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Senior Immigration Attorney

4 weeks ago

San Diego, California, United States Legal Aid Society of San Diego Full time
Job Summary

The Senior Attorney will lead the Immigration Team in all aspects of client representation and administrative responsibilities. This includes preparing and submitting affirmative filings, representing clients in immigration court proceedings, and training and supervising staff.

Key Responsibilities
  • Oversee the substantive and administrative responsibilities of the Immigration Team.
  • Represent clients in all phases of affirmative immigration applications and immigration court removal defense.
  • Prepare affirmative filings for USCIS and accompany clients to USCIS interviews and filing appeals from denied applications.
  • Train and assist less experienced staff attorneys and accredited representatives to become effective in representation of their clients.
  • Evaluate the work of and create professional development plans for staff underneath direct supervision.
  • Monitor team productivity and quality of work, help maintain the team calendar, conduct team meetings and case reviews.
  • Manage all team-specific grants, including grant writing, ensuring timely completion of deliverables, drafting and submitting grant reports, responding to funders, preparing for and participating in monitoring visits.
  • Propose new funding strategies and solicit increased funding via grant proposals and submissions for the team.
  • Assist in the implementation of substantive and administrative policies and procedures.
  • Attend community outreach and education events, conduct substantive workshops, trainings, and clinics; conduct screenings and assessments of applicants and clients.
  • Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with client communities, community-based organizations, partner organizations, the immigration court, and government agencies.
  • Timely and accurately perform all required personal administrative duties for the benefit of the program and as an example for staff.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of creative strategies for resolution of systemic problems which adversely affect our client communities, including legislative and administrative advocacy.
  • Ensure compliance with all program and grant requirements.
  • Work closely with Executive Management and meaningfully report to the Board of Directors annually.
  • Answer questions about immigration eligibility for all LASSD staff.
Requirements
  • Must be a member in good standing with the bar and eligible to practice in the highest court of any state, possession, territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
  • Must have five (5) years' experience as a practicing attorney, three (3) years of which must be in civil poverty law or public interest law.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Spanish required.
  • Must have substantive and procedural expertise in all aspects of the practice of immigration law.
  • Skill in working independently and following through on assignments with accuracy and minimal direction, as well as supporting team efforts, and to strategize and plan to timely and consistently meet grant deliverables and reporting requirements.
  • Demonstrated skills in managing others in a regulated climate and ensuring personal and team compliance with such regulations.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with other teams, the public, volunteers, court personnel, government agencies, and partner organizations.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Experience with grant writing, reporting and management.
  • Excellent Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint skills.
Salary and Benefits

The Immigration Senior Attorney is an exempt position with an annual salary range of $110,000 - $165,000. The starting salary is $110,000.

In addition, there is a bilingual pay increase of 2% for passing an oral test and 2% for passing a written test for threshold languages other than English.

LASSD offers a generous benefits package, a 35-hour workweek, paid vacation leave and sick leave and 100% employer-paid medical premium, 50% employer-paid premium for dependents under LASSD health plan, as well as dental, vision and life benefits.

Staff also have the option to participate in a 403(b)-retirement plan and dependent and health flex savings accounts (FSA).

LASSD has its own law school loan repayment program and is an eligible nonprofit employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

LASSD is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other status protected by state or federal law.

Hybrid Work Environment

LASSD has adopted a hybrid work environment in which most staff are required to work in the office part of the week and permitted to work remotely for the remainder of the week, provided their job duties allow.

All employees are issued LASSD computers and provided with appropriate supplies to perform their work.

LASSD has implemented and continues to explore additional technologies to make our hybrid working environment as efficient and connected as possible.

All employees must be available to travel to LASSD offices and service locations throughout San Diego County as needed and in compliance with public health advisories.

Applicants must reside in or near San Diego County or plan to relocate in or near the County prior to their start date and must be able to commute to the physical Legal Aid Society of San Diego office locations or service delivery locations within San Diego County.

LASSD's normal business hours are 9am-5pm, but we are open to providing flexible work schedules to the extent feasible for the position.

LASSD reserves the right to change these policies at any time.

Diversity and Inclusion

It is vitally important to LASSD that we represent the community that we serve.

LASSD is a signatory to the San Diego County Bar Association's Diversity Pledge.

We pledge to promote diversity and inclusion through hiring and retention, promotion and leadership, engagement of outside counsel, and participation in legal community diversity initiatives.

We strongly encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply.