The Legal Aid Society's Civil Practice seeks Staff Attorneys to join the citywide Immigration Law Unit's Immigrant Youth Representation Project. The Staff Attorney will provide legal services to undocumented youth and unaccompanied immigrant children on the Juvenile dockets at the New York Immigration Court, before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and before Family Courts in New York City and surrounding counties. The attorney will work on cases such as special immigrant juvenile status, asylum, U/T visas and other forms of relief. The Staff Attorney will also work collaboratively with existing experienced staff in the Unit's Immigrant Youth Representation Project, Juvenile Rights Project staff, the New York Administration for Children's Services (ACS), and foster care agency personnel to provide immigration advice and guidance. The Staff Attorney may work with and mentor law students, pro bono attorneys, and volunteers in cases related to the Youth Project.

The Immigration Law Unit of The Legal Aid Society is a recognized leader in the delivery of high quality legal services to immigrants in all five boroughs of New York City and surrounding counties within the New York District of the USCIS. The Unit provides low-income New Yorkers with free comprehensive immigration services ranging from deportation defense to adjustment of status to legal permanent residence and citizenship applications. The Unit specializes in the intersection between immigration and criminal law and works collaboratively with all practice areas to serve the Society's diverse immigrant clients through a comprehensive service model. Unit staff represent immigrants before USCIS, immigration judges in removal proceedings, and the Board of Immigration Appeals, as well as in federal court on habeas corpus petitions, petitions for review, administrative and judicial appeals, and other matters.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
* Screen and provide direct representation to immigrant youth in removal proceedings in Immigration Court and Family Court. Attorney will also handle some affirmative cases 
* Appear in Family court in all five boroughs of the City of New York and in surrounding counties, including but not limited to Suffolk and Nassau counties, to obtain predicate orders for special immigrant juvenile status
* Build on existing relationships with the Society's Juvenile Rights Practice staff attorneys and others to meet the needs of undocumented youth in foster care
* Conduct forums and workshops in immigrant communities and public schools on immigration issues
* Provide regular trainings to advocates throughout the City and in Family and Immigration Courts
* Conduct policy advocacy on behalf of clients