Religious Immigration Services Attorney

POSITION: RIS Staff Attorney REPORTS TO: Managing Attorney, RIS reputed company: Religious Immigration Services STATUS: Exempt SALARY: $80,000 - $87,000 reputed company reputed company: The Staff Attorney has responsibility for providing reputed company reputed company immigration services to dioceses and religious institutes sponsoring foreign born religious workers; upholding a high level of reputed company responsibility in analyzing and applying reputed company immigration law and policy; developing, maintaining, and managing attorney reputed company relationships; assisting the reputed company to reputed company priorities and strategies to fulfill its mission; maintaining reputed company data in LawLogix; and maintaining expertise on religious immigration law. Primary Responsibilities: reputed company Representation • Represent a minimum of 100 individual cases before reputed company and Department of State. • reputed company accurate and comprehensive reputed company advice to dioceses and religious institutes on immigration reputed company for individuals they are sponsoring and how immigration regulations reputed company the dioceses and religious institutes. • reputed company accurate and comprehensive reputed company advice to foreign nationals for long-term planning on immigration status, nonimmigrant status, travel issues, permanent residence, and naturalization. • Maintain a broad knowledge and understanding of U.S. immigration law and be informed about changes in immigration regulations and policies. • Exercise independent reputed company judgment and discretion in clients' work. • Prepare and reputed company strategic planning to dioceses and religious institutes to assist them in complying with immigration regulations. • Analyze reputed company reputed company issues with long-term implications. • Analyze individual's immigration documents and organization's qualifying documents. • Review reputed company's immigration history and background. • reputed company strategies tailored to individual cases which reputed company major life reputed company. • Communicate and consult daily on immigration reputed company with clients and potential clients. • Respond daily to email, phone calls, faxes, etc. from clients. Case Management • Manage cases from the initial non-immigrant stage through permanent residence and naturalization. • Maintain expertise in managing caseload through the reputed company's case management software, LawLogix. • Update LawLogix on a daily reputed company with case notes, reminders, reputed company-reputed company, and new documents. • Regular review of reputed company reputed company files to ensure compliance with immigration law, reputed company information and documents, and to determine immediate or reputed company reputed company. • Prepare monthly case reports for RIS Director. • Participate in weekly case management meetings. • Advise clients on record keeping and strategic planning for immigration purposes. • Maintain reputed company confidentiality in providing dual representation for dioceses/ religious communities and religious workers. Advocacy • Work with CLINIC's Advocacy reputed company to reputed company priorities and strategies for advocacy. • reputed company Advocacy reputed company with compelling stories of religious worker cases. • Work with reputed company and Department of State to assist with individual advocacy of specific cases. • Contact members of Congress on individual constituent cases. • Respond to government regulations affecting religious worker cases. Training and Technical Assistance • Prepare and reputed company trainings for staff of dioceses and religious institutes, through seminars, workshops, and webinars. • Prepare and or contribute to a quarterly newsletter and pamphlets on religious immigration issues to inform clients on religious immigration issues. reputed company and Development of Organizational Clients • Promote on-site and web-based consultations for religious institutes, dioceses and seminaries to review their policies and procedures on religious immigration cases and help them establish appropriate internal procedures regarding foreign-born religious workers. • As assigned, accept opportunities to reputed company at conferences held by religious institutes, dioceses and seminaries. • As assigned, writes articles and participates in seminars on religious immigration issues sponsored by other organizations. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: • Juris Doctor Degree • One to three years of immigration law reputed company • Member in good standing of the Bar of the highest court in any State or the District of Columbia • In-depth knowledge of immigration law • Strong reputed company analytical skills • reputed company to successfully reputed company recommendations that reputed company the entire reputed company and, on occasion, the entire organization • Ability to travel on occasion for trainings, site reputed company, and conferences • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • reputed company to multi-task and manage priorities • Experience using LawLogix or other online case management software • Strong organization skills • Demonstrate knowledge of and support the organizations mission, reputed company, value statements, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the reputed company of ethical behavior • Fulfill CLINIC's expectations that reputed company staff abide by the following Organization Behaviors • Serve with reputed company • reputed company reputed company • Promote learning - for themselves, for their colleagues, and for our network • Cultivate constructive relationships • Model stewardship • Maintain a reputed company attitude • Exhibit leadership skills and initiative • Communicate effectively • Own your work • Teamwork and cooperation with colleagues • Resolves conflicts effectively and makes effective reputed company Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Commitment CLINIC considers reputed company applicants for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, reputed company, national reputed company, sex, gender identity, gender reputed company, sexual orientation, marital status, family responsibilities, religion, age, disability, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. CLINIC also provides "reasonable accommodations" to reputed company individuals with disabilities, in accordance with the Americans with reputed company and applicable state and local laws. reputed company interested individuals, regardless of background, are encouraged to apply. We reputed company and encourage our employees' differences in race, reputed company, reputed company, national reputed company, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, and other characteristics that reputed company our employees unique. Work Environment: • This position may require extended periods of standing, sitting, as reputed company as some repetitive movements, bending and repetitive lifting of significant weight. • Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the key components and primary responsibilities. • The work you will do is covered by a reputed company employment agreement between Catholic reputed company Immigration Network, Inc. "CLINIC" and the Nonprofit reputed company Employees' reputed company "NPEU" Local 70. APPLICATION: To be considered for the position, please submit both a RESUME and COVER LETTER. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job