Staff Attorney

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Staff Attorney
The candidate will focus primarily on identification, screenings and intake, options counseling, and know-your-rights orientations to unaccompanied children. Helps build engagement and coordination with local coalitions of service providers. May plan and assist in overseeing the activities of bono attorneys and other volunteers deployed to the border to assist in protecting the rights of unaccompanied children attempting to access protection. This position is housed in firm’s Legal Strategy and Special Programs (SSP) team and reports into the Managing Attorney. Supervises Paralegals, Program Assistants, Program Coordinators, interns, and/or other non-legal staff. Ensure that unaccompanied children residing in shelters and other facilities in Mexico have access to know-your-rights orientations. Ensure that particularly vulnerable children are screened for protection needs and relief and that pertinent referrals for services are made to NGO and other partners, in addition to pursuing protection strategies. Build relationships across the border with other legal and community organizations supporting unaccompanied children, identifying gaps in services where KIND’s expertise can supplement existing programs. Undertake direct legal counsel functions, including: legal research and formulating the legal strategy for individual cases; conducting client interviews; and appearing before immigration agencies, as needed. Monitor treatment of unaccompanied Mexican children and compliance with their rights under U.S. law, advocating where possible for full access to protection under U.S. law. Attend meetings, conferences, and other events as a representative of kind. Document conditions of care, access to counsel and other activities affecting unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border, as needed. Coordinate with firm’s U.S. field offices to ensure continuity of representation where possible. Conduct presentations and trainings on U.S. law regarding unaccompanied children for a broad range of stakeholders on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Help ensure cross-component collaboration with KIND’s Policy and Advocacy and Communications teams and Regional team. Ensure entry of timely, accurate, and detailed case data into case management systems. Support reporting and grant proposals, as needed. Supervise Paralegals, Program Assistants, Program Coordinators, interns, and/or other non-legal staff, as necessary.

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