Communication and Marketing: The Communications and Marketing internship is an opportunity to learn strategies for engaging audiences through digital channels such as social media and email, create engaging content, gain experience in developing and managing an online fundraiser that provides critical funding for programs, and understand how to use data and analytics for more Effective. Candidates with fundraising experience and design skills are an advantage, but not mandatory. This is a part-time and distance learning placement for fall 2022. Activities include: Thank you for your interest in an internship at the National Immigrant Justice Centre! Please complete the following application to be considered for an internship. All fields are required. NIJC is currently accepting internship applications for fall 2022. Interns will work directly with clients from diverse backgrounds and perform active pitfalls in preparing applications for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Immigration Court under the supervision of experienced attorneys and BIA-accredited representatives. Cases may also involve helping attorneys prepare applications for custody, guardianship or adoption in state courts for special applications for immigration status. Interns can also work with Ayuda`s END (Eradicating Notario Deceit/Eliminando Notarios Deshonestos) project, a project that aims to repair the damage caused by notario fraud or immigration consultant through counseling, counseling and representing victims. The work includes communicating with clients, conducting relevant research, translating, writing personal statements, preparing immigration forms, writing memos and briefs, drafting court applications and orders, representing them before law enforcement and other agencies, participating in USCIS interviews with clients as interpreters, filing consumer complaints for victims of notario fraud and assistance in civil disputes. against companies or individuals involved in notarial fraud. Policy: The Policy Intern will assist NIJC`s Washington, DC-based policy team in promoting legislative, regulatory, and executive advocacy projects that promote the rights of immigrant communities.
Projects typically include assistance with legal research and drafting, participation in coalition meetings, and analysis of policy developments. The priorities of the NIJC policy team are detention and decriminalization in the context of immigration and access to asylum. The intern will work remotely. The articling period is open to law students. Federal Litigation Unit: Articling students on the litigation team conduct legal research, draft legal memoranda, and work with clients who have pending (or upcoming) Federal Court cases. Working with customer contact mainly involves writing statements and interviewing customers. Legal writing experience includes memos and potential court documents such as applications. The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) offers articling for law and undergraduate students to work in a variety of its various legal services programs. Internships provide a great opportunity to learn about U.S. immigration law and policy while changing the lives of people who need legal representation. NIJC is currently accepting internship applications for fall 2022. In general, an internship may include the following activities: Summer internships are full-time for at least 10 weeks.
NILC also reviews applications for full-time and part-time internships during the academic year. We prefer the duration of the internship of the school year of at least 6 to 10 weeks, with a minimum of 12 hours per week, although a weekly commitment of 10 hours is envisaged. There is no financial compensation for internships in the academic year, but academic credits may be available depending on the school or institution where the student is enrolled. NIJC also offers internships in our development, communication and pro bono projects. NILC encourages law students to apply as summer articling students in Los Angeles or Washington, D.C. Offices for low-income immigrant projects in one of NILC`s priority areas: ensuring that immigrants have fair and equal access to education, health care, driver`s licenses and other forms of economic support; defend the freedom to work in safe conditions, with adequate pay and without reprisals; fighting for access and fairness in immigration and sponsorship procedures; defending immigrants who are at risk of losing their immigration status, being detained or deported; and the strengthening of power and pro-immigration dynamics through federal and state policy advances and narrative change. NILC`s recent work has focused on litigation against the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); litigation to challenge the government`s conduct of a Trump-era immigration raid; and advocating for legislative and administrative policies to protect low-income immigrants and their families, including the government`s proposed regulatory amendments to „public charges.” Applications are being accepted from law students interested in working out of our Los Angeles or Washington, D.C. offices (when the office reopens; during the pandemic, all work will be remote). Applications consist of a cover letter, a CV, a short sample of legal writing and a list of three references. NIJC has earned a national reputation for providing high-quality, free and low-cost legal and advocacy services to immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. NIJC training, publications, and technical support reach a diverse group of pro bono lawyers, non-profit organizations, policy makers, and government officials. NIJC`s office is located in downtown Chicago and many internships can be done remotely (see specific job descriptions for more information).
The NIJC will help individuals obtain external compensation. The Lawyers` Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers` Committee) launched the First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program in the summer of 2013, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Lawyers` Committee.