What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Attorney, SFILDC position at The Bar Assoc of San Francisco?
About BASF:
BASF is a nonprofit organization and the oldest voluntary bar association in California. Today, over 7,400 San Francisco lawyers are members of BASF, which prides itself as being one of the most active and innovative local bar associations. In addition to services and benefits to our members, BASF provides a variety of legal services to San Francisco residents including our Lawyer Referral and Information Service, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and the Justice & Diversity Center (including the Homeless Advocacy Project) which is the largest provider of legal services to San Franciscans.
About the Justice and Diversity Center of BASF:
JDC is a non-profit organization that provides free legal services through its staff and volunteers to low-income Bay Area residents. Each year more than 1,600 volunteer attorneys, legal assistants, and law students work with JDC staff to serve nearly 7,500 indigent clients. JDC’s holistic advocacy approach seeks to address the social service and legal needs of clients.
About the Job:
The Immigrant Legal Defense Program (ILDP) of The Justice and Diversity Center is the legal lead for the San Francisco Immigrant Legal Defense Collaborative (SFILDC). Along with 15 partner agencies, SFILDC has offered full scope legal representation before the San Francisco Immigration Court for nearly 2,000 San Francisco residents. We are excited to hire a Staff Attorney who will be responsible for representing San Francisco residents in removal proceedings. This is a hybrid role that requires a minimum of 2 days in person at the JDC office and/or the Immigration Court per week. On occasion, your presence may be required for other matters such as clinics, community events, training, presentations and other essential meetings.
The duties and responsibilities commensurate with the role of the Staff Attorney, include, but are not limited to, any combination of the following tasks:
- Provide full-scope removal defense representation with an active caseload of 20-30 clients
- Support unrepresented community members with limited scope and pro se services
- Participate in JDC’s Attorney of the Day Program (AOD) by providing limited scope representation to unrepresented individuals appearing before the immigration court
- Participate in the San Francisco Rapid Response Network as an on-call attorney responder
- Attend regular meetings with other SFILDC partners on behalf of JDC
- Help draft and edit legal protocols, templates and other legal materials for SFILDC partners
- Maintain accurate and timely records in JDC’s case management systems to comply with grant reporting requirements
- Support community outreach and clinical activities as needed.
- Support the coordination of the SFILDC annual retreat
- Review legal filings prepared by non-attorney staff
- Other programmatic work as needed to support the ILDP and JDC
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Licensed attorney with 0-4 years relevant legal experience, recent law school graduates with bar results pending. License to practice law may be in any US jurisdiction.
- Recent law school graduates should include any immigration related coursework or volunteer work in their application
Skills and Requirements:
- Working professional capacity in English and Spanish required. Proficiency in other languages is also a plus.
- Ability to work with individuals from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds in a culturally competent manner.
- Ability to appear in person at the San Francisco and Concord Immigration Courts
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), familiarity with Google Suite
To the extent possible, reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Why Work For Us:
We offer a collaborative work environment, a progressive work culture, and a wonderfully diverse staff. Additionally, we have a standard 35-hour workweek, flexible scheduling (manager’s discretion), and we are a mission and values based organization.
We also offer competitive pay and a generous benefits package that includes: a choice of medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, pretax commuter, health, and dependent care accounts, employer paid short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and a retirement and profit-sharing benefit, and more!
To find out more about JDC, please visit our website at www.sfbar.org/jdc
Equal Opportunity Employer:
JDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We conduct all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by applicable Local, State or Federal employment discrimination laws. JDC welcomes diversity in the workplace.