Volunteer Guide

Jewish Social Services of Madison

  • Location:
    6434 Enterprise Ln
    Madison, WI 53719
  • Phone:
    (608) 442-4081
  • Fax:
    (608) 278-7814
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Jewish Social Services of Madison (JSS) offers low-cost assistance with a variety of immigration legal issues.

Counties served: Dane

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Other areas of legal assistance: Consumer
Non-legal services: Employment services, ESL, Language services, Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? Yes
Other information: Can provide services for provisional waivers. JSS has one part-time pro bono attorney.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 0
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Immigration Advocates Network