Summer Intern - Data Coordinator for Immigration Legal Services
About The Position
The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, a subdivision of the Michigan Advocacy Program (MAP), is seeking undergraduate and other non-law graduate interns to work with our Data Team for a summer 2026 internship, based out of any of our five office locations - Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ypsilanti, or Detroit. Michigan Immigrant Rights Center MIRC provides direct legal services to immigrant clients focusing on survivors of domestic violence and victims of crime, unaccompanied children, individuals in detention and removal proceedings, migrant farmworkers and immigrant workers, noncitizens applying for naturalization, and individuals seeking asylum, TPS, deferred action, and other forms of immigration relief. MIRC also provides technical and co-counsel assistance and training to Michigan legal aid and pro bono attorneys handling immigration and immigrant rights matters, including the rights of unaccompanied children, immigrant workers, and survivors of crime and domestic violence. MIRC conducts impact litigation, systemic advocacy on behalf of Michigan's low-income immigrants and their families, legislative and legal development tracking and analysis, and coalition-building among immigration assistance providers and immigrant advocacy organizations statewide. MIRC hosts summer interns in Ypsilanti, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Detroit – and is happy to consider hybrid working. Our Data Team MIRC’s Data Team ensures accurate and timely data reporting for contract and grant requirements by regularly auditing both MIRC’s internal database and external reporting platforms. The team utilizes languages such as R, Python, and tools like Salesforce reports and Microsoft Excel. In addition to reforming existing systems and developing new ones to enhance reporting efficiency, the team performs data analysis to improve client services and drive impactful projects. Job Description Interns on The Data Team are supervised by the Data Team Supervising Program Coordinator and can expect to be responsible for a small amount of data entry tasks, with the bulk of their work being either assisting with Data Team projects, or conducting their own Data-related projects in collaboration with other teams.
Requirements
- Applicants must reside in the state of Michigan while working for MAP.
- Current undergraduate or non-law graduate student with an interest in data and the U.S immigration system
Nice To Haves
- Preference for current study in Statistics, Data Science, Political Science, Computer Science, Macro Social Work, or related field
Responsibilities
- small amount of data entry tasks
- assisting with Data Team projects
- conducting their own Data-related projects in collaboration with other teams
Benefits
- Students and casual employees will earn sick time pursuant to Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”).
- Under the ESTA, sick leave accrues at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked.
- Employees begin to accrue sick leave on their first calendar day of employment or their date of eligibility under the ESTA, whichever is later.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
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