Staff Attorney, Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
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- University of California, Los Angeles
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- Los Angeles
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Staff Attorney, Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
University of California Los Angeles
Requisition Number: 34480
Salary: $3,933 - $9,067 monthly
Position Description:
The UCLA Immigrant Family Legal Clinic (IFLC) seeks a Staff Attorney to begin in late 2021 or early 2022. The position is open to recent law graduates, with a strong preference for attorneys with at least two years of practice experience. The position is a fifteen-month contract, with a potential one-year extension.
IFLC is a unique partnership between the UCLA School of Law and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Located on the campus of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools (RFKC) in Koreatown/Pico Union, the clinic serves immigrant students at the six public schools on the RFK campus, as well as their family members. IFLC provides individual representation in cases involving immigration relief and workers' rights. It also offers legal consultations involving a wider range of legal topics, including housing, public benefits, and criminal justice. In addition, IFLC organizes programming and enrichment opportunities related to social justice and legal rights for teachers, students, and families in the RFK community, and develops policy advocacy and research projects responsive to needs identified by the community.
The Staff Attorney is primarily based at IFLC's office on the campus of RFK Community Schools. They provide a crucial reliable onsite presence for the clinic, as the law students are back-and-forth between UCLA and RFK. The Fellow/Staff Attorney is responsible for providing legal consultations to the RFK community, serving as a resource for administrators, teachers, and parents, and leading the clinic's outreach and community education work. They will also work closely with the Clinic Director on developing and managing the docket and advocacy projects the clinic undertakes.
For full application instructions and position description, please visit: https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=81694
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/DiscHarassAffirmAction
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