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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center Is Hiring!
Staff Attorney
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney based in California. This is an exempt position that reports to one of ILRC’s Senior Managing Attorneys. The ILRC currently has a hybrid work model that requires two in-office days per week.
The ILRC is a national nonprofit legal support center headquartered in San Francisco with staff in Washington, D.C., Austin, Houston, Laredo, and San Antonio, TX, Southern California, and the San Joaquin Valley of California. The mission of the ILRC is to work with, educate, and enhance the capacity of immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector, in order to build a democratic society that values diversity, dignity, and the rights of all people. Founded in 1979, the ILRC is regarded as one of the foremost experts on engaging immigrants and developing their leadership in the democratic process, providing expertise on complex issues of immigration law, procedure and policy, and engaging in advocacy and educational initiatives on policies that affect immigrants. We are a team-based organization that makes most of its decisions in a collaborative fashion that allows for significant staff input.
Summary of this position: The Staff Attorney will further the ILRC’s technical support, capacity building, and policy work on behalf of immigrants and the practitioners who defend their rights. This position will be approximately 50% policy work on immigration enforcement at the local and state level in California, and 50% legal technical support and capacity building with openness to a range of immigration law expertise. We are open to a range of three to seven years of immigration law expertise.
Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will participate in several programs, including, but not limited to:
Qualifications: Requirements for the position include:
Salary/Benefits:
Pay is very competitive for the field and commensurate with experience according to the ILRC salary scale for Attorneys. The starting pay for this position is from $89,364.94 to $106,727.52 (for those three to seven years out of law school). An attorney hired for this position who has been out of law school for more than seven years will have a higher salary based on their law school graduation year. The ILRC offers excellent benefits, medical/dental/vision insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care, vacation, and sick leave. The ILRC also sponsors a retirement plan option upon fulfillment of eligibility. Additionally, we offer an annual professional development stipend of $2,500 and an annual wellness stipend of $2,500.
Applications: We will be accepting applications until May 10, 2024. We will consider applications on an ongoing basis beginning immediately. To ensure consideration of your application, please submit a cover letter explaining your qualifications for the position, your salary requirements, a current resume, a writing sample that demonstrates immigration law knowledge, and the contact information for three professional references.
Online applications are preferred. As an alternative, you can mail your application to:
Staff Attorney Hiring Committee
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
1458 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
No phone calls please.
As a condition of employment at the ILRC, you will be required to submit proof of vaccination and at least two booster shots against COVID-19.*
The ILRC is an equal opportunity employer and does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious beliefs, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, ILRC will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records.
* The ILRC provides reasonable accommodations as required by law. Employees may request an exception from vaccination requirements (if applicable), if the vaccine is medically contraindicated for them or medical necessity requires a delay in vaccination. Employees also may be legally entitled to a reasonable accommodation if they cannot be vaccinated because of a disability, or if receiving a COVID-19 vaccination conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. There may be other recognized exceptions under applicable state and/or local laws.
Full Time
Business Services
$190k-238k (estimate)
03/28/2024
05/27/2024
ilrc.org
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
25 - 50
1979
Private
JUDITH GOLUB
$5M - $10M
Business Services
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