Core Responsibilities- Immigrant Court Advocacy
- Legal Research & Guidance
- Maintaining Legal Excellence
- Exemplifying Professional Leadership
What will you be doing in your role?- Provide legal representation in removal defense, waiver applications, and appellate matters, representing clients before the immigration court and appellate forums as needed.
- Handle complex cases, primarily removal defense, representing clients before the immigration court and the appellate system as needed.
- Take on cases involving inadmissibility and other waivers, consequences of criminal history, appeals, and other advanced immigration matters.
- Support the Director in maintaining staff competency in immigration law and in establishing procedures that ensure quality client service
- Establish and maintain procedures that ensure exceptional client service across the program.
- Take responsibility for cases from intake through resolution.
- Determine and ensure the availability of legal resources needed for effective service delivery.
- Invest in your own professional development and transfer knowledge to the team.
- Provide leadership through behavior and practice.
- Conduct legal research to ensure compliance with immigration laws and regulations and provide technical support to program staff on their cases.
- Monitors changes in immigration law and policy and translates complex legal developments into practical guidance for program staff.
- Serves as a subject-matter resource for immigration law questions, ensuring staff have timely and reliable legal guidance.
Are you the next Immigration Attorney?- Law degree from an American Bar Association-accredited institution.
- Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
- 1-2 years of experience in immigration law preferred; experience in immigration court or other adversarial litigation settings is a plus.
- Bilingual in Spanish strongly required.
- Excellent client service skills and strong attention to detail.
- Able to work independently and as a member of a team.
Here's the Good Stuff...- Full-time salaried position, with a starting salary of $90,000, based on the minimum requirements of the job requirements above. Pay is determined by relevant experience, work history, education and internal equities.
- Medical/ Dental/ Vision/ Short Term Disability/ Accident Insurance/ Hospital Indemnity Insurance/ Critical Illness/ ID Shield
- Health Savings Account- CCFW contributes $110 per month.
- 100% Company paid Long Term Disability
- 100% Company paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
- 16 paid Holidays (including being closed Christmas Eve through New Years Day)
- Tiered PTO Accrual by tenure:
- Vacation Time- 100 hours in your first year.
- Sick Time- 48 hours in your first year.
- 403(b) with employer match from day one- up to 6%
- 3 weeks paid parental/critical illness leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- CCFW Participates in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF)
- Mentorship Program
- Wellness Program
- Financial Coaching
I'm in! Next stepsWe want to know more about you! To proceed through our process, we need your...
- Completed Application
- Resume
- Culture Index Survey
Apply on our website: https://catholiccharitiesfortworth.org/joinourteam/
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