Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, a program of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc.
, is a non-profit law firm which provides community education and legal representation to immigrant adults, families, unaccompanied minors, individuals with mental health issues, and in cases involving crimmigration.
Esperanza has proudly provided legal services to immigrants and their families in Southern California for over 15 years.
The immigration court system does not provide court-appointed counsel to individuals facing deportation who cannot afford an attorney, so this vulnerable population relies on our community education programs to obtain critical information about the process, understand their legal options and access assistance.
Esperanza’s community education programs were established to more effectively meet this need and to guide pro se immigrants through the increasingly complicated and strained immigration system.
Core services of the programs include legal orientations regarding removal proceedings and legal relief; intake and follow-up services; self-help workshops; and referrals for pro bono assistance or social services.
More information can be found about Esperanza at www.
esperanza-la.
org
The Pro Bono Program Assistant will assist the Pro Bono Coordinator in all pro bono attorney and volunteer coordination that supports Esperanza’s various programs.
Specifically, the Pro Bono Program Assistant will work with the Pro Bono Coordinator to identify and place cases with pro bono attorneys and match the pro bono attorney with a mentor.
The Pro Bono Program Assistant will also be in charge of improving our recognition of pro bonos and volunteers.
The Pro Bono Program Assistant will be in charge of maintaining an office-wide pro bono manual as well as lists of pro bono and low bono resources both locally and nationally that our programs can use with clients.
The Pro Bono Program Assistant will also conduct pro bono intakes with adults detained at the Adelanto Detention Center and identified through our Community Education Program for Detained Adults.
The Pro Bono Program Assistant will additional be in charge of putting together and advertising Esperanza’s CLE series.
The Pro Bono Program Assistant will assist and report directly to the Pro Bono Coordinator.
Responsibilities:
Support the Pro Bono Coordinator by developing our pro bono and volunteer programs, including developing and maintaining internal policies and procedures as well as developing and maintaining internal referral lists of pro bono and low bono resources both locally and nationally.
Assist in recruiting pro bono attorneys, volunteers, and interns.
Assist in developing a pro bono mentorship panel.
Assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining pro bono and volunteer recognition.
Conduct pro bono intakes done for our Community Education Program for Detained Adults at the Adelanto Detention Facility.
Coordinating the matching of cases with pro bono attorneys or other resources, as well as matching pro bono attorneys with attorney mentors.
Coordinate Esperanza’s Continuing Legal Education classes.
Coordinate outreach events.
Support generally the Directing Attorney for Capacity Building.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in related field or at least 5 years of related experience.
Proficiency in oral and written Spanish required.
Experience working in a legal office, especially with immigration and/or criminal law preferred.
Experience working with immigrant communities preferred.
Prior experience in a coordinator roll highly desirable.
Ability to work independently on a variety of projects at once required.
To apply go to https://catholiccharitiesla.
org/employment-opportunities/
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