Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Position: Legal Services Director
Full Time Exempt Position, Based in Nashville. Reports to the Legal Director.

About TIRRC
The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led
collaboration. Our mission is to build power, amplify our voices, and organize communities to advocate for our
rights. Our vision is a stronger, more inclusive Tennessee where people of all nationalities, immigration
statuses, and racial identities can belong and thrive. TIRRC’s growing legal team engages in community legal
education, direct representation, and advocacy to protect the rights of immigrant community members and
support the power-building mission of the organization.

Position Description
TIRRC seeks a Legal Services Director to lead its immigration legal services and community legal education
work during a period of dynamic growth. The Legal Services Director will train and supervise legal staff, provide
direct client counsel and representation, and collaborate with organizational leadership to develop and
implement initiatives to advance immigrant justice and support TIRRC’s organizing, policy advocacy, and
power-building work. They will be responsible for ensuring clients and community members receive high
quality, effective legal representation and legal education and sustain and build relationships with external
partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Legal Services Supervision and Oversight
Train and supervise legal staff to ensure the provision of high-quality representation and advice and

counsel to community members and clients in compliance with all relevant professional and ethical
obligations;

• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of and keep abreast of changes in U.S. immigration law,

regulations, and practices, especially in regard to issues affecting low-income immigrant community
members that are TIRRC’s primary constituents;

• Ensure that legal staff maintain accurate and complete case files regarding client and agency

communications, records, and deadlines;

• Ensure that legal staff develop and maintain accurate and up-to-date legal content for TIRRC’s

community legal education materials and legal information resources, and oversee the planning and
implementation of community legal education sessions;

• Oversee TIRRC’s community resource line to ensure the provision of high-quality resources and

referrals, as well as the provision of effective, tailored legal information and advice on select matters.

Client Representation and Counseling
Provide extended representation to clients in affirmative immigration applications, primarily in DACA

from resource line staff.

External Relationships

• Expand and deepen collaborative relationships with other stakeholders within the legal community,

including immigration legal services providers, private attorneys, and pro bono attorneys;

• Participate in professional networks for immigration practitioners at local, state, and national levels.

Organizational Support and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical assistance, including legal research and analysis, on state and federal topics affecting

immigrant communities to TIRRC’s organizing and policy teams;

• Facilitate legal support for TIRRC organizing and policy campaigns around issues impacting immigrants

such as workers’ rights, access to public benefits, and local law enforcement entanglement;

• Assist with identifying and pursuing funding opportunities to support legal services work as needed;
• Oversee tracking and gathering data and records for funders as needed;
• All TIRRC staff are expected to participate in and help support certain organization-wide trainings and

events, such as Day on the Hill and the Membership Convention.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to those listed above. As with every position at TIRRC, every
person in the organization will assist their colleagues to ensure a cooperative environment and respond to the
needs of the moment. This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change
with business necessity.

Skills and Qualifications
Active attorney license in Tennessee or the ability to gain admission to the Tennessee Bar within 6

benefits, employment) and/or the intersection between immigration law and the criminal legal system is
preferred;

• Experience supervising staff in the provision of immigration legal services is preferred;
• Experience building relationships with a range of stakeholders within the legal community is preferred;
• Belief in TIRRC’s mission and demonstrated commitment to social justice, progressive social change,

preferred, as the job requires extensive legal counseling and representation with clients who primarily
speak languages other than English;

• Ability to work flexible hours, including some nights and weekends;
• Must have reliable transportation.

SALARY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE:
Salary Range: $80,000-87,000
Benefits: Full-time TIRRC employees are eligible to receive medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% of the
medical employee premium covered by TIRRC, participate in a 401K retirement plan, and receive 24/7 access to an
Employee Assistance Program. In addition, TIRRC provides paid leave including up to 15 vacation days, 13 paid
holidays, and 3 weeks paid sick leave in an employee’s first year and 6 weeks of paid parental leave.

for this position, please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@tnimmigrant.org.