Staff Attorney, Non-Profit

Entre Hermanos is seeking a Staff Attorney to represent Latina/Latino/Latinx LGBTQ immigrants in immigration proceedings. The ideal candidate is an excellent advocate with strong writing, interpersonal, and organizational skills who works well in a fast-paced collaborative environment and has experience providing immigration services to low-income people along with a demonstrated commitment to the LGBTQ community and cultural competence with a part of the diverse cultural experiences of our community.

The Staff Attorney will report to the Managing Attorney, with skip-level to the Director of Legal Services. They must be willing to work in collaboration on our caseload. The position will involve representing legal clients in Immigration Court with defensive asylum and other remedies and before the USCIS on wide variety of immigration matters, including adjustment of status, consularprocessing, affirmative asylum,and naturalization. The attorney will work in a hybrid setting with a combination of remote and in-office work. The attorney is encouraged to establish client relationships in person if possible, and also to be present sufficient hours to foster a sense of teamwork in the legal department and within the wider agency. To this end, remote hours should never exceed in-office hours.

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Conduct in-office immigration screenings for clientsrequesting our services
• Managementand outreach of naturalization clinics
• Conduct outreach, workshops, and presentations in the community
• Participatein collaborative partnerships with other community organizations
• Participatein ongoing professional development to improveclient services
• Make appearances on behalf of clients in immigration proceedings or before USCIS
• Assist other members of the legal team in preparing and presenting cases
• Coordinatesand supports community meetings and other community outreachactivities.
• Other responsibilities as assigned