Immigration Paralegal - Affirmative Defense Program

La Raza Centro Legal, San Francisco • Full-time • San Francisco, CA, US • $71.20k - $73.70k / year • 12h ago

Description

La Raza Centro Legal, San Francisco has provided free legal services to the city of San Francisco and surrounding counties for over 50 years. We are a non-profit legal aid agency and a leader in the provision of excellent legal services by licensed attorneys to the Spanish-speaking and wider immigrant and low-income community in the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, and the Bay Area. Bilingual Spanish-speaking attorneys and paralegals provide all services in a culturally competent manner and utilizing a trauma – informed approach. At La Raza Centro Legal, lawyers partner with the community, so that justice may prevail.

The Immigration Paralegal will support the work of the Affirmative Defense Program.

Support lawyers in the preparation of filings for immigration benefits. Duties include:

- Explain basics of screening process to each prospective client, including confidentiality, case acceptance process, copies for appointment, timely attendance, and cancellation procedures.
- Prepare files for initial consultations, including completed intake, initial client documents, and retainer.
- Assist in communicating to clients the advice given by the attorney.
- Assist in conducting follow up work with immigration law cases, including preliminary drafts of immigration benefit applications.
- Assist in conducting immigration information sessions for immigrant community and media as well as assisting with outreach to community fairs.
- Participate in weekly case review and program meetings.
- Assist in ensuring that active client case list is up-to-date weekly, including updating case list when cases are closed.
- Assist in ensuring that the funding requirements of the immigration law work are being met, including (i) inputting into database immigration intake information and (ii) assisting with reports for immigration law program.
- Must meet with clients to prepare for affirmative immigration application.
- Must effectively communicate with our low income primarily Spanish speaking clients.
- Will provide one year of training under the supervision of a licensed attorney in a legal assistant role before transitioning to Paralegal.

Salary: Compensation