Immigration Staff Attorney

Bread For The City • Washington, DC

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

Bread for the City's Legal Clinic seeks to ensure better access to justice in Washington, DC. The Immigration practice provides direct legal representation, brief legal services, and advice to DC residents with immigration-related issues. This full-time attorney position is within the Immigrant Justice Project, focusing on community outreach, legal intake and screening, advice, brief services, and full legal representation to immigrant District residents. The project has two main focuses: representing survivors of intimate partner and family violence in humanitarian-based immigration petitions (VAWA, T/U visas, SIJS), and providing brief services for obtaining or replacing identification documents in partnership with the medical clinic and community partners. The practice is also expanding into asylum and deportation defense. The attorney will also conduct advocacy, education, and outreach, including participating in a medical-legal partnership and training/mentoring pro bono attorneys, particularly in limited-service asylum assistance.

Requirements

• Member of the DC Bar or eligible to practice under DC Court of Appeals Rule 49(c)
• Strong organizational, research, and oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and racial equity and/or willingness to learn and carry out Bread for the City's commitments in these areas
• High degree of flexibility and adaptability
• Creative problem-solver in individual work and team projects, bringing humor and compassion
• Ability to work with other staff and interact with a wide variety of people, including volunteers, in a professional and collaborative manner
• Flexibility to join our hybrid-work environment, a blend of in-person and remote work
• Comfortable working in an open work environment, with no private offices for staff, and remotely from home
• Familiarity with Google Organization & Productivity Tools (Gmail, Google Docs, Calendar), Salesforce, and/or ability to learn new technology systems
• Must be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19, unless exempted.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in a legal services or other public interest setting
• Litigation experience and ability to perform effectively in court
• 1-3 years of experience representing noncitizens in immigration applications before federal immigration agencies
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) skills

Responsibilities

• Provide community outreach, legal intake and screening, advice, brief services, and full legal representation to immigrant District residents.
• Provide full representation to survivors of intimate partner and family violence in humanitarian-based immigration petitions, including VAWA self-petitions, T/U visa petitions, and SIJS petitions.
• Provide brief services to immigrant residents who need assistance in obtaining or replacing identification documents, including Division of Motor Vehicles, country of origin and US-government identification, and employment authorization.
• Conduct advocacy, education, and other outreach activities.
• Participate in the medical-legal partnership, working directly with medical and social services staff to support Bread patients with tangential immigration issues.
• Train and mentor pro bono attorneys, particularly in limited-service asylum assistance, once relevant experience is acquired.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package (details available at https://breadforthecity.org/work-with-us/)
• Attorney salaries start at $77,000
• Additional $1000 for every year of paid legal experience, capped at $3,000, for lateral attorneys
• Additional $2500 for specific bilingual language skills based on proficiency level
• DC Bar Foundation Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) for qualified attorneys

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed