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Legal Internship, Immigration Impact LAB
Location
District Of Columbia
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Entry Level
Job Description
Legal Internship, Immigration Impact LAB
Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
• The Legal Intern will assist our staff with representing immigrants in appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and the U.S. Courts of Appeal. • The Legal Intern will also assist our staff with class action cases, amicus briefs, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaints, and habeas petitions in federal district courts and U.S. Courts of Appeal. • The Legal Intern may assist with all aspects of our ongoing appeals at the BIA and federal circuit courts related to asylum/Convention Against Torture, the intersection of criminal and immigration law (“crimmigration”), and immigration detention, including assessing new referrals, conducting legal research, writing memoranda, and contributing to amicus and merits briefing. • The Legal Intern may assist with drafting habeas petitions to secure the release of immigrant adults from detention, as well as preparing habeas cases for placement with pro bono partners. • This assistance may include legal research, phone interviews with clients in detention, evidence collection, drafting of petitions, and collaboration with community advocacy groups. • The Legal Intern may assist with new and ongoing litigation under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). • This assistance may include drafting FOIA requests and complaints, researching applicability of FOIA exemptions, and tracking/analyzing FOIA production. • The Legal Intern may help the Lab develop its website resources, conduct trainings, and draft practice advisories to support and educate attorneys who work with immigrants in detention.
Job Requirements
- A second or third-year law student at a U.S. ABA-accredited law school.
- Evening students are also welcome to apply
- Ability to commit a minimum of 15 hours a week
- Strong legal research, communication, and writing skills
- Strong organizational and time-management skills and willingness to work quickly and effectively with a team
- Experience and interest in working in immigration law, immigrants’ rights, or related fields like social justice and advocacy.
- Competency and comfort in working with adults and children from low socio-economic backgrounds, with histories of trauma and previous interactions with the criminal justice system.
- Background in community organizing/political lobbying is a plus but not required.
- Spanish fluency is preferred but not required.
- Fluency in other languages, such as French, Portuguese, or Arabic, is welcome.
Benefits
- Internships are unpaid; however, Amica Center can assist students seeking internship credit.
- There is also a limited number of small scholarship stipends available by separate application.
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