, technology teams and practice group leadership</li><li>
Understanding of large law firm financial and work allocation processes</li></ul><div>
Preferred:</div><ul><li>
Knowledge and experience with distributed systems and organizations</li><li>
Experience with core large law technologies such as iManage or NetDocs, Elite 3E, Intapp products, Litera products, Thomson Reuters and Lexis products</li><li>
Experience with generative AI solutions used in legal practice</li><li>
Strong effective presentation experience and skills to varied audiences</li><li>
Experience with alternative legal service/managed service providers and models. (example: document review teams)</li><li>
Experience with technology usage data and metrics</li><li>
Ability to leverage data for insights and storytelling</li></ul><div>
Competencies:</div><ul><li>
Excellent written and oral communication</li><li>
Ability to perform effective analysis to determine the root cause of legal service delivery problems and suggest solutions for the best outcomes for the firm</li><li>
Ability to process complex information with high levels of accuracy</li><li>
Ability to build, develop and grow business relationships in support of large-scale initiatives and programs</li><li>
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to legal professionals and senior executives</li><li>
Ability to influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholders across various departments (legal, IS, etc.)</li><li>
Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed team environment</li><li>
Ability to focus on detail without losing sight of bigger picture</li></ul><div></div><div>
Cooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.</div><div></div><div>
EOE.</div><div></div><div>
The expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $225,000 - $285,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.</div><div></div><div>
We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&amp;D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&amp;D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as four weeks of vacation, two weeks of sick and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.</div></div>

Innovation Counsel - Litigation

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