Supervisory Attorney - Immigrants & Workers' Rights (Immigration) - Legal Aid Chicago (Formerly LAF)
Chicago, IL
About the Job
This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more
information, please see:
https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12205783
Legal Aid Chicago encourages applicants with relevant volunteer and work
experience, who have experiences with our client communities or
individuals who identify as a person of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrant, or
otherwise having backgrounds and experiences that are underrepresented
in the legal profession to apply.
For over 50 years, Legal Aid Chicago has provided free civil legal
assistance to people living in poverty in metropolitan Chicago. Each
year our attorneys, volunteers, and staff help resolve civil legal
problems, including domestic violence, consumer fraud, and unfair
evictions. Legal Aid Chicago was founded on the philosophy that all
individuals are entitled to quality civil legal representation,
regardless of their income. We work to ensure that poverty is not an
impediment to justice by dismantling the legal barriers that perpetuate
inequality. Legal Aid Chicago staff live our mission through our core
values of equity, excellence, inclusion, kindness, and respect.
Legal Aid Chicago offers a hybrid work environment. Our office, located
in downtown Chicago at 120 S. LaSalle Street, is ADA accessible and has
convenient access to public transportation and local expressways. This
position may require travel to court or other outreach events.
Position: Legal Aid Chicagos Immigrants and Workers Rights Practice
Group (IWR) includes the areas of employment, immigration, migrant
farmworker, and human trafficking law. IWRs four teams work both
independently and in an interdisciplinary manner when these areas of law
intersect.
IWRs Immigration Project has an opening for a full-time Supervisory
Attorney whose primary work is to coordinate and supervise a team of
attorneys and paralegals providing direct services to newly-arrived
immigrants in, or subject to, removal proceedings. This will include
work at the Chicago Immigration Court and with the Courts leadership to
further develop an existing pro se assistance program, which includes
providing information, advice, and pro se legal assistance to asylum
seekers. The supervisor will also provide legal assistance to survivors
of domestic violence and sexual assault and work collaboratively with
the Immigration Projects current supervisory team of three, to supervise
additional Immigration Project staff.
Responsibilities:
- Supervise attorneys and paralegals who handle a full caseload in the
above areas of law, including editing written work, providing
guidance on case strategy, co-counseling complex cases, conducting
regular case reviews, providing training in substantive areas of
law, and completing performance evaluations
- Maintain a reasonable individual caseload involving humanitarian
visas, including U and T visas, VAWA self-petitions, conditional
residency waivers, and limited representation in removal proceedings
- Work collaboratively with the Immigration Projects Supervisory team
- Address systemic issues in immigration or removal proceedings
- Work with other IWR disciplines when legal work intersects, and with
additional staff in other Legal Aid Chicago Practice Groups where
multi-issue representation arises, e.g., public benefits or family
law
- Maintain accurate time records and ensure supervised staff do as
well
- Assist in reporting and administering applicable grants
- Train external service providers on pro se assistance to immigrants
in removal proceedings
- Participate in other activities related to poverty law including
publication, permissible legislative and administrative advocacy,
media relations, and fundraising
- Participate in Legal Aid Chicago program activities
- Represent Legal Aid Chicago on relevant community task forces,
committees, or other g vernment or non-profit bodies connected with
our work
- Collaborate on projects that could involve outreach to community
groups, developing new strategies for serving our clients, or
addressing systemic issues through litigation, negotiation or
advocacy and
- Other duties as assigned by the Director.
Salary and Benefits:
The Supervisory Attorney position begins at $84,500 and increases with
experience.
Legal Aid Chicago offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Bilingual Supervisory Attorneys are eligible for an additional stipend
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, effective the first day of
employment
Time Off: 21 vacation days and 18 sick days accrued within the first
year of employment
19 paid holidays, including four floating holidays
Twelve weeks of Paid Parental Leave at 100% of the salary after six
months of employment
401(a) retirement plan with an employer contribution after 3 months of
employment
$100,000 Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance, at
no cost
Access to Employee Assistance Program resources, at no c
information, please see:
https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12205783
Legal Aid Chicago encourages applicants with relevant volunteer and work
experience, who have experiences with our client communities or
individuals who identify as a person of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrant, or
otherwise having backgrounds and experiences that are underrepresented
in the legal profession to apply.
For over 50 years, Legal Aid Chicago has provided free civil legal
assistance to people living in poverty in metropolitan Chicago. Each
year our attorneys, volunteers, and staff help resolve civil legal
problems, including domestic violence, consumer fraud, and unfair
evictions. Legal Aid Chicago was founded on the philosophy that all
individuals are entitled to quality civil legal representation,
regardless of their income. We work to ensure that poverty is not an
impediment to justice by dismantling the legal barriers that perpetuate
inequality. Legal Aid Chicago staff live our mission through our core
values of equity, excellence, inclusion, kindness, and respect.
Legal Aid Chicago offers a hybrid work environment. Our office, located
in downtown Chicago at 120 S. LaSalle Street, is ADA accessible and has
convenient access to public transportation and local expressways. This
position may require travel to court or other outreach events.
Position: Legal Aid Chicagos Immigrants and Workers Rights Practice
Group (IWR) includes the areas of employment, immigration, migrant
farmworker, and human trafficking law. IWRs four teams work both
independently and in an interdisciplinary manner when these areas of law
intersect.
IWRs Immigration Project has an opening for a full-time Supervisory
Attorney whose primary work is to coordinate and supervise a team of
attorneys and paralegals providing direct services to newly-arrived
immigrants in, or subject to, removal proceedings. This will include
work at the Chicago Immigration Court and with the Courts leadership to
further develop an existing pro se assistance program, which includes
providing information, advice, and pro se legal assistance to asylum
seekers. The supervisor will also provide legal assistance to survivors
of domestic violence and sexual assault and work collaboratively with
the Immigration Projects current supervisory team of three, to supervise
additional Immigration Project staff.
Responsibilities:
- Supervise attorneys and paralegals who handle a full caseload in the
above areas of law, including editing written work, providing
guidance on case strategy, co-counseling complex cases, conducting
regular case reviews, providing training in substantive areas of
law, and completing performance evaluations
- Maintain a reasonable individual caseload involving humanitarian
visas, including U and T visas, VAWA self-petitions, conditional
residency waivers, and limited representation in removal proceedings
- Work collaboratively with the Immigration Projects Supervisory team
- Address systemic issues in immigration or removal proceedings
- Work with other IWR disciplines when legal work intersects, and with
additional staff in other Legal Aid Chicago Practice Groups where
multi-issue representation arises, e.g., public benefits or family
law
- Maintain accurate time records and ensure supervised staff do as
well
- Assist in reporting and administering applicable grants
- Train external service providers on pro se assistance to immigrants
in removal proceedings
- Participate in other activities related to poverty law including
publication, permissible legislative and administrative advocacy,
media relations, and fundraising
- Participate in Legal Aid Chicago program activities
- Represent Legal Aid Chicago on relevant community task forces,
committees, or other g vernment or non-profit bodies connected with
our work
- Collaborate on projects that could involve outreach to community
groups, developing new strategies for serving our clients, or
addressing systemic issues through litigation, negotiation or
advocacy and
- Other duties as assigned by the Director.
Salary and Benefits:
The Supervisory Attorney position begins at $84,500 and increases with
experience.
Legal Aid Chicago offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Bilingual Supervisory Attorneys are eligible for an additional stipend
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, effective the first day of
employment
Time Off: 21 vacation days and 18 sick days accrued within the first
year of employment
19 paid holidays, including four floating holidays
Twelve weeks of Paid Parental Leave at 100% of the salary after six
months of employment
401(a) retirement plan with an employer contribution after 3 months of
employment
$100,000 Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance, at
no cost
Access to Employee Assistance Program resources, at no c
Source : Legal Aid Chicago (Formerly LAF)
