Undergraduate Internship, Detention Hotline

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Maryland, +2 more states – Remote

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🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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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

• Staff the detention hotline and connect callers with Amica Center legal staff • Deliver follow-up messages relating to individual cases • Provide information about upcoming jail visits • Enter client information and hotline interactions into the database • Prepare for hotline shifts and share information with the Know Your Rights team • Conduct telephonic intake interviews with detained immigrant individuals • Enter and maintain intake and follow-up message data in the client database • Support Jail Visit Teams with documents and intakes • Translate documents for court and immigration cases, including declarations, support letters, birth certificates, and news articles • Interpret calls between Amica Center attorneys and clients • Remotely observe detained master calendar and bond hearings • Attend immigration law training opportunities • Perform filing and administrative assistance • Support projects within the Detention Hotline, Volunteer Program, and Know Your Rights team

🎯 Requirements

• Must be pursuing an undergraduate degree • Must be 18 or older • Working professional proficiency in Spanish required; Spanish fluency preferred • Customer service skills, including experience communicating with diverse audiences • Ease with technology and proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Outlook • Proven ability to learn new software or technology • Highly organized and self-motivated • Strong interpersonal and communications skills • Commitment of at least 20 hours per week during normal working hours, Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM ET, for at least 12 weeks • Access to a laptop or computer, reliable internet, and a phone • Cover letter, resume, and at least 2 references required for application

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to utilize and improve oral Spanish skills • Opportunity to learn more about immigration law, specifically deportation defense • Scholarship opportunity (details provided via Amica Center careers and internships page) • Amica Center may be able to provide access to a temporary laptop as needed