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Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney to provide creative and zealous advocacy to clients seeking immigration redress.  The attorney will be assigned to one of two Legal Aid Center programs that provide immigration assistance, the Legal Service Fund or the Immigration Advocacy Program.  The Legal Service Fund provides critical legal services to hotel and casino workers, the people who are the backbone of this community, to safeguard the legal and economic wellbeing of eligible employees and their families.  The program’s legal assistance is heavily focused on immigration issues but also include varied areas such as housing, simple estate planning, debt collection defense, criminal record sealing, and others.  The Immigration Advocacy Program’s clients are primarily victims of crime such as domestic violence and sexual assault or children who are abused or abandoned and are eligible for victim-related immigration relief. The program’s legal...

The Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program works to advance effective national security policies that respect the rule of law and constitutional values. Our current program priorities include ensuring that Congress and the courts serve their constitutional role as a check on executive power in the area of national security; bolstering First and Fourth Amendment protections in the digital age; ending racial, religious, and ethnic profiling in counterterrorism policies; enhancing transparency, oversight, and accountability for intelligence and law enforcement agencies; and reforming emergency powers to strengthen safeguards against abuse.  The Brennan Center seeks an attorney for its Liberty and National Security Program. The position is based in the Brennan Center’s New York City office and requires occasional travel to Washington, D.C. and other locations. The attorney will focus on law enforcement use of surveillance technology and related data, including...

About Dēmos . Founded in 2000, Demos is a public policy organization working for a democracy and economy rooted in racial equity. Our work is organized around a particular point of view about power and about what is required to create a society where Black and Brown communities are fully thriving. Demos moves ideas powerful enough to improve the lives of everyday Americans through the full cycle of change. We champion over-the-horizon policy solutions, shift the narrative to clear the way for their acceptance, and are committed to a model of sustained advocacy until they take effect. We use the right strategy for the right moment, whether it’s research, communications, supporting organizers, or litigation. This commitment to the full cycle of change has resulted in real victories, from landmark credit card reforms to over 3 million new voter registration applications from low-income citizens. Throughout all of our work, Demos is advocating not just for people, but for the very...

Legal Aid of Western Missouri’s Kansas City office has an immediate opening for a full-time attorney for our Protecting Immigrant Families Project.  The successful candidate must be licensed to practice law in Missouri and be committed to serving clients with limited English proficiency who are survivors of domestic violence.  It is preferred the applicant filling this position be bilingual in Spanish and English, however it is not required.  Job duties include maintaining a caseload representing clients in Full Orders of Protection under the Adult Abuse Act in Clay, Jackson Platte, and Cass Counties. This attorney will also do outreach work with domestic violence shelters and participate in regional domestic violence prevention organizations.   Legal Aid of Western Missouri offers a professional and friendly work environment with integrity and excellence as our guiding principles. We are an equal opportunity employer with recruitment efforts focused on ensuring a diverse...

Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO) is seeking a Regional Director for its Pendleton office. The Pendleton Regional Director leads an office of two staff attorneys and two support staff. Background LASO is a non-profit organization that represents low-income clients in civil cases. LASO’s eight regional offices serve low-income individuals throughout the state and two specialized programs focus on services to farmworkers and issues impacting Native Americans. LASO is an effective, high-quality legal services program that is committed to advocacy strategies having the broadest possible impact on client community problems. LASO is actively working to build an inclusive organizational culture that centers on racial equity. LASO is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a welcoming and culturally responsive environment for our staff and clients. Pendleton is ideally situated near national forests, natural wilderness areas and scenic waterways that...

IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Catholic Charities of Southern New Mexico, with offices in Las Cruces and Roswell, seeks an experienced immigration attorney to help manage its legal services program.  The attorney will handle a wide-range of complex immigration matters including family-based petitions, removal-defense, DACA, waivers, VAWA, U-Visa, T-Visa cases, asylum, and naturalization.  The attorney works as part of a team of eight (8) legal staff members: three (3) Partially Accredited Representatives, four (4) administrative support staff members and an office receptionist.  The following knowledge, skills, and abilities are required: law degree from accredited law school and licensed to practice law in one or more U.S. jurisdictions; oral and written fluency in Spanish and English; passion for and dedication to helping the poor and low-income clientele; ability to manage large case load and excel in a fast-paced work environment; leadership skills in...