Legal Aid Society: Latest Job Openings, Reviews and Ratings & Profile wise Salary Distribution
We've calculated that the average salary at Legal Aid Society is $43K based on 79 user-submitted salaries
A total of 11 Legal Aid Society employees gave Legal Aid Society an average happiness rating of 3.4 out of 5.0.
1.4As a senior attorney in The Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Defense Practice, I have witnessed the office morale go from mediocre to abysmal. When you become a public defender, you should presume you’re going to struggle for a living wage; don’t act surprised that your salary isn’t great. You knew that when you signed up. I think, however, the insult lies in the fact that staff attorneys are treated horrifically not just by clients, judges, and prosecutors, but by their own colleagues and supervisors, neither of whom would flinch for one moment to throw them under the bus to save their own jobs. Management is scared to stand up to judges for some reason, yet demands that rank and file attorneys act righteously indignant to the point of risking contempt charges.
Further, management is consistently rife with hypocrisy. Sexism is rampant. Legal Aid in New York City is still an Old Boys Club through and through. While their newly created Homicide Task Force is ambitious, it is surprising that some of the chosen attorneys are comprised of those who have frequently used inflammatory language in interoffice emails and/or face-to-face with fellow staff members. Most worrisome, though, is that at least one of the newly named Homicide Task Force attorneys previously engaged in misconduct with a subordinate when she was a legal intern, leading the intern to feel as if she needed to accept the position at Legal Aid when it was offered to her.
1 Paralegal from Legal Aid Society submitted reviews
3.4More emphasis on everyone carrying their weight. I would be a bigger disciplinarian.
2.8The company is a great starter environment, but the only opportunity for advancement or tuition assistance is if you are an Attorney. No room for growth or development for any of the other positions with the company.
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