Legal Program Manager, National Immigration Project
Position:
The Legal Program Manager will work under the supervision of the Director of Legal Resources & Training and play a key role in supporting the organization’s legal work. This position is responsible for providing critical coordination, legal, and administrative support to the organization’s dynamic team of attorneys. The position will serve as a liaison between operations and programmatic staff, coordinating the programmatic aspects of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) trainings in collaboration with attorneys and the Operations & Events Manager and managing the logistics for other legal programmatic events.
Responsibilities:
- Manage, develop, and maintain the legal program’s new case management system, including assessing distribution of assistance requests amongst attorneys, ensuring functionality of systems, and making recommendations for changes where necessary.
- Manage other systems that support the legal program, such as our electronic filing system, organizational email lists, and scheduling. Ensure systems meet the needs of staff and suggest and implement changes where appropriate.
- Maintain and ensure the accuracy of NIPNLG’s litigation docket and calendar, and organize and maintain litigation and policy files.
- Assist communications and operations staff in the development and maintenance of website and other public information outlets as they relate to the organization’s legal work, including our member portal.
- Coordinate responses to mail from detained or incarcerated individuals requesting referrals and resources and respond to calls from people looking for assistance.
- Perform other legal support work including redacting legal documents; filing court documents; preparing for depositions; and handling related printing and mailing.
- Conduct factual research and/or client interviews and declaration drafting (including translation) in connection with prospective or ongoing litigation, individual representation, policy matters, or public education efforts.
- Work on special projects and other duties as assigned by the Director of Legal Resources & Training.
Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills and an ability to drive processes and communicate with different types of stakeholders.
- You have a passion for creating and maintaining systems to ensure NIPNLG’s legal work runs smoothly.
- Excellent program/event planning and execution skills, preferably with regard to legal trainings.
- Experience assisting with legal work, preferably related to immigration. Experience with citechecking and/or Bluebooking is a plus.
- Demonstrable passion for social justice and alignment with NIPNLG’s mission and core values.
- Accept and incorporate feedback and challenge yourself and others to find creative solutions to obstacles.
- Proven ability to work with a team in a collaborative way while ensuring that deadlines are met.
- Strong attention to detail and are highly organized and efficient.
- High degree of comfort with technology, including Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Zoom, Adobe Pro, and databases.
- Fluency in Spanish strongly preferred, especially experience in legal document translation.
How to Apply:
Submit cover letter, resume, and three references in a single PDF to jobs@nipnlg.org include “Legal Program Manager ” in the subject of email. No phone calls.