Jobs at Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Provides senior legal expertise at the intersection of criminal and immigration law. Responsibilities include advising public defenders and immigration advocates, analyzing legal developments, writing practice resources, conducting trainings, supporting policy campaigns and litigation, managing grants, and representing the organization with stakeholders. The role requires advanced crim/imm expertise, strong legal writing and presentation skills, bar membership, and approximately 10% travel.

Provides advanced immigration law expertise to legal service providers through technical assistance, trainings, webinars, legal materials, policy analysis, and coalition work. Advises on removal defense, asylum, family-based immigration, detention release, VAWA, U visas, SIJS, naturalization, and enforcement issues. Coordinates project deliverables, prepares funder reports, cultivates funder relationships, and represents the organization in meetings. Requires extensive immigration law practice experience and travel throughout California and occasionally nationally.

The Staff Attorney will support California immigration-enforcement policy advocacy, coalition and campaign work, legal technical assistance, trainings, and written resources. Responsibilities include analyzing and drafting legislation, advising partners, supporting decarceration and sanctuary campaigns, providing immigration-law trainings, developing public-facing resources, engaging with media and funders, and representing ILRC in collaboratives. The role requires immigration-law experience, strong legal writing and communication skills, California travel, and current bar membership.