Description:

Position: A Non-Profit Organization is seeking a bilingual (Spanish/English) staff attorney to join its dynamic and committed team working directly with migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and community groups to provide civil legal services to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers throughout Michigan. The position will have an emphasis on farmworkers' trafficking and employment cases—such as filing administrative, state, and federal complaints related to wage theft, trafficking, discrimination, sexual harassment, housing, workplace health and safety, and exploitative schemes involving the H-2A visa program—and will include significant collaboration with local and national community partners engaged in anti-trafficking and farmworker advocacy. This position is union supported and based out of our Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, or Ypsilanti (Ann Arbor area) office with a flexible remote work schedule option.

Required Qualifications:
  • Applicants must be licensed to practice law in Michigan, qualify to be admitted by waiver, or able to take the next available bar exam in Michigan;
  • have lived or mission-aligned work experience or a demonstrated commitment to advocating in low-income or immigrant communities;
  • be willing to occasionally work a flexible schedule that may include travel and evening or weekend outreach;
  • have demonstrated success working effectively in teams with diverse identities;
  • possess excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills; and
  • be committed to social, racial, and economic justice and FLS's mission.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Priority will be given to applicants who have experience litigating at state or federal levels;
  • working knowledge in employment and labor law, farmworker advocacy, or legal services;
  • Spanish and English communication skills;
  • proficiency in Haitian Creole or indigenous languages native to Mexico or Central America;
  • familiarity with or interest in learning immigration laws and labor-based immigration relief (such as deferred action, U-Visas, T-Visas, and H-2 visas), farmworker advocacy, or legal services;
  • demonstrated success working effectively in teams and independently to meet multiple deadlines; and
  • possess excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.