Staff Attorney, Immigration Legal Services

Job title: Staff Attorney, Immigration Legal Services
Reports to: Immigration Legal Services Director
Job type: Full-time, hybrid
Salary
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From $74,000
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Immigration Legal Services focuses on representing asylum seekers, unaccompanied children, and trafficking survivors in their immigration cases, while also supporting Pro Bono volunteers in this critical work. As a Staff Attorney in Immigration Legal Services, you will specialize in removal defense and asylum litigation, with a focus on representing and supporting volunteers who represent individuals in immigration court proceedings, including detained individuals facing deportation and prolonged detention.

Your primary objective is to provide high-quality legal representation and volunteer support in removal proceedings, asylum cases, and related federal litigation while building strategic partnerships that support immigrants vulnerable to detention and deportation. You will serve as a skilled litigator handling complex immigration cases at both the administrative and federal court levels.

This role combines direct immigration litigation with pro bono program support. You will handle removal defense cases, asylum applications, appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals, and federal litigation, including habeas corpus petitions and other federal court challenges. You will also recruit and mentor pro bono volunteers to expand the reach of legal services. Your work requires strong litigation skills, expertise in asylum and removal defense law, knowledge of federal immigration litigation procedures, and the ability to work with volunteers to handle complex legal challenges on behalf of vulnerable immigrant communities facing deportation.

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The Advocates for Human Rights
330 Second Avenue South, Suite 800
Minneapolis, MN 55401