Position: Legal Fellow - Rapid Response
Program: Immigrants’ Rights
Assignment length: 12 months (with efforts to secure continued funding)
Reports to: Immigrants’ Rights Managing or Supervising Attorney
Bargaining Unit: Yes
FLSA: Exempt
Position Summary
Centro Legal de la Raza’s (“Centro Legal”) Immigrants’ Rights practice specializes in direct representation before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the San Francisco, Concord, and Sacramento Immigration Courts, California State Courts, and occasionally, U.S. District Courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In light of sweeping changes in the immigration enforcement and policy landscape, Centro Legal and community and government partners have reunited the Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership (ACILEP), a collaborative dedicated to protecting and empowering undocumented communities across Alameda County. Centro Legal is seeking a one-year legal fellow to join our team immediately, with the potential for extended funding beyond the initial term, to spearhead the provision of legal services and education under ACILEP and other regional rapid-response efforts.
Primary Responsibilities
Qualifications
The applicant must profoundly share Centro Legal’s mission and vision of racial, economic and social justice. Additional qualifications include:
Compensation
This is an exempt full time position that is competitive and commensurate with experience ranging from $75,321-$84,731.
Benefits and Perks
We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to include: medical, dental, vision, long-term disability and life insurance.
COVID 19 Policy
Proof of completed Covid-19 vaccination to include both shots of a two-dose vaccination regimen, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine, will be required for all employees (except for reasonable accommodations due to medical and/or religious beliefs). All employees must provide HR with their vaccination QR Code by going to https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/.
Working Conditions
people using the phone, email, via video call, or in person.
To Apply
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should apply without delay. To apply, please send a cover letter describing your interest in this particular position, resume, and list of three professional references by email to jobs@centrolegal.org, with the subject line, “Immigrants’ Rights Legal Fellow” in the subject line.
POSITION OPEN UNTIL FILLED.
About Centro Legal de la Raza
Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Oakland, California, Centro Legal de la Raza (Centro Legal) is a comprehensive legal services and advocacy organization protecting and advancing the rights of immigrant, low-income, and Latino communities through bilingual representation, education, and advocacy. We combine quality legal services with know-your-rights education, affirmative litigation, and youth development, ensuring access to justice for thousands of individuals and families each year throughout Northern and Central California.
For more information, visit our website: https://centrolegal.org/
Diversity Statement
Centro Legal’s mission includes advancing social, economic and racial justice. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion within and ensuring a workplace where all staff can flourish and grow professionally and well beyond. Our staff are the most important part of our ability to achieve our mission. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation, sustainability and our organization’s success. Centro Legal is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, pregnancy), gender, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, medical condition including genetic characteristics, mental or physical disability, military or veteran status, marital status, family responsibilities, caregiver status, sexual orientation, gender identity (including transgender status), gender expression, weight, height, linguistic characteristics (such as accent and limited English proficiency where not substantially job-related), citizenship status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, HIV/AIDs status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Centro also prohibits discrimination based on a perception that an individual has any of the characteristics of the protected classes listed above, and further prohibits discrimination against an individual who is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
Position: Legal Fellow - Rapid Response
Program: Immigrants’ Rights
Assignment length: 12 months (with efforts to secure continued funding)
Reports to: Immigrants’ Rights Managing or Supervising Attorney
Bargaining Unit: Yes
FLSA: Exempt
Position Summary
Centro Legal de la Raza’s (“Centro Legal”) Immigrants’ Rights practice specializes in direct representation before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the San Francisco, Concord, and Sacramento Immigration Courts, California State Courts, and occasionally, U.S. District Courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In light of sweeping changes in the immigration enforcement and policy landscape, Centro Legal and community and government partners have reunited the Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership (ACILEP), a collaborative dedicated to protecting and empowering undocumented communities across Alameda County. Centro Legal is seeking a one-year legal fellow to join…
Benefits and Perks
We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to include: medical, dental, vision, long-term disability and life insurance.
Benefits and Perks
We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to include: medical, dental, vision, long-term disability and life insurance.
Language requirement: Fluency in English and Spanish required;
Language requirement: Fluency in English and Spanish required;
To Apply
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should apply without delay. To apply, please send a cover letter describing your interest in this particular position, resume, and list of three professional references by email to jobs@centrolegal.org, with the subject line, “Immigrants’ Rights Legal Fellow” in the subject line.