Legal Advocate for Children's Rights

1 week ago


Phoenix, Arizona, United States Florence Project Full time
The Florence Project is seeking a skilled Legal Advocate for Children's Rights to join our team. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary of $68,848.00 - $93,107.71 DOE.

About the Role
This role will involve advocating for the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children and providing legal representation in immigration proceedings before the Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, Arizona Juvenile Courts, and other related services reasonably necessary to complete these proceedings. The Legal Advocate will work on a team to provide pre-court counseling sessions and direct representation for unaccompanied children. The position includes extensive client contact with youth, including indigenous youth and youth who have suffered abuse, abandonment, neglect or other emotional and physical trauma. It requires significant time in state and immigration court. The position also provides Know Your Rights presentations as needed and the opportunity to participate in outreach activities and collaborative projects within a national network of legal service providers for unaccompanied immigrant children. Additional duties include conducting intake interviews and providing Know Your Rights information to detained and non-detained unaccompanied immigrant children, as needed; appearing as Friend of the Court before Immigration Court (EOIR); liaising with children's detention shelters as part of a team with legal assistants; developing and maintaining cooperative relationships with local and national community partners, including but not limited to private immigration attorneys, public officials, law enforcement officials, and other nonprofits that provide services to the immigrant population; developing and maintaining professional relationships with the Immigration Court (EOIR), Superior Court of Arizona Juvenile Courts, and the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), government and social service organizations, and community organizations; communicating with the Managing Attorney about possible advocacy initiatives and legal trainings for the community; supporting Florence Project advocacy, outreach and development activities as needed; performing other administrative duties as needed.

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