Staff Attorney - CIAP Program
Research Foundation of The City University of New York · NY, US
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About the Role
The Staff Attorney will provide consultations on immigration-related issues and application assistance at the immigration center, focusing on naturalization and family-based immigration law.
Responsibilities
- Counsels participants on immigration law and related issues
- Assists participants in the completion and review of immigration application/petitions
- Reviews and authorizes release of applications and petitions completed by paralegal staff
- Ensures that staff and volunteers are complying with work policies and procedures
- Conducts immigration workshops and seminars to benefit staff, participants, and targeted communities
- Interprets immigration laws, rulings, and regulations for staff and community partners
- Analyzes complex immigration case types e.g. criminal convictions and fraud
- Ensures data and reports are compiled on the services rendered
- Reports regularly to the Program Supervisor Attorney on the provision of services and outreach to the community
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- J.D. and State Bar admission
- Some immigration experience and/or passion about immigrant issues preferred
- Second language requirement is preferred
- Excellent supervisory skills including the ability to oversee and guide the work product and professional development of staff and volunteers
- Ability to work in an open environment with limited privacy
- Excellent communications, interpersonal, writing and legal writing skills; customer service focus
- Flexibility, self-motivation and the ability to motivate others
- Ability to work independently as well as with a team in order to further the mission of CCN!
- Willingness to work on weekends and/or occasional evenings
Skills
- Immigration law
- Naturalization
- Family-based immigration law
- Supervisory skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Writing skills
- Legal writing skills
- Customer service focus
- Flexibility
- Self-motivation
- Ability to motivate others
- Independent work
- Teamwork
Location
- OFFICE OF SR VC FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
Work Type
- Hybrid
Education Level
- J.D.
- State Bar admission
Salary/Compensations
- $85,000
Benefits
- RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals
About the Company
- The team at RFCUNY is made up of dedicated, talented professionals committed to providing the services that allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries.
Equal Opportunity
- The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.