Staff Attorney

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Staff Attorney

Duties: Spend 50% of their time providing direct representation to UCs in removal proceedings before the Immigration Courts. Representing children in state court to obtain predicate orders related to SIJS and representation before USCIS for those children with asylum claims, SIJS petitions, and/or other applications for relief. Will work handle all aspects of a client’s case, including appeals to the California Court of Appeals and Board of Immigration Appeals if necessary. Will also be part of the UC Impact Litigation Project, which represents unaccompanied children in appeals and litigates individual and class action cases in federal and state court. Will spend the other time working on impact litigation, including filing appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the California Court of Appeals and representing immigrant children in federal court. Will use impact and appellate litigation as a tool to craft and enforce legal protections for immigrant children, statewide and nationally. Will also handle appeals arising out of the UC team’s direct legal services caseload, including appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Administrative Appeals Office, and the California appellate courts. Will provide technical assistance to Public Counsel staff and pro bono attorneys on individuals cases before immigration, state, and federal courts presenting potentially appealable issues (for example, by drafting sections of briefs submitted in support of motions or applications pending before the immigration court or the asylum office).

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Public Counsel
Sara Van Hofwegen
2001 Center Street
Berkeley
California
United States 94704
Website : http://www.publiccounsel.org