About the role

  • Support a Lead Immigration Attorney and other attorneys in providing legal services representing clients in defensive and affirmative cases, including: Removal defense: defense against deportation, including the filing of Asylum/Withholding of Removal/Cancellation of Removal/Motions to Change Venue/Prosecutorial Requests/SIJS predicate orders.
  • Affirmative matters: including naturalization, adjustment of status, temporary protected status, asylum, family petition, VAWA, U & T visas, and employment authorization.
  • Daily communications and meetings with attorneys, clients, staff, and USCIS regarding ongoing cases.
  • Conduct legal research and draft legal briefs and other documents for attorneys.
  • Investigate and gather facts for cases, petitions, and applications.
  • Record case management data in physical files, OneDrive, and LawLab in accordance with laws, industry standards, and in-house procedures; and assist in compiling data for program reporting as needed.
  • Obtain U visa certifications, police records, court records.
  • Submit FOIA requests to CBP, USCIS, Department of State, and the FBI.
  • Assist in creating educational materials about immigration processes and rights for staff and the public.
  • Assist with other immigration legal services projects and duties as assigned, such as attending and assisting at local in-person legal clinics organized by IRCO.

Requirements

  • Associate’s degree, or foreign educational equivalent, in Paralegal or Legal Studies;
  • 2 years of experience as a Paralegal or Legal Assistant, to include the following, which may have been gained concurrently: 2 years of immigration experience in a non-profit legal services setting.
  • 2 years of experience supporting attorneys in both affirmative and defensive immigration matters, including removal and related defensive applications, asylum, U & T visas, VAWA, deferred action, naturalization, adjustment of status, family petitions, and employment authorization.
  • 2 years of experience preparing immigration-related application and petition forms and supporting documents for immigration court and USCIS filings, including I-589, I-360, I-765, N-400, I-485, I-821, I-589, I-730, and I-130.
  • Demonstrated experience providing trauma-informed immigration legal services to vulnerable communities.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development

Job title

Senior Paralegal

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

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