Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Handle all elements of litigation, including client interviewing, investigation, discovery, pleadings, briefs, and representation at hearings at trial and appellate levels if appropriate. - Actively participate in outreach and education initiatives. - Build and maintain relationships with community organizations. - Perform other duties as assigned. Education and Experience: - Must be licensed to practice law in Illinois or p
Job Title: Senior Attorney, Clean Energy Job Responsibilities: - Lead complex climate and energy cases before administrative agencies and state and federal courts, particularly focusing on administrative and enforcement actions involving coal ash management. - Lead litigation and advocacy efforts, performing a full range of litigation tasks, including conducting factual investigations, developing legal theories, securing expert testimony, submitting comments, petitions, bri
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Provide legal services to low-income individuals on various legal issues including housing, family, public benefits, consumer, health, education, and others. - Interview applicants for legal services and assess their legal issues with a focus on those impacting basic human needs. - Conduct legal research and factual investigation, offer counsel and advice, prepare documents, engage in dispute resolution, and represent clients
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: - For Law Students: - Conduct legal intakes and communicate directly with clients, gathering information for pending immigration cases. - Complete in-depth research on legal issues relating to asylum, family-based petitions, victim-based protection, adjustment of status, and DACA. - Assist clients in completing immigration benefit applications, including completing USCIS forms and collecting required supporting documents. - D
Position Title: Staff Counsel Job Responsibilities: - Lead and participate in the litigation of civil rights claims at both trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts. - Conduct legal research, draft pleadings, conduct discovery, and prepare briefs for trial and appellate levels. - Supervise junior attorneys and paralegals as appropriate. - Provide superior quality representation throughout all phases of litigation. - Cooperate with the organization's Marketing a
Job Title: Schreiber Fellowship 2026-2028 Job Responsibilities: - Provide legal representation to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers over a two-year period. - Engage in legal advocacy to support systemic reform in immigration law. - Work within one of the organization's offices in Chicago, Indiana, San Diego, or Washington, ., with the greatest need likely in Chicago or Indiana. - Participate in a hybrid work model, combining in-office and remote work. - At the conc
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: For Law Students: - Conduct thorough legal intakes and engage directly with clients to gather necessary information for ongoing immigration cases. - Perform comprehensive legal research on topics related to asylum, family-based petitions, victim-based protection, adjustment of status, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). - Assist clients in the completion of immigration benefit applications, including the preparati
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: For Law Students: - Conduct legal intakes and communicate directly with clients to gather information for pending immigration cases. - Complete in-depth research on legal issues related to asylum, family-based petitions, victim-based protection, adjustment of status, and DACA. - Assist clients in completing immigration benefit applications, including completing USCIS forms and collecting required supporting documents. - Draft wr
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: For Law Students: - Conduct legal intakes and communicate directly with clients, gathering information for pending immigration cases. - Complete in-depth research on legal issues relating to asylum, family-based petitions, victim-based protection, adjustment of status, and DACA. - Assist clients in completing immigration benefit applications, including completing USCIS forms and collecting required supporting documents. - Draft w
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: For Law Students: - Conduct legal intakes and communicate directly with clients, gathering information for pending immigration cases. - Complete in-depth research on legal issues relating to asylum, family-based petitions, victim-based protection, adjustment of status, and DACA. - Assist clients in completing immigration benefit applications, including completing USCIS forms and collecting required supporting documents. - Draft
Job Title: Staff Attorney Children's Protection Project Job Responsibilities: - Conduct preliminary intake interviews, gathering relevant facts for presentation in supervisory meetings. - Assess income eligibility and recommend appropriate referrals for individuals not eligible for organization's services. Provide pro se support when appropriate. - Develop and implement case strategies through independent research and writing, as well as collaboration with colleagues. - Prep
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: For Law Students: - Conduct legal intakes and communicate directly with clients to gather information for pending immigration cases. - Complete comprehensive research on legal issues related to asylum, family-based petitions, victim-based protection, adjustment of status, and DACA. - Assist clients in completing immigration benefit applications, including filling out USCIS forms and collecting necessary supporting documents. - D
Job Title: Paralegal Children's Protection Project Job Responsibilities: The Paralegal for the Children's Protection Project at the organization plays a vital role in supporting the legal team. Key responsibilities include: - Conducting intake processes as assigned to gather necessary information from clients. - Performing legal and factual research pertinent to cases. - Assessing cases to determine eligibility for services. - Conducting interviews with clients and witnesse
Job Title: Legal Intern Job Responsibilities: For Law Students: - Conduct legal intakes and communicate directly with clients to gather information for pending immigration cases. - Complete in-depth research on legal issues related to asylum, family-based petitions, victim-based protection, adjustment of status, and DACA. - Assist clients in completing immigration benefit applications, including filling out USCIS forms and collecting required supporting documents. - Draft wr
Job Title: Managing Attorney Children's Protection Project, Organization Job Responsibilities: - The Managing Attorney reports to the Associate Director and is a member of the supervisory team, supervising the team to ensure the delivery of quality legal services for immigrant children. - Manages relationships with project stakeholders on all substantive legal issues, including project funders, government agencies, and child welfare organizations. - Contributes to the work
Supervising Attorney Job Category: Legal Aid Job Responsibilities: The Supervising Attorney is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the program, including supervising staff attorneys, volunteers, and support staff. This role involves directing legal representation in both affirmative and defensive immigration matters. The Supervising Attorney assigns and reviews the work of supervised staff and volunteers, ensuring equitable and manageable wo
Job Title: Summer 2026 Law Student Internship Job Responsibilities: The Summer 2026 Law Student Internship at the organization provides law students with a comprehensive understanding of non-profit legal services. Interns will have the opportunity to engage in various activities that include: - Shadowing attorneys to gain insights into legal proceedings and case management. - Assisting in clinic outreach events aimed at engaging with community partners, clients, and sta
Job Title: Associate Director Children's Protection Project Job Responsibilities: The Associate Director for Children's Protection is a key member of the organization's management team, tasked with overseeing the organization's work on behalf of detained and non-detained immigrant children, including unaccompanied minors in federal custody. The responsibilities include: - Assessing and modifying existing legal services models to integrate the organization's representation
Job Title: LGBTQ Pro Bono Senior Attorney I Job Responsibilities: - Provide technical support to pro bono counsel on complex cases, including asylum cases that are affirmative, defensive, detained, and non-detained. - Occasionally provide direct representation to clients. - Review and give feedback on materials for pro bono attorneys, such as briefs, legal memos, affidavits, work permit applications, and other legal filings. - Assist pro bono teams in navigating the immigrat
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will be responsible for providing a comprehensive range of legal services to low-income individuals across Illinois, particularly focusing on issues impacting basic human needs such as physical safety, healthcare access, housing, and financial stability. The key responsibilities include: - Offering legal services in diverse areas such as housing, family law, public benefits, consumer rights, health, and educa
Job Title: Environmental Justice Legal Fellow Job Responsibilities: - Collaborate with members of the Environment, Equity & Justice Center to provide legal support for environmental justice communities across the United States. - Use legal, policy advocacy, coalition-building, community outreach, and/or communications tools to advance environmental justice. - Develop relationships with communities and work with them to identify opportunities to partner or collaborate; active
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney is responsible for providing a wide range of legal services to low-income individuals, older adults, veterans, and people with disabilities. The primary focus is on legal problems that impact clients' ability to meet basic human needs such as physical safety, access to healthcare, adequate housing, and financial stability. The key responsibilities include: - Providing legal services on issues including housi
Job Title: Paralegal ILD Job Responsibilities: The Paralegal ILD is tasked with providing general paralegal support for the Legal Protection team within the organization. The role involves conducting intake, legal and factual research, and assessing cases to determine eligibility. The paralegal is responsible for conducting interviews with clients and witnesses, drafting applications, affidavits, letters, or legal pleadings, and preparing supporting documentation. They are a
Job Title: Senior Attorney, Detention Team, Organization Job Responsibilities: The Senior Attorney on the Detention Team is primarily responsible for providing legal representation and counseling to immigrants and asylum-seekers who appear before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The focus is on representing individuals in DHS custody during their bond and removal proceedings, as well as handling appeals before
Job Title: Senior Associate General Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Senior Associate General Counsel at the organization is tasked with overseeing the vertical within the General Counsel team that focuses on employment, labor, and benefits. Key responsibilities include: - Overseeing all compliance matters related to employment, labor, and benefits. - Advising the organization's People & DEI team on employment-related matters in the . and internationally, including in C
Job Title: Senior Litigation Assistant, Clean Energy Program Job Responsibilities: The Senior Litigation Assistant will provide administrative and litigation support services for the Clean Energy Program. This role will involve working closely with a team of eight Litigation Assistants and paralegals to support approximately thirty active attorneys within the Clean Energy Program. The responsibilities include: - Preparing and editing documents for filing, including proofrea
Job Title: Senior Litigation Assistant, Clean Energy Program Job Responsibilities: The Senior Litigation Assistant will provide administrative and litigation support services to a team of approximately thirty attorneys within the Clean Energy Program. The responsibilities include: - Preparing and editing documents for filing, ensuring accuracy in proofreading, cite checking, Bluebooking, and formatting, as well as producing tables of contents and authorities and assembl
Job Title: Associate, HONORS Program-1 Job Responsibilities: FINRA Enforcement Associates in the Honors Program play a crucial role in the investigations and decisions regarding whether to bring disciplinary actions against individuals and firms in the financial industry. This entry-level position provides substantive hands-on legal experience, allowing associates to develop their lawyering skills in investigating, litigating, and writing. Honors Associates work under the su
Job Title: Policy Advocate Job Responsibilities: - Support state and federal policy advocacy to reduce health and environmental impacts of plastics and toxic chemicals, including combating false solutions like "chemical recycling" and reducing harmful chemical additives and plastic materials through legislation, regulations, litigation, or other advocacy avenues. - Review regulatory language, legislation, and other policy, scientific, and technical information related to pla
Job Title: Senior Staff Attorney (Universal Representation Team) Job Responsibilities: - Provide zealous representation to children and youth in detention centers within the service area and to those who have been released from detention and are located within the service area. - Offer direct representation and mentor and train other team members. - Deliver numerous "Know Your Rights" presentations to those in detention and supervise other staff in providing these services.
Job Title: Senior Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Senior Staff Attorney at the organization is tasked with leading a team in advocacy efforts through direct client representation and mentoring other team members. The role involves representing clients across various immigration-based subjects, particularly focusing on humanitarian and complex family-based immigration issues. Key responsibilities include: - Maintaining a diverse caseload focused on humanitarian-base
Job Title: Senior Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Senior Staff Attorney at the organization is tasked with leading a team in zealous advocacy efforts through direct client representation and mentoring other team members. Responsibilities include: - Representing clients and managing a diverse caseload focused on humanitarian-based immigration claims, including defensive or affirmative asylum claims, VAWA/U Visa claims, applications for SIJS, family-based immigration
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney at the organization is tasked with leading zealous advocacy efforts through participation in pro se workshops throughout the State of Illinois. The primary responsibilities include: - Representing the organization in pro se matters at mass workshops by collaborating with community partners, grassroots organizations, and other legal aids throughout Illinois. - Managing a small caseload through direct represe
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney at the organization is tasked with leading the team in zealous advocacy efforts through participation in pro se workshops across the State of Illinois. The primary responsibilities include: - Representing the organization in pro se matters at mass workshops by traveling and collaborating with community partners, grassroots organizations, and other legal aids throughout Illinois. - Managing a small caseload t
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The role of the Staff Attorney at the organization involves leading zealous advocacy efforts through participation in pro se workshops across the State of Illinois. The Staff Attorney is primarily responsible for representing the organization in pro se matters at mass workshops. This includes traveling and collaborating with community partners, grassroots organizations, and other legal aids throughout Illinois. In addition to m
Job Title: Staff Attorney (Universal Representation Team) Job Responsibilities: - Provide zealous representation to children and youth in detention centers within the service area, as well as those released from detention, focusing on their removal matters in front of the Chicago Immigration Court. - Represent clients in any and all eligible immigration matters to secure immigration relief. - Conduct Know Your Rights presentations to individuals in detention. - Offer legal c
Job Title: Litigation Paralegal Job Responsibilities: The Litigation Paralegal is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and litigation support throughout all phases of the litigation process. Key responsibilities include: - Formatting, proofreading, and fact-checking documents to be filed in court. - Generating tables of contents and authorities, assembling exhibits, appendices, and other materials for filings. - Arranging service of court filings, emailing
Job Title: General Counsel Job Responsibilities: The General Counsel at the organization is responsible for ensuring compliance and developing risk mitigation strategies to support advocacy, campaigns, partnerships, and fundraising efforts. The role includes advising senior management and others within the organization on various legal issues such as 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 compliance, tax, intellectual property, corporate governance, benefits, litigation, and employment law. Th
Job Title: Associate General Counsel Job Responsibilities: The Associate General Counsel will work within the General Counsel team to provide in-house legal support to all departments within the organization. The primary focus is on supporting the organization's advocacy efforts and involves collaboration with colleagues from External Affairs and Programs. Key responsibilities include: - Providing legal support on tax exemption issues for both the organization and its Actio
Job Title: PILI Law Student Internship Program Job Responsibilities: The PILI Law Student Internship Program offers law students an opportunity to engage in meaningful legal work while making a positive impact in the community. Interns will assist clients across a variety of substantive legal areas, including tenant rights and eviction, sealing and expungement, public benefits, consumer law, family law, domestic violence prevention, and foreclosure defense. Responsibilities
Job Title: Law Student Intern Job Responsibilities: The Law Student Intern at the organization will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful legal work that supports low-income individuals across 65 counties in Illinois. The intern will gain hands-on experience in various substantive areas of law including tenant rights and eviction, sealing and expungement, public benefits, consumer law, family law, domestic violence prevention, and foreclosure defense. This role involv
Job Title: PILI Law Student Internship Program Job Responsibilities: The PILI Law Student Internship Program at the organization offers law students the opportunity to make a significant impact by providing free civil legal services to low-income individuals in Illinois. Interns will be engaged in various substantive areas of law, which may include tenant rights and eviction, sealing and expungement, public benefits, consumer law, family law, domestic violence prevention, an