Public Interest

Chicago, IL, United States

Paralegal, Removal – Immigrant Justice Legal Clinic

Legal Staff

2-3 yrs required

Full-time

No

primary job duties and responsibilities direct services, case management, and data collection responsibilities: provide professional and courteous service to clients and potential clients including answering and returning phone calls, case preparation, and case follow-up work with managing attorney and staff attorney/doj to prepare forms for detained and nondetained docket clients including filings for eoir or the board of immigration appeals (bia) schedule calls with detained clients at boone, clay, dodge, or any other facility where trp clients are detained assist with supporting documents collection, including but not limited to: from police departments, sheriff's departments, family members, and treatment facilities work with attorneys/dojs and support services coordinator to develop release plans, recommend families for support services assistance, or connect families to bond fund assistance when appropriate maintain comprehensive up-to-date notes of client contact, indicating date, subject matter, and resolution in the client file, per trp’s immigration legal services program procedures, and notify client of all activity regarding their case in a timely manner attend and participate in required educational programs and staff meetings perform other duties as assigned essential knowledge and skills: minimum of 2-3 years of experience as an immigration paralegal, handling primarily removal/deportation defense cases experience working with both detained and non-detained clients experience working with detained clients strongly preferred ability to assist attorneys with management of court docket with limited supervision familiarity with filing requirements for eoir, bia, and uscis familiarity with filing foias – uscis, doj, dos, cbp, obim, fbi, eoir ability to work independently ability to work well with people of diverse cultural, educational, and professional backgrounds must be bilingual in english and spanish special working conditions and demands on-site work schedule: as needed, and no less than 3 days per week. how to apply interested parties should send a cover letter and resume to trpjobs@resurrectionproject. how to apply interested parties should send a cover letter and resume to trpjobs@resurrectionproject.org. no phone calls please

Legal

Hiring Coordinator
The Resurrection Project
818 S. Paulina Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 312-666-1323
Fax: 312-942-1123