Managing Attorney

5-5 yrs required

Full-time

No

Managing Attorney, Community Justice Project: Legal Position with Competitive Salary and Comprehensive Benefits

H1: Join Our Team as a Managing Attorney for the Community Justice Project at AFSC

H2: Legal Position with Competitive Salary and Comprehensive Benefits

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Managing Attorney for our Community Justice Project in Red Bank, NJ. This is a full-time, specific term position through December 2024, with the possibility of renewal upon receipt of funding. As a Managing Attorney, you will play a crucial role in providing community-based legal services and advocating for immigrant rights. Join our team and make a difference in the lives of low-income immigrants.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

As the Managing Attorney, you will be responsible for implementing and monitoring AFSC's Community Justice Legal Services Project in Red Bank, NJ. Your key responsibilities will include:

- Participating in grant and program planning for community-based legal services
- Providing training, support, and supervision to AFSC attorneys, accredited representatives, and legal assistants
- Maintaining a small client caseload and representing clients in immigration courts and administrative agencies
- Participating in meetings with government, private, and non-profit stakeholders on immigration issues
- Assisting in recruiting, onboarding, training, and supervising project staff, interns, and volunteers
- Monitoring legal updates and ensuring staff are up to date
- Participating in advocacy activities to support policy changes that positively impact immigrant clients and communities
- Compiling quarterly reports and assisting in the preparation of proposals, reports, and fundraising materials
- Devising innovative strategies to better serve community members who proceed pro se in immigration matters
- Facilitating training sessions for staff and organizing legal screenings and workshops for immigrant communities
- Collaborating with the Communications Department to raise awareness of immigration practices and policies
- Participating in staff meetings and case reviews

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, you must have the following qualifications:

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- Minimum of five years' experience with immigration law and procedures, with a focus on removal defense
- Minimum of two years' supervisory experience
- Excellent legal skills and understanding of movement lawyering principles
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented
- Ability to work evenings and weekends
- Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies
- Understanding and compatibility with AFSC's principles and philosophy
- Understanding and commitment to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities
- Ability to work and communicate with a diverse staff

Compensation and Benefits

AFSC offers a competitive salary range of $70,000 - $81,661, commensurate with experience. This is an exempt position with comprehensive medical and hospitalization plans, term life and accident insurances, a defined benefit pension plan, and fringe benefits. You will also have the opportunity to participate in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.

AFSC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply. Our Central Office and some of our . offices are unionized workplaces, and this position is represented under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. We are also a smoke-free workplace.

Join Our Team

If you are passionate about social justice and have the necessary qualifications and experience, we encourage you to apply for the Managing Attorney position with AFSC's Community Justice Project. This is a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of low-income immigrants and advocate for their rights. Apply now and be a part of our dedicated team.

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Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.

Bilingual (English/Spanish) proficiency required

Legal representation, grant and program planning, training and supervision, case management, advocacy, public speaking, bilingual (English/Spanish), software proficiency, familiarity with Quaker values and testimonies, understanding of and commitment to diversity and inclusion, union representation, smoke-free workplace.

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Interested applicants should attach a cover letter and resume to the online application and answer the application questions.

Qualification and Experience Admission to a state bar

Legal