Supervising Attorney for Immigrant Children

3 hours ago


Reston, Virginia, United States Immigration Center for Women and Children Full time

Job Summary

The Immigration Center for Women and Children seeks a full-time supervising attorney to join our multi-disciplinary team in our San Francisco office. The supervising attorney will provide trauma-informed services to unaccompanied immigrant children who fled abuse in their home country and are in, or released from, federal Office of Refugee and Resettlement (ORR) custody in Marin County.

The supervising attorney will supervise staff attorneys and support staff, collaborate with other attorneys, social workers, legal assistants, and interns, and manage their own modest caseload. They will also work closely with the ICWC ORR team members and managers across all 5 ICWC offices in California and Nevada.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supervise staff attorneys and support staff
  • Collaborate with other attorneys, social workers, legal assistants, and interns
  • Manage own modest caseload
  • Work closely with ICWC ORR team members and managers

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor degree
  • License to practice law in the United States
  • Member of the CA bar or willing to sit for the next CA bar exam

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in immigration law practice, and ideally with humanitarian forms of relief including SIJS and asylum
  • Commitment to providing direct services to immigrants at an efficient pace to sustain a reasonable caseload
  • Ability to supervise attorneys and support staff in their direct services work
  • Desire to support organizational priorities and goals
  • Ability to communicate in Spanish, or a commitment to learning enough Spanish to have basic communications with clients without an interpreter

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurances
  • 403b and Roth retirement plans plus employer match
  • FSA (flexible spending account for healthcare, commuting, and dependent care expenses)
  • Reimbursement for preventative wellness activities and parking
  • Generous paid time off, in addition to office closures for 13 state and federal holidays and a week-long winter break
  • Relocation stipend

Work Environment

  • This role is primarily on site
  • When starting the job and during the initial onboarding and training period, new employees work on site
  • After that initial period, attorneys may work remotely up to one day per week

Travel Requirements

  • This role will involve limited travel
  • To the ORR shelter in Marin County
  • To state court in the immediate and surrounding Bay area counties for SIJS clients
  • To immigration court for clients facing removal proceedings

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