Legal Internship, Immigration Impact LAB

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🦀 Maryland, Virginia, +1 more states – Remote

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Amica Center for Immigrant Rights

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

⚖️ Legal

Consulting • Defense • Legal

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights is dedicated to providing unwavering legal defense and strategic litigation services specifically for immigrants who are facing detention or deportation. The organization believes in the fundamental right of every individual to be free, safe, and supported, regardless of their background. Through its commitment to advocacy, Amica Center for Immigrant Rights aims to uphold the rights of immigrants and ensure access to justice.

📋 Description

• Assist staff with representing immigrants in appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and U.S. Courts of Appeal • Assist with class action cases, amicus briefs, Freedom of Information Act complaints, and habeas petitions in federal district courts and U.S. Courts of Appeal • Assess new referrals • Conduct legal research • Write memoranda • Contribute to amicus and merits briefing • Assist with drafting habeas petitions to secure the release of immigrant adults from detention • Prepare habeas cases for placement with pro bono partners • Conduct phone interviews with clients in detention • Collect evidence • Collaborate with community advocacy groups • Assist with FOIA requests and complaints • Research applicability of FOIA exemptions • Track and analyze FOIA production • Help develop website resources, conduct trainings, and draft practice advisories • Develop crimmigration case analyses for criminal defense attorneys in Virginia and Maryland • Develop public resources available on the website and by request

🎯 Requirements

• Second- or third-year law student at a U.S. ABA-accredited law school • Evening students are welcome to apply • Ability to commit a minimum of 15 hours a week for 14 weeks • Strong legal research, communication, and writing skills • Strong organizational and time-management skills • Willingness to work quickly and effectively with a team • Experience and interest in immigration law, immigrants’ rights, social justice, or advocacy • Competency and comfort working with adults and children from low socio-economic backgrounds, with histories of trauma and previous interactions with the criminal justice system • Spanish fluency preferred but not required • Fluency in French, Portuguese, or Arabic welcome • Laptop or computer required • Reliable internet required • Phone required • Cover letter, resume, at least two references, and one writing sample required for application • Background in community organizing or political lobbying is a plus but not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Internships are unpaid • Amica Center can assist students seeking internship credit • Limited small scholarship stipends available by separate application • Fully remote internship option • No requirement for in-person work • Opportunities for in-office work, in-person meetings, events, and observing court in person for interns physically accessible to Washington, D.C. • Amica Center may be able to provide access to a temporary laptop as needed