Immigration Associate Attorney

 About the role

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 assigned non-attorney team members. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 or more years of experience in family and humanitarian immigration law and will have 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.   

What you'll do

• Creatively identify types of immigration relief for which clients might be eligible. 

• Strategize on how to advocate for clients and resolve challenging immigration questions. 

• Provide leadership, support, and training to non-attorney team members. 

• Audit work product from our non-attorney team members 

• Provide training on, monitor, and enforce ethical obligations for non-attorney team members. 

• Answer legal questions from assigned legal support teams. 

• Review and edit USCIS applications and supporting materials and complete operational tasks as necessary for legal team to meet legal ops goals. 

• Stay informed about legislative, regulatory, administrative, and case law changes. 

Qualifications 

• 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
• 3+ years of experience in an immigration law firm
• Experience handling humanitarian and family-based visas applications a plus, but not required (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 
• Ability to communicate well with clients and provide legal guidance