What you will do
- Represent clients at master calendar and individual hearings, including detained cases
- Prepare asylum, withholding and cancellation of removal cases, and the evidence behind them
- Argue bond hearings
- Draft briefs to the Board of Immigration Appeals and motions to reopen
- Prepare clients and witnesses to testify
What you bring
- Admission to the New York bar, or another state’s bar with New York admission within a year
- One to four years of removal defense experience, or a clinic or clerkship in immigration court
- Strong writing, and the patience to build a record
- Willingness to visit clients in detention
Spanish, French, Haitian Creole or Russian is welcome but not required.
Pay
Salary range: $100,000–$135,000 a year, depending on experience.
The firm pays bar dues and continuing legal education. Other benefits are listed on the careers page.
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