Immigrants' Rights Managing Attorney
3 months ago
Santa Clara
Job Description CAIR San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a seasoned and mission-driven Immigrants' Rights Managing Attorney to lead our immigration legal services across the Bay Area. This senior-level position is ideal for someone with deep expertise in immigration law and a strong commitment to community-centered advocacy. The role offers the opportunity to supervise a growing legal team, support high-impact cases, and shape the strategic direction of our immigrants' rights work. Title: Immigrants' Rights Managing Attorney Schedule Type: Full-time (Exempt). Occasional evenings and weekends required. Location: Based in CAIR's Santa Clara office. CAIR staff are currently working a hybrid schedule, with three days in-person and two days remote. Requirements: Ability to travel throughout the Bay Area (vehicle and driver's license required); authorization to work in the United States. Reporting Relationships: Reports to Executive Director. Supervises immigration staff, including attorneys and caseworkers. About the Role: As the Immigrants' Rights Managing Attorney, you will oversee day-to-day operations of the immigration legal team, including attorneys, paralegals, clerks, and volunteers, ensuring high-quality service delivery and efficient case management. You'll maintain your own caseload of short- and long-term matters while also serving as a legal and strategic advisor on organizational priorities, including rapid response efforts, litigation, and coalition work. Key Responsibilities: Leadership and Supervision • Provide leadership and supervision to the Immigrants' Rights legal team, • Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Immigrants' Rights team including management of intakes, civil rights staff, clerks, and monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, • Supervise casework of attorneys, coordinators, caseworkers, paralegals, and volunteers, • Oversee retained case load to ensure all intakes and retained cases are properly documented and advanced, • Conduct client intake, prepare applications, and petitions for submission to the appropriate agencies, • Represent clients before various government agencies and in litigation, • Communicate with outside parties such as attorneys, employers, law enforcement agencies, administrative agencies, elected officials, and media contacts, • Respond to intake requests from organizational leaders for key community stakeholders and members to ensure they are properly addressed, • Participate in community outreach and educational activities, including planning and conducting Know Your Rights events and Immigration Legal clinics, • Work in, lead, or form coalitions with other organizations and collaborate with civil rights partners, • Research and analyze law sources such as statutes, legal articles, and legal codes, • Prepare legal writing including, but not limited to, drafting complaints, discovery, briefs, letters, and memos; and non-legal writing including drafting community advisories, issue briefings, and reports, • Assess clients for other legal services and immigrants' rights-related needs, as appropriate, • Partner with the Executive Director, Communications Manager, and colleagues to strategize and implement marketing for CAIR-SFBA's immigrants' rights services and impact Required Qualifications: • A strong commitment to civil rights and CAIR's mission, • Law degree from an American Bar Association accredited school, • Member in good standing of a state bar, • At least five years of immigration law, or other relevant, experience, including at least one year of training and mentoring other legal workers, • Strong time management skills with a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, • Demonstrated problem-solving skills with outstanding attention to detail, • Comfort working productively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, • Excellent oral and written communication skills including public speaking experience, • Experience working with people from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, • High degree of self-motivation and creativity, • Basic computer proficiency including knowledge of MS Office, MS Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, and LexisNexis, • Knowledge of cloud applications such as SharePoint and Office365, • Experience working with the American Muslim community and/or in a community, faith-based, and/or non-profit organization, • Knowledge of cloud applications such as SharePoint, Office365, and social media applications, • Compensation in the range of $104,473 - $128,710/annually, commensurate with experience, • Fully paid Kaiser Health Insurance and Blue Cross PPO Dental Plan for employee and dependents, • 3% retirement matching contribution To Apply: Please submit (1) a cover letter discussing your interest in the position, (2) your resume, (3) a brief example of your writing, and (4) the names and contact information of three references. CAIR-CA is an equal-opportunity employer and adheres to all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Job Posted by ApplicantPro