Staff Attorney - Delray Beach, FL

Responsibilities

• Conduct intake interviews with clients; prepare clients for court appearances and/or USCIS interviews.
• Adequately represent CWS clients at USCIS and EOIR, including but not limited to: Immigration Interviews, Asylum Hearings; Master/Individual Calendar Hearings; and submission of briefs to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
• Negotiate with USCIS officers and Supervisors at local District Office or Service Centers to rectify problems faced by clients.
• Draft supplemental statements, rebuttals to Notices of Intent to Deny and Requests for Evidence; prepare and file immigration applications and motions; prepare other ancillary immigration papers, including Freedom of Information Act requests.
• Properly manage client appointments and professional duties to ensure thorough and professional representation of client interests.
• Conduct weekly file review to ensure that all case files are maintained appropriately as pertains to professional service delivery.
• Supervise support staff personnel to ensure successful achievement of daily activities as they pertain to Staff Attorney duties.
• Ensure adequate review of immigration forms completed by the legal staff.
• Represent CWS/IRP at community-based organization meetings, and various Task Force meetings, related to immigration issues.
• Respond to requests for information posed by Staff and other legal service providers, as appropriate.
• Conduct legal research to support filed immigration applications.
• Provide legal and programmatic information for the development of grant applications and new programs on behalf of IRP legal and immigration services.
• Promote the CWS legal program through various media including newspaper, radio and television.
• Coordinate and plan outreach activities to achieve program goals.

Qualifications

• JD degree with specialization in Immigration law.
• Must be licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction (state Bar preferred).
• A minimum of 2 - 4 years' experience with immigration representation and other areas of Immigration Law, including asylum representation.
• A minimum of 2 years' experience supervising others.
• Spanish and/or Haitian Creole language fluency required.