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CredentialsLegal degree, bar admission often requiredLegal degree, bar admission often required
Work EnvironmentNonprofit, legal aid organizations, consulting firmsLegal clinics, nonprofit organizations, community centers
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Search & Comparison IntentUnderstanding professional legal consulting roles in pro bono workVolunteering legal services in community settings

Pro Bono Consultants and Volunteer Legal Advisors both provide legal services without charge, often within nonprofit or community settings. The main difference lies in their roles: Pro Bono Consultants typically offer strategic legal advice and consulting to organizations, while Volunteer Legal Advisors directly assist clients with legal issues. Both require legal credentials and serve similar industries, but their focus and scope of work differ slightly.

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Pro bono consultants are professionals who offer their consulting services for free or at a significantly reduced cost to nonprofit organizations, charities, or social enterprises. Their expertise helps these organizations solve business challenges, improve operations, or develop strategies without incurring high fees. Pro bono consultants typically possess specialized skills in fields such as management, finance, marketing, or IT, and volunteer their time as a way to give back to the community. Their work can have a significant positive impact on the organizations they assist.
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Staff Attorney - Pro Bono Coordinator

Canal Alliance

San Rafael, CA • On-site

$85K - $95K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 15 days ago

Job description

Job Type
Full-time
Description
About the Organization
Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success.
Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. Every day, we educate, empower, support, and partner with motivated immigrants to best meet all their unique needs-from putting food on the table, to becoming American citizens, to learning English, to graduating from college.
Canal Alliance strives for a trauma-informed collaborative and inclusive culture. We invest in high quality services, professional development, and work-life balance.
Position Summary
The staff attorney will develop and implement an ILS Pro Bono Program while providing specialized legal services and other special projects as assigned by the Senior Supervising Attorney. The staff attorney should be comfortable cultivating relationships with community members, students, attorneys, and corporations.
Depending on organizational need, and experience, the staff attorney will also maintain a caseload representing clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
The staff attorney will work in a collaborative and trauma-informed environment delivering high quality service. This is a full-time, exempt position with a hybrid work model requiring three days a week in the office. Must be available to attend hearings and interviews in San Francisco as needed. The staff attorney reports to the Senior Supervising Attorney of the Affirmative Unit.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement the ILS Pro Bono Program and internal procedures for pro bono case management
  • Foster relationships with local attorneys, bar associations, law firms, and law schools to recruit pro bono volunteers
  • Place cases with, train, and coordinate with pro bono volunteers
  • Mentor pro bono volunteers on case management and filing
  • Manage cases from intake, placement with pro bono volunteers, through filing with USCIS
  • Coordinate with Canal Alliance's Development, Marketing, and Outreach teams to develop and expand on pro bono opportunities in support of Canal Alliance's mission
  • Conduct client intakes, consultations, provide eligibility assessment, develop case strategy, and represent individuals before USCIS in a variety of humanitarian applications
  • Cover hearings before EOIR as needed
  • Assure all cases are filed timely in accordance with departmental policies and grant deliverable timelines
  • Comply with ILS policies, procedures, and best practices, including entering data into our case management software (LawLogix), collecting fees, executing contracts with clients, and filing applications in a timely manner
  • Compile client data for reporting requirements
  • Participate in regular peer review meetings, one-on-one check-in meetings with supervisor, Affirmative Unit meetings, ILS department meetings, all staff meetings, and quarterly all-staff retreats
  • Attend immigration legal trainings and behavioral health trainings as needed
  • Participate in other team and agency meetings
  • Assist Senior Supervising Attorney in improving effective and efficient inter- and intra-agency referral systems.

Requirements
Qualifications
  • At least 3 years of immigration practice experience
  • Licensed attorney, CA preferred
  • Ability to effectively communicate with, train and manage legal practitioners with varied experience
  • Bilingual -English and Spanish- oral and written fluency
  • Project management experience preferred
  • Experience working with LawLogix or other legal case management software preferred
  • Able to sit for an extended period and sufficient mobility to work in standard office/courtroom settings
  • Excellent attention to detail, organizational, communication, writing and analytical skills
  • Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment and excel in working individually/remotely as well as in a team setting
  • Commitment to serving immigrants and sensitivity to the needs of low-income, vulnerable clients
  • Canal Alliance requires all staff be COVID vaccinated except for those who have medical or religious beliefs exemptions

Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt position with benefits. We offer a competitive salary range from $85k-$95k with a benefits package that includes:
  • 3 weeks paid vacation per year
  • 12 days of sick leave per year
  • Paid Birthday each year
  • 13 paid holidays per year
  • 100% paid employee medical & dental insurance, life insurance, LTD, and EAP
  • 403(b)-retirement plan with employer match of up to 4% after 3 months of employment
  • Voluntary benefits include FSA, vision, life, and pet insurance, as well as coverage for dependents
  • Telehealth for physical and mental health

We at Canal Alliance have a 4 Day Work Week, with typical hours Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm. As a salaried position, our goal is for you to work as close to 8 hours per day as possible. However, certain seasons or work obligations may require days to be longer than 8 hours at times.
Location
This position is hybrid, minimum of 3 days onsite at our HQ on 711 Grand Ave., San Rafael, CA. Attendance at quarterly in-person staff retreats, and any other in-person trainings and meetings as needed, as well as occasional night and weekend events.
Canal Alliance Equity & Inclusion Statement
Canal Alliance actively promotes and recognizes principles of fairness, equity, and social justice in relation to, and across, intersections of race, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, disability, ancestry and all other identities represented among our diverse employees.
Application Process
Please email your resume and cover letter to HR@canalalliance.org and answer the following questions in your cover letter or body of email:
  1. Why do you want to work at Canal Alliance?
  2. Please describe your immigration law experience.
  3. How did you gain your Spanish fluency?

Only electronic applications will be accepted. (Keep it green!) Please indicate "Pro Bono Coordinator" - YOUR NAME" in the subject line of your email.

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