Staff Attorney

3-7 yrs required

Full-time

No

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is seeking a Staff Attorney to join their team in California. As a national nonprofit legal support center, the ILRC works to enhance the capacity of immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people. This is a full-time, exempt position that reports to one of ILRC’s Senior Managing Attorneys. The ILRC currently has a hybrid work model that requires two in-office days per week.

Key Responsibilities:

- Represent the ILRC in various local and statewide enforcement coalitions
- Support California decarceration campaigns through the California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice (CAYCJ)
- Provide individualized campaign strategy technical assistance
- Analyze local and state legislation affecting immigration enforcement
- Support written resources and strategy around national enforcement issues
- Develop a broader narrative around criminalization, prosecution, and deportation in California
- Interact with media, give press interviews, and support media campaign strategy
- Participate in regional collaboratives and task forces
- Attend legal workshops to screen community members and assist with immigration applications
- Provide legal trainings on immigration law and policy to a range of audiences
- Engage in intensive writing, including updating manuals, practice advisories, and online resources
- Write grant proposals, reports, and represent the ILRC in meetings with funders and supporters
- Travel for trainings, meetings, and other events throughout California and the United States

Qualifications:

- Three to seven years of immigration law expertise
- Experience, exposure, or interest in policy work
- Commitment to abolitionist values
- Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills
- Exceptional time management and public speaking abilities
- Commitment to immigrant rights and understanding of criminalization issues
- Strong work ethic and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Willingness to travel throughout California and the United States
- Active Bar membership in good standing for any state in the United States or the District of Columbia

Salary/Benefits:

- Competitive pay based on the ILRC salary scale for Attorneys
- Excellent benefits, including medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible spending account, vacation and sick leave, and retirement plan option
- Annual professional development stipend and wellness stipend

Application Requirements:

To ensure consideration of your application, please submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and contact information for three professional references. Online applications are preferred, but you may also mail your application to the ILRC's San Francisco office. No phone calls please.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The ILRC is an equal opportunity employer and does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious beliefs, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, the ILRC will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records. The ILRC provides reasonable accommodations as required by law and will consider exceptions from vaccination requirements for medical or religious reasons.

to ensure consideration of your application, please submit a cover letter explaining your qualifications for the position, your salary requirements, a current resume, a writing sample that demonstrates immigration law knowledge, and the contact information for three professional references. as an alternative, you can mail your application to:

staff attorney hiring committee

immigrant legal resource center

1458 howard street

san francisco, ca 94103



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location

san francisco, california (hybrid)

department

legal

employment type

full-time

minimum experience

mid-level

compensation

$89,364

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