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About the Role
Justice in Motion is dedicated to ensuring portable justice for migrants through legal, educational, and policy initiatives in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. The Legal Manager will lead case collaborations and activities to ensure migrants have access to cross-border justice through international collaborations between advocates based in the U.S. and human rights defenders based in Mexico and Central America.
Responsibilities
- Manage cross-border case collaborations involving advocates in the U.S. and members of Justice in Motion’s Defender Network in Mexico and Central America.
- Conduct intake conversations with advocates and assess cases identified for potential Defender Network collaboration.
- Provide guidance to advocates and Defenders on portable justice issues and help troubleshoot communication or coordination challenges.
- Track case-collaborations through regular follow-up, check-ins, and evaluation.
- Coordinate administrative aspects of case collaboration, including payments, invoices, documentation, and outcome tracking.
- Prepare narrative summaries and reports documenting case progress, outcomes, and lessons learned.
- Manage special projects that advance Justice in Motion’s portable justice and access-to-justice strategies.
- Develop and maintain project plans, workflows, timelines, and tracking systems to support effective implementation.
- Coordinate program implementation, administration, data collection, outcome reporting, and other project-related activities.
- Facilitate meetings, convenings, and other collaborative activities involving internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify and address project barriers, emerging needs, and opportunities for improvement.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with members of the Justice in Motion Defender Network in Mexico and Central America.
- Develop collaborative working relationships with advocates and organizations in the U.S. who represent migrants who may benefit from Defender Network assistance.
- Serve as a consistent point of coordination across partners, helping ensure clear communication, shared expectations, and effective collaboration.
- Navigate cross-cultural and cross-organizational relationships with professionalism, empathy, and cultural awareness.
- Maintain strong substantive knowledge of immigration law and procedure, cross-border legal issues, and US migration and labor policies affecting migrants from Mexico and Central America.
- Provide legal analysis and guidance related to immigration enforcement, humanitarian relief, migrant rights, and portable justice.
- Identify emerging legal or policy developments that may affect Justice in Motion’s case collaboration work or the communities served through the Defender Network.
- Share relevant legal knowledge and developments with colleagues and partners as appropriate.
- Develop and deliver training (virtual and in-person) in Spanish and English for advocates, Defenders, and other constituencies.
- Draft legal practice resources, advisories, and other materials in English and Spanish related to migrants rights, immigration, and access to justice.
- Translate complex legal and policy concepts into practical, accessible information for varied audiences.
- Contribute to the development of tools and resources that strengthen the capacity of advocates and Defender Network members.
Requirements
- Lawyer who has represented immigrant clients in cases with cross-border elements.
- Effective project manager.
- Initial focus on migrants seeking protection in the U.S. or whose rights are violated in the U.S. during their arrest, detention and deportation, including parents deported without their children.
- 5+ years of immigration legal experience representing clients from Mexico and Central America in humanitarian immigration matters.
- Hold a JD or LLM from an accredited U.S. law school.
- Experience practicing law in the United States.
- Experience with federal civil litigation advancing civil rights claims on behalf of migrant clients is a plus.
- Experience managing multiple workstreams simultaneously, maintaining detailed project plans, and tracking deadlines.
- Proficiency with Excel and Word, Google Workspace, Adobe Acrobat, project management tools such as Asana.
- Experience with Salesforce or comparable case management systems is a plus.
- Demonstrates emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and patience.
- Able to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders with diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Skilled at clarifying what’s being requested, checking for understanding, communicating progress, and surfacing potential issues.
- Comfortable navigating changing priorities, balancing creative planning while adjusting to meet changing circumstances.
- Experience living and/or working in multicultural environments.
- Demonstrated ability to engage diverse communities with curiosity, empathy, and respect.
- Experience with or passion for migrant rights, access to justice, and cross-border advocacy is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with the challenges facing migrant communities from Mexico and Central America is a necessity.
- Must be willing and able to travel internationally.
- Justice in Motion does not represent clients directly; this position does not include direct legal services.
Skills
- Project management
- Cross-border case collaboration
- Intake and assessment
- Guidance and troubleshooting
- Case tracking and evaluation
- Administrative coordination
- Report preparation
- Special project management
- Workflow development
- Timeline management
- System development
- Program coordination
- Data collection
- Outcome reporting
- Meeting facilitation
- Stakeholder engagement
- Relationship building
- Communication
- Cross-cultural navigation
- Legal expertise
- Immigration law
- Cross-border legal issues
- US migration and labor policies
- Legal analysis
- Humanitarian relief
- Migrant rights
- Portable justice
- Legal and policy development identification
- Knowledge sharing
- Training development and delivery
- Legal writing
- Legal resource drafting
- Translation
- Tool and resource development
- Excel
- Word
- Google Workspace
- Adobe Acrobat
- Asana
- Salesforce
- Case management systems
Location
- Remote (United States)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Exempt
- Remote
Experience Level
- 5+ years of immigration legal experience
- Experience practicing law in the United States
Education Level
- JD or LLM from an accredited U.S. law school
Salary/Compensations
- $76,000 to $84,750 depending on experience
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid healthcare for individual employees plus partial family coverage
- 3% 401k annual contribution
- Work-from-home and home office setup stipends
- Office closed 12/24-1/1 plus other paid holidays
- 12 days paid vacation in the first year
- 12 sick days
- 5 personal days
- Fully paid sabbatical after 7 years of service
About the Company
- In the face of overwhelming legal and practical barriers, many migrants who have suffered exploitation or abuse at the hands of employers or government officials give up their rights after leaving the United States.
- Other migrants who flee abuse, violence, and persecution are unable to remain in safety due to lack of evidence to support their claims.
- These migrants need “portable justice” – the right and ability to access justice across borders.
- Justice in Motion is dedicated to ensuring portable justice through legal, educational, and policy initiatives in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
- Essential to this transnational model is our Defender Network, a unique partnership of on-the-ground human rights organizations in Mexico and Central America.
- Justice in Motion makes sure that wherever migrants go, their rights will follow.
- Justice in Motion is a U.S.-based, remote organization.
- This is a union position and will be covered by Justice in Motion’s collective bargaining agreement.
- Union employees are represented by the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325.
Equal Opportunity
- Justice in Motion is an equal opportunity employer, and all persons are encouraged to apply.
- Justice in Motion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or any other applicable status protected by state or local law.