Job Title: Senior Attorney, Detention Project Job Responsibilities: The Senior Attorney will focus on providing legal representation and immigration legal service counseling to detained immigrants, including those appearing before the Indianapolis Immigration Court. This role requires regular travel to detention facilities to conduct client representation, monitor conditions, and deliver Know Your Rights presentations. Responsibilities include supporting federal litigation o
Job Title: Senior Attorney, Detention/Litigation Job Summary: The senior attorney position, based in Indianapolis, focuses on representing detained immigrants and may include engaging in federal litigation, such as habeas petitions. The role requires regular travel to detention facilities and involves providing legal representation and immigration legal service counseling for immigrants appearing before federal courts, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), and
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney at the organization is responsible for a variety of tasks aimed at advancing human rights and due process for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Key responsibilities include conducting preliminary intake interviews and gathering relevant facts for presentation at department meetings. The attorney assesses income eligibility and makes referrals for individuals not eligible for services. They are tasked
Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Exercise significant discretion, apply legal research skills, formulate legal arguments, and identify appropriate case law for business immigration cases. - Manage large caseloads and independently manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. - Review, draft, and monitor petitions, ensuring responsiveness and professionalism to clients and deadlines. - Handle extensive client contact, maintaining a commitmen
Assistant Director for Policy Duties: The candidate will establish and direct the activities of the Communications and Legislative Affairs Division, Legal Education and Research Services Division, and the Immigration Law Division. Provide executive leadership, direction, and operational support in accomplishing EOIR's strategic goals and mission. Serve as the primary policy advisor to the Director and Deputy Director of EOIR in the following areas: the review and coordinatio
Job Title: Litigation Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Represent clients in immigration proceedings before the Immigration Court. - Prepare for and attend hearing preparation appointments with clients. - Communicate with clients regarding case processing and procedural issues. - Collaborate with senior attorneys to develop legal strategy for assigned cases. - Review and assist in drafting legal documents and filings. - Analyze and evaluate key immigration legal issues. - Pro
Job Title: Remote Immigration Attorney (EOIR) Job Responsibilities: - Conduct initial review of all EOIR team legal packets to ensure accuracy and completeness of EOIR filings. - Serve as a backup for EAD review as needed. - Coordinate and communicate with assigned attorneys regarding individual calendar hearing packet review. - Represent clients in Webex immigration hearings, including detained hearings, on a periodic basis. - Stay current on processes and requirements for
Job Title: Immigration Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Represent clients in various immigration matters, including but not limited to asylum, status adjustment, guardianship, family-based petitions, and removal defense, including cases involving detained individuals. - Represent clients before the Board of Immigration Appeals, DHS, EOIR, and DOS. - Prepare applications and petitions for submission to appropriate agencies. - Assist with training and supervision of law
Job Title: Immigration Judge Department: Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review Job Responsibilities: - Preside over formal, quasi-judicial hearings which include removal and bond adjudications, and involve issues of removability as well as applications for relief such as asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture, cancellation of removal, and adjustment of status. - Conduct immigration court proceedings, appellat
Job Title: Immigration Attorney (EOIR) (Remote) Job Responsibilities: - Draft legal documents for the EOIR team, which primarily include pretrial statements, briefs, BIA appeals, criminal advice letters, post-conviction relief cases, and similar documents. - Complete accurate packet reviews within designated timeframes; this includes reviewing forms, motions, briefs/pretrial statements, affidavits, and other related documents. - Serve as a backup to the Associate Attorney (I
Job Title: Supervisory Immigration Judge (Assistant Chief Immigration Judge) Job Responsibilities: - Assist the Chief Immigration Judge and/or Deputy Chief Immigration Judge in managing and coordinating Immigration Judge activities and supervising the administrative operations of the program. - Participate in the development of policy and procedure for the operations of the program, determine and account for resource needs, evaluate and adjust broad objectives as needed, det
Fishers office of our client seeks a lawyer with immigration experience or a strong desire to learn immigration law. The candidate will represent the existing client base primarily in immigration matters. Will work closely with the firm's clients, administrative staff, and the management of the firm. Managed the Asylum team (composed of several staff members) with strong leadership skills by making/taking assignments and ensuring that the group completed the casework timely.