Job o’ the Day: 2012 Fellowship in Immigrant Child Law & Advocacy at the Univ. of Chicago Law!
Are you a Spanish-speaking lawyer or recent law graduate who loves working with volunteers or teaching law students? Are you also interested in immigration law and children’s advocacy? The University of Chicago School of Law’s Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is currently accepting applications for its 2012 Fellowship in Immigrant Child Law & Advocacy!
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, based at the University of Chicago Law School’s Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education, is seeking applications for a Fellowship in Immigrant Child Law and Advocacy, to commence in September 2012. The Young Center is dedicated to promoting the best interests—safety and well-being—of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children in the United States. The immediate focus of the Young Center’s work is to serve as Child Advocate (guardian ad litem for children in immigration proceedings) for unaccompanied and separated children pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. The Young Center also conducts policy advocacy at the local and national level to promote consideration of best interests in all decisions concerning immigrant children. The Young Center is a project of the Tides Center and is an independent non-profit organization based at the University of Chicago Law School.
The Fellow will assist with the supervision of law students serving as Child Advocate for unaccompanied immigrant children through the Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic. The Fellow will be expected to assist with all levels of client work, including serving as Child Advocate, research, writing and advocacy. The Fellow will participate in the teaching of a weekly seminar, focused on issues arising in the immigration context for unaccompanied immigrant children and skills training.
For more information on qualifications, salary and application instructions, check out the full listing at PSJD.org (log-in required)!