2001 NAPIL EQUAL JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAW FOUNDATION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Funded by the American Immigration Lawyers
Association
and the Open Society Institute
The National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL) Equal Justice Fellow at the American Immigration Law Foundation will work on litigation and advocacy on issues concerning the right to counsel in removal (deportation) proceedings. This fellowship is based in Washington, D.C. and is a two-year position.
About:
The American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) is a non-profit organization established in 1987 to increase public understanding of immigration law and policy, to promote public service and professional excellence, and to advance fundamental fairness, due process, and basic constitutional and human rights in immigration law and administration.
Description of the Fellowship Project:
Immigrants lack many rights that U.S. citizens take for granted, including the right to have counsel appointed in immigration court proceedings. This is true even though the consequence of immigration proceedings may be permanent banishment from the United States and return to a country from which the immigrant fled in fear for her or his life.
The Project will focus on right-to-counsel issues in removal proceedings, including the right to appointed counsel and the right to claim ineffective assistance of counsel.
The fellow will work with, be part of and be supervised by AILF’s litigation team. AILF’s lawyers have many years of litigation experience in immigration law, advocacy and litigation.
Salary/Fringe Benefits:
Salary and benefits will be commensurate with an entry-level attorney staff position. In addition, all NAPIL Equal Justice Fellows are eligible to apply for NAPIL’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program. Fellows also will attend NAPIL’s two national trainings and participate in a national network of fellows.
Qualifications Sought:
Our fellow must be a team player, must research and write well, and must be committed to working for immigrants’ rights. Some knowledge of immigration law would be helpful but is not required.
Application Deadline:
Please submit resume and writing sample to Traci Hong, by email thong@ailf.org, or by fax, (202) 371-6459 by FEBRUARY 9, 2001.