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About the Role
Legal interns will assist in providing pro bono legal representation to asylum seekers before the N.Y. Asylum Office and Immigration Courts. Interns will have the opportunity to work directly with clients on interviewing and document drafting and collaborate with attorneys on case strategy. Opportunities include legal strategy, forms completion, advocacy, legal research, and brief writing.
Responsibilities
- Engage in client interviewing and conduct intake interviews with potential clients.
- Draft case summaries.
- Work with Human Rights First staff on asylum cases, providing support with draft declarations, briefs, legal memorandum, and other legal advocacy efforts.
- Assist with preparing and filing forms for affirmative immigration relief with Human Rights First clients, including asylum applications, family reunification petitions, employment authorization applications, temporary protected status, and applications for permanent residency.
- Conduct legal research in developing areas of immigration law and country conditions for analysis and reporting.
- Attend legal trainings, advocacy groups, and discussion panels in the greater N.Y. area and virtually.
Requirements
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and creative problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines at once.
- Legal research and writing skills, particularly in immigration law, administrative law, federal law, and federal regulations.
- Dedicated interest and passion for immigration advocacy, direct client representation, and protecting the rights of migrants.
- Experience working with vulnerable populations and survivors of trauma.
- Ability to work collaboratively with staff, clients, and community organizations.
- Motivated to work independently to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- A computer and internet connection are required.
Skills
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Creative problem-solving
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Immigration law
- Administrative law
- Federal law
- Federal regulations
- Immigration advocacy
- Direct client representation
- Protecting the rights of migrants
- Working with vulnerable populations
- Working with survivors of trauma
- Collaboration
- Independent work
- Task management
- Deadline management
- Fluency in a second language (Spanish preferred)
Location
- N.Y. office
- Remote
Work Type
- Internship
- Unpaid
- Up to 29 hours/week
Education Level
- Enrollment in an accredited JD or LLM program
Salary/Compensations
- Unpaid
Benefits
- Assistance with externship credit
- Assistance with work-study
- Assistance securing funding from external sources
About the Company
- Human Rights First is dedicated to inclusivity.
- Human Rights First's mission is to work in the United States to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law.
- Human Rights First is committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing staff from a diversity of backgrounds, including members of racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, people of all nationalities, and veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.
- A diverse staff and an inclusive work environment that welcomes a range of perspectives make us stronger and more effective.
Equal Opportunity
- People of color, women, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT community are encouraged to apply.
- Human Rights First is committed to recruiting, retaining, and developing staff from a diversity of backgrounds, including members of racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, people of all nationalities, and veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.