Immigration Supervising Attorney (NYIFUP) Job at National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Norman, OK

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  • National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • Norman, OK

Job Description

Position Description

The Bronx Defenders (BxD) – an innovative, progressive, holistic indigent defense office in the South Bronx – seeks a passionate immigration attorney with a commitment to public defense to fill a position as a Supervising Attorney in our Immigration Practice’s Universal Representation Team.

Founded in 1997, The Bronx Defenders is a public defender nonprofit that has developed a nationally recognized model of representation called holistic defense, which provides people with teams of lawyers, social workers, and advocates to defend them zealously in court as well as to address the underlying drivers and enmeshed penalties of legal system involvement.

Since opening our doors, we have grown into an organization of more than 400 staff members defending nearly 20,000 New Yorkers each year in criminal, family, civil, and immigration proceedings who face incarceration, family separation, eviction, and deportation, among other devastating consequences.

Today we are reimagining the role of public defense even further, using community organizing and engagement, legislative advocacy, and impact litigation to partner with the communities we represent to bring about long-lasting systemic change.

We also share our model and lessons learned with current and future public defenders. We run two legal clinics at NYC law schools and train public defenders from one end of the country to the next on how to move to a holistic model of representation.

Immigration Practice

Nearly a third of the residents of the Bronx were born outside the United States, and many face the unprecedented threat of detention and deportation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Our attorneys help people facing criminal, family, and civil proceedings make informed and strategic decisions to protect their rights. We are also one of the three public defender organizations leading the nation’s first-ever universal representation program for detained immigrants facing deportation.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Deputy Director of the Immigration Practice, the Supervising Attorney will have the following responsibilities:

  • Carry a reduced caseload of removal defense and affirmative immigration matters
  • Conference cases with attorney supervisees in the NYIFUP practice on a weekly basis
  • Review and provide substantive feedback on written work
  • Provide in-court supervision for all appearances by unadmitted law graduates and upon request for admitted attorneys
  • Assist with preparation for individual hearings and supervise litigation, as necessary and appropriate
  • Monitor caseloads and oversee entries into our case management system to ensure that data and outcomes are accurately recorded
  • Monitor and, where appropriate, provide guidance to staff attorneys regarding docket management
  • Encourage and support the professional development of supervisees
  • Provide constructive feedback and equitable supervision to all supervisees
  • Attend weekly meetings of the immigration practice’s leadership team to discuss ongoing issues impacting the practice
  • Provide support to the Managing Director and other supervisors as needed

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