Job Title: Immigration Legal Fellow
Job Responsibilities:
- Client Representation and Case Management: Provide eligibility and risk assessment, full representation, brief service, and/or legal advice to low-income clients in immigration-related matters. This includes family-based and humanitarian immigration petitions, waivers, U visas, DACA, naturalization, consular processing, adjustments of status, and removal defense cases.
- Outreach and Group Events: Help develop community relationships and assist with workshops, clinics, outreach activities, and information sessions for immigrants, social service agencies, and community-based organizations. Outreach and workshops may require occasional evening and weekend events.
- Community Leadership: Participate in meetings and webinars on behalf of the organization and its partners. Attend collaborative meetings and community events.
- Maintain Legal Best Practices: Comply with the organization’s policies, procedures, protocols, and best practices for non-profit immigration law practice. This includes legal ramifications, fee collection, maintenance of client files, and data for reporting requirements. Participate in regular peer review meetings and legal trainings.
- Fee Assessment: Assess fees for services, sign contracts with clients, and work with administrative staff to ensure fees are collected and applications are filed in a timely manner.
- Ensure Grant Compliance: Ensure grant requirements are met and track client services, case progress, and outcomes as required by grant guidelines.
- Perform all other duties as needed and/or as directed by the supervisor.
Education and Experience Information:
- Education: Law student or LLM candidate at an ABA-accredited law school; current judicial clerk; or recent law school graduate.
- Experience:
- Demonstrated interest in working with community organizations or low-income clients and populations.
- Experience in immigration law or related work is preferred but not required.
- Strong legal research and writing skills, with a dedication to providing high-quality legal assistance.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability and interest in conducting outreach and education events.
- Strong attention to detail and exceptional time management skills.
- Ability to act independently and exercise sound judgment.
- Commitment to serving immigrants and sensitivity to the needs of low-income, culturally diverse communities.
- Proficiency in a Windows/PC environment and the ability to quickly become proficient in the use of the organization’s immigration law software and database.
- Available for occasional evening and weekend services.
- Fluency in Spanish or another language is strongly preferred.
- Has independent funding or is eligible to seek funding from a law school or another institution.
Salary Information: Not specified in the text.
This position will be hybrid in-person and remote, based in one of the organization’s seven offices. The organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. Persons receiving services in the programs are entitled to freedom from harassment and retaliation and reasonable accommodation for qualified disabilities.
