Job Description

Randstad is partnering with a legal services non-profit organization based in Memphis, TN in search of an Immigration Staff Attorney! (HYBRID) If you are a barred attorney who has a passion for face-to-face public interest work, immigration, and children and family, this opportunity is for you! Responsibilities and Duties include but are not limited to:

• Staff Attorney in its Memphis office will work with detained and released unaccompanied children (UC). The attorney will represent selected clients housed by ORR in a transitional foster care (TFC) program in Nashville, as well as children and adolescents released by ORR into the Mid-South (Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Mississippi). (The Immigration Court is located in Memphis). The attorney will work closely with legal and social services staff in MIA\xe2\x80\x99s Memphis and Nashville offices, and will be supervised by the \xe2\x80\x9cMemphis-based\xe2\x80\x9d Children\xe2\x80\x99s Project Supervising Attorney.
• Provide direct legal services to children and adolescents seeking asylum, Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS), and other forms of relief from removal in the Memphis Immigration Court, USCIS, and regional probate and juvenile courts.

Benefits:

• HYRBID: 2 days in office/per week
• Medical, Dental Vision, and dental insurance, life insurance, short and long-term disability, IRA.
• Employees receive 20 paid holidays each year, including the week between Christmas and New Years.
• First year employees receive two work weeks of paid vacation time and 10 days of paid sick days. Employees may take up to six weeks of paid parental leave.

If you are interested in this oportunity, please contact me to schdule an interview: Tessie.Gonzalez@RandstadUSA.com

salary: $65,000 - $80,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
education: Doctoral

Responsibilities

• Provide child-friendly, trauma-informed, and culturally competent legal services to children and youth who have been designated as unaccompanied minors, including Know Your Rights (KYR) presentations, individual screenings, pro se assistance, and referrals.
• Manage a full caseload of direct representation clients with complex immigration issues.
• Prepare and file applications for legal relief and represent clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the
• Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Texas state courts, and related entities.
• Provide child-friendly, trauma-informed, and culturally competent legal services to children and youth who have been designated as unaccompanied minors, including Know Your Rights (KYR) presentations, individual screenings, pro se assistance, and referrals.
• Manage a full caseload of direct representation clients with complex immigration issues.
• Prepare and file applications for legal relief and represent clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the
• Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Texas state courts, and related entit

Skills * Visa/Immigration

• IMMIGRATION LAW
• USCIS

Qualifications * Years of experience: 2 years

• Experience level: Experienced

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate\'s education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

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