Job’o’th’Week (Entry-Level Edition)
The Organization
The Migrant and Immigrant Community Action (MICA) Project is a Missouri-based nonprofit organization that provides low-cost immigration legal services. Their goal is to combine outreach with legal services to promote the voice and dignity of immigrant communities and to provide information and resources before legal issues arise.
The MICA Project’s legal services include family immigration matters, naturalization, removal defense, and asylum and refugee issues. Additionally, the MICA Project team provides legal services and resources to survivors of domestic violence.
The Position
The MICA Project seeks a Bilingual Staff Attorney to represent clients in benefits proceedings before USCIS and in removal proceedings in Immigration Court. Additionally, the staff attorney will participate in the MICA’s Projects community outreach and Know Your Rights efforts. The staff attorney will also be responsible for preparing all documents required for cases and applications, supervising volunteers and interns, participating in trainings on changes in immigration law, building relationships in the profession and the community, and tackling any other assigned tasks.
The ideal candidate will have experience in immigration law, whether that experience come from professional practice or clinic and externship work completed during law school. The ideal candidate will also have excellent verbal and written communication skills, the ability to work with a team, and enthusiasm for working in an evolving legal atmosphere where crisis situations are common.
See the full post on PSJD: https://www.psjd.org/opportunitydetails?OppID=97984