Open Door Legal · 1 month ago
Senior Immigration Attorney
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$90K/yr - $106K/yr
5+ years expOpen Door Legal is a pioneering legal aid organization focused on providing universal access to civil legal representation to combat poverty. They are seeking a Senior Immigration Attorney to supervise legal staff and ensure timely, competent representation for immigrants seeking legal assistance in various immigration matters.
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Responsibilities
Directly represent clients in every type of affirmative immigration petition, as well as the occasional case in removal
Supervise paralegals, junior attorneys, and volunteers, ensuring your direct reports handle a full caseload and deliver high-quality work while owning your own cases as needed, ensuring we meet our organization’s and team’s goals
Perform immigration law intakes in-person and virtually across multiple physical Open Door Legal locations
Appear in court and USCIS, representing clients as needed
Gain and maintain the skills and knowledge needed to competently represent clients before the relevant government agencies and components, including but not limited to VAWA, asylum, removal defense, U-visas, T-visas, TPS, DACA, Family-based applications, SIJS, and Consular processing
Empower immigration law clients to know their rights, navigate the immigration system, protect themselves and their loved ones, and resolve their immigration law issues
Provide services and support to our low-income clients with sensitivity and awareness to various cultural, socio-economic, and disability barriers to service and skillfully navigate difficult or tense situations. Deliver a consistently positive client feedback rating for the Immigration Law Department
Implement and manage the organization’s Immigration Volunteer Program, including working with stakeholders to implement and manage the organization’s Immigration Volunteer Program; understanding the requirements of implementation, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical rules and agency-specific requirements; and hiring, training, and supervising volunteers
Embrace and embody our values of teamwork, grit, caring, passion, and dynamism
Qualification
Required
A minimum of five (5) years of experience in affirmative forms of immigration relief, including family-based applications, U-nonimmigrant, T-nonimmigrant, SIJS, naturalization, and VAWA
Membership in good standing with the California State Bar. Applicants without active California bar membership will not be considered
Advanced Spanish proficiency (speaking, reading, and writing)
Must genuinely enjoy and be motivated by working with low-income clients, the vast majority of whom are people of color, and be able to work effectively with clients impacted by trauma (emotional, mental, and physical)
Familiarity with immigration court procedures and an enthusiasm for professional growth and learning, as well as for staying on top of the rapid and often substantive changes in immigration law
High level of comfort in learning and using technology and cloud-based case management systems. We use Salesforce, Dropbox, and the Google Suite
Must be willing to make a minimum two-year commitment to the organization
Preferred
Comfort translating and interpreting legal information from English to Spanish without assistance
Experience working with low-income and vulnerable populations
Experience working in a high-volume legal aid or similar environment
Experience in onboarding and managing volunteers
Experience living in Central America or working with Central American populations
Knowledge of other local non-profit organizations and tools for assisting low-income, underserved communities
Having lived a significant period of your life in San Francisco proper
Benefits
Loan Repayment Assistance - for staff pursuing 10-year public interest debt forgiveness, we will pay the minimum payment on all qualifying loans so that you don’t need to worry about student loan debt (this is a conditional benefit).
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan offerings at 100% coverage
Generous paid time off (four weeks vacation and two weeks sick/care)
Flexible work hours
Generous paid parental leave
401K/Retirement Account
We believe everyone is always learning. We financially invest in individual professional development for each staff member and provide many internal and external mentorships, coaching, and learning opportunities (conferences, workshops, etc.).
We are a fun and hard-working office with best-in-class technology solutions for anyone who’s passionate about making a meaningful and measurable difference.
Company
Open Door Legal
Open Door Legal introduces the first system of universal access to legal help.
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
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