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Staff Attorney - Associate

Employer
DePaul University
Location
Chicago, IL

Job Details


DePaul University

DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.


Job Title Staff Attorney - Associate
Job ID 3712
Location Loop Campus
Full/Part Time Full-Time
Regular/Temporary Regular

Multicultural Statement

At DePaul University, we are looking for candidates who want to join us in our mission to provide access to education for all. Successful candidates welcome ideas and perspectives from colleagues and students representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds, religious beliefs, and experiences. We seek collaborative, open-minded and hard working professionals to work in a real world urban learning environment. Are you exceptional, yet modest and open to challenges? We seek achievers and leaders that want to bring their passion and skills to our well-respected community of approachable colleagues. Build your career with us.

General Summary

The attorney develops, administers and coordinates partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide legal assistance to low-income immigrants and refugees. The attorney provides technical assistance and training to CBO staff located throughout Illinois in order to enhance access to immigration legal services by building services capacity of partner CBOs. The staff attorney will provide ongoing technical assistance, training, site visits and immigration law and practice updates and guidance and support for staff of partner CBOs including in the area of Department of Justice Recognition and Accreditation. The attorney will provide opportunities for collaboration and resource sharing among the CBO cohort. The attorney reports to the Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic Director. In conjunction with the staff of the Clinic, the Attorney plans and develops programs to meet the goals of the project and works with other Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic staff to carry out the goals of the project. The Staff Attorney may also co-teach classes in the DePaul College of Law Legal Clinic in an adjunct capacity.

Please note, this position is funded by a grant. If the grant terminates for any reason, if grant funding is lost or reduced for any reason, or if the budgetary needs for fulfilling the grant requirements change, your employment with the university will be immediately discontinued.

Responsibilities & Duties

  • Develop, administer, and coordinate partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide legal services and information to immigrants and refugees in the Chicagoland area.
  • These duties include, but are not limited to providing regular consultations to CBO partner staff on immigration matters.
  • Organizing regular legal trainings for CBO partner staff and preparing curriculum and training materials for these workshops.
  • Conducting site visits, and coordinating with CBO partners to identify and respond to community, organization and staff needs.
  • Attend meetings with government agencies, community coalitions, national immigration advocacy groups, and other forums involved in the representation of refugees and immigrants and disseminate information learned at these meetings to interested students, clients, and our CBO partners.
  • Assist in preparing compliance reports for current Clinic donors.
  • Conceptualize, develop, implement, and evaluate new strategies for providing efficient and effective assistance to CBOs that represent low-income refugees and immigrants.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


Education & Experience

  • Juris Doctor degree.
  • 2+ years' experience with either low-income immigrant legal assistance projects, clinical education programs or related experience.


Preferred Requirements

  • Proficiency in a second language, particularly Spanish.


Certifications & Licenses

  • Must be licensed to practice law.


Other Attachments

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Additional Information

  • Candidate should be able to travel locally to CBO partner sites and be flexible in schedule to accomodate CBO partner requests for trainings.

Salary & Benefits Package:
DePaul offers a comprehensive package including competitive pay and benefits to attract and retain the best talent in order to further the University's mission. For more information, please visit the following pages:
Full Benefits
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Organization

Working at DePaul University

Enrolling more than 23,000 students, DePaul is the ninth-largest private and largest Catholic university in the country. It offers over 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs through nine colleges and schools. Nearly one third of DePaul’s students are of color—the most diverse of any private university in Illinois—and about 30 percent of each year’s freshmen class intend to be the first in their families to earn a college degree. DePaul’s success extends beyond recruitment—it is among the nation’s top 100 universities in awarding degrees to students of color.

Educating Chicago’s business leaders, lawyers, judges, teachers, artists and public servants for more than a century, DePaul enjoys an excellent academic reputation. It has earned impressive rankings from U.S. News & World Report for its business and law programs as well as distinctions for diversity and community service. A host of higher education guides have recognized DePaul for everything from its economic value and happy students to its hot and trendy campus and great town-gown relations.

DePaul prides itself on the strength of its academic programs, especially the programs in entrepreneurship, real estate, and the part-time MBA; computer science, network assurance and digital media; psychology and philosophy; music and theater; health and intellectual property law; and adult learning initiatives. Despite its size, the university is committed to providing students with personal attention; the student/faculty ratio is just 16:1. Professors who teach graduate students also teach undergraduates in small-group settings.

DePaul’s goal, expressed in the VISION twenty12 strategic plan, is to become one of the finest urban, Catholic universities in the United States. It is focused on creating nationally recognized, rigorous programs of study; preparing women and men to be at the forefront of their chosen fields as ethical and socially engaged leaders; and further strengthening its financial and operational foundations.

DePaul was founded in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission (or Vincentian) religious community, which follows the teachings of 17th century French priest St. Vincent de Paul. Established to provide a high quality education to immigrants and others who were denied access to college, DePaul continues to embrace this mission today, recruiting and graduating significant numbers of students from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups.

Location

Located in Chicago, Illinois, DePaul has two primary campuses and four suburban locations. The Loop Campus is in the heart of the downtown business and cultural district and is home to four of DePaul’s colleges, a theater, a residence hall and most administrative functions. It is separated by a 20-minute trip on Chicago’s “el” train from the Lincoln Park Campus, close to Lake Michigan and Wrigley Field. Considered one of the nation’s most beautiful urban campuses, Lincoln Park is home to five colleges, the main library, numerous residence halls, a student center and the Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center, open to employees and students.

Both campuses are located in thriving business and residential districts that are well served by public transportation, providing a full array of housing choices for employees. Chicago boasts six professional sports teams and some of the best theater, music and art venues in the nation. As an international business hub and conference center, Chicago enables employees to build strong professional networks and remain on the leading edge of their fields.

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