Staff Attorney - Immigration Unit (Boston, MA)

Staff Attorney - Immigration Unit

GBLS is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Accessible Employer and strives to ensure that our staff members reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) seeks a staff attorney to work in the Immigration Unit. The attorney will represent clients in a variety of immigration matters including removal defense defensive and affirmative asylum claims special immigrant juvenile status petitions VAWA self-petitions U and T visas and other immigration matters before the USCIS and EOIR. Qualifications Admitted in MA or with eligibility to be admitted in MA five ten years experience in immigration law including asylum experience working with immigrant clients from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds strong writing and oral advocacy skills and strong administrative skills. Proficiency in Spanish is strongly preferred but not required. Salary is based on a union scale with a salary range of 65 000 - 73 750. GBLS offers a generous benefits package retirement contribution a student loan repayment assistance plan for eligible attorneys and generous PTO leave. Candidates should submit a cover letter resume and a brief writing sample to Sonia Marquez Director of Human Resources via e-mail at jobs(at)gbls.org. Please refer to Job Code IMM-ATT when applying for this position. Deadline is October 11 2020 or until position is filled. GBLS encourages applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.