Position Title: Immigration Staff Attorney
Reports to: Program
Director, Immigration Services
Divisional
Director, Immigration & Refugee Services
Office: Catholic
Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of New York
Division
of Immigration & Refugee Services
Status: Full
Time (Exempt)
Responsibilities:
1.
Advice and counsel
to and supervision of migration
counselors in general immigrant and non-immigrant status matters, including,
but not limited to: family reunification (adjustment of status), visa extension
and change of status, religious worker, naturalization, green card extension,
travel/advance parole, special adjustment relief (NACARA, HRIFA, Cuban
Adjustment Act), etc.
2.
Representation, as
needed, in cases of migration counselors;
3.
Working under the
supervision of the Divisional Director on existing caseload of 70+ complex
immigration cases, including removal proceedings.
4.
Screening,
advising, and representing individuals, detained and non-detained, facing
removal proceedings or other immigration-related federal litigation matters,
including, but not limited to: cancellation of removal, asylum, Board of
Immigration Appeals (and federal appeals practice under supervision and upon
approval), representation on the juvenile docket, etc.
5.
Counseling and
representing individuals in more specialized and complex immigration
applications including, but not limited to: special juvenile immigrant
petition, VAWA petitions, U and T visa applications, deferred action,
inadmissibility waivers, etc.
6.
Supervising
and training law student interns;
7.
Assisting with
emergency walk-in cases, as necessary.
8.
Providing in-house
and outreach trainings, presentations and workshops, as directed.
9.
Maintaining and
updating case files and case management database.
10.
Compiling monthly
statistics and reports.
11.
Other duties as
assigned.
Qualifications:
1.
Juris Doctor;
2.
Two years or more
of post-JD experience in immigration law preferred;
3.
Fluency in 2nd language
preferred;
4.
Admission to a bar of any state and/or the
District of Columbia;
5.
Excellent oral and written communication
skills; excellent organizational skills;
6.
Computer proficiency.
Please
e-mail resume and letter of interest to Mario Russell at mario.russell@archny.org.
