ProBAR - Senior Staff Attorney TX-CA
American Bar Association
- Harlingen, TX
- $79,730 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Mentors Staff Attorneys providing advice and direction on their cases. Assists in the training and mentoring of pro bono attorneys, legal support staff and other legal volunteers.
- Develops and maintains legal competency relating to immigration detention work, specifically as applied to unaccompanied minors. Builds and maintains relations with local stakeholders. Observes ethical practices relating to client confidentiality and all other applicable legal ethics standards. Maintains case files, documentation and data integrity using division’s case management system.
- Regularly appears in immigration court. Represents clients seeking immigration relief such as asylum, T visas, U visas, cancellation of removal and other relief as appropriate.
- Provides group and individual legal orientations to detained immigrants in immigration removal proceedings.
- Provides legal services including, direct representation, to detained or locally released immigrants.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Possession of a Juris Doctorate or Master of Law (LLM) from an ABA-accredited law school and be in good standing, and one or more years’ experience in representing clients preferably on immigration matters.
- Licensed to practice law in a U.S. state or territory.
- Fluent in English and Spanish in written and spoken forms.
- Intermediate proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, OneDrive, teams)
- Must be familiar with conducting virtual meetings, training, and observations on software such as Zoom, Teams, etc.
- Must be able to pick on client visual and verbal cues.
- Must have reliable internet and phone connection.
- Must have reliable transportation to travel between office and off-site work locations.
- This position requires the ability to travel to and enter care provider facilities funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services which provide housing and services to unaccompanied children. This position will require the provision of legal services to unaccompanied children in such care provider facilities. In accordance with federal regulations, a background check is required for this position.
- Licensed to practice law and member in the State Bar of Texas, and two years’ experience in representing clients on immigration matters.
- Prior work experience with clients, particularly from Central America and including indigenous language speaking populations.
- Prior volunteer, community, or work experience regarding immigration or detention.
- Prior non-profit experience, particularly involving immigration detention.
- Medical and prescription insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Voluntary life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Prepaid Legal Plan
- 401 (k)
- Paid company holidays
- Personal time off
- Vacation time off
- PSLF participant
- Sign on bonus offered*
- Additional bonuses offered for continuous service at 2-year, 3-year, & 4-year service anniversaries. *
- Relocation Stipend offered for in state and out of state relocation*