Description:

The Associate Attorney will be responsible for working on various types of immigration applications and will help supervise and serve as a legal resource to our Intake Team and other teams within the firm. The ideal candidate will have experience working with non-legal staff. Experience in family and humanitarian immigration law is a plus, but training will be provided; more important is having a passion to help as many immigrants without documentation legalize their status as possible. They will be a legal professional who advises and represents clients in relation to their legal rights in immigration services.

Responsibilities/Duties:

Creatively identify what types of immigration relief for which clients might be eligible.
Strategize on how to advocate for clients and resolve challenging immigration questions.
Prepare clients for, and attend, interviews with USCIS.
Provide leadership, support, and training to the paralegal team and other non-lawyer staff.
Provide training on, monitor, and enforce ethical obligations for non-lawyer team members.
Answer legal questions from legal support teams.
Review and edit USCIS applications and supporting materials.
Stay informed about legislative, regulatory, administrative, and case law changes.
Provide strategic insight on case processing and establish and look for ways to improve legal processes.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Bilingual in English and Spanish
The candidate should have a J.D. degree from an ABA-approved law school and be an active member in good standing of a state bar.

Because we practice federal immigration law exclusively, applicants do not need bar licensure in the specific state in which they are located.

Experience working with, training, and supervising non-lawyer staff
A plus would be previous experience in an immigration law firm handling humanitarian and family-based visas applications (e.g. VAWA, T-Visa, U-Visa, Asylum, Medical DA, I-601, DS-260, DS-160, I-130, N-400)
Advocacy-focused approach to representation of clients
Continued improvement mindset, with an innovative approach to analyzing and improving operations and processes
Excitement for change and growth
Leadership skills and strong work ethic