Organization General Description

The Resurrection Project (TRP) builds trusting relationships to educate and propel individuals,

immigrants, and families to achieve their social and economic aspirations, stable homes, and equitable participation in their community. TRP is a leading provider of affordable housing, financial education, and immigration services on Chicagos Southwest side.

During the past three decades TRP, has worked to improve the lives of individuals and families by creating wealth,building assets, and engaging residents to be catalystsfor change. Rootedin the Pilsen community, TRPs impact now extends across the City of Chicago and through the State of Illinois; we

are making steady progress towards leveraging and preserving more than $1 billion in community wealth by 2025.

General Job Description:

TRPs Immigrant Justice Legal Clinic seeks a passionate and collaborative staff attorney/Full DOJ rep to join the Centralized Legal Services (CLS)team. The staff attorney/Full DOJ Rep will work with CLS team members at centralized legal services workshops as well as on clients represented by the team. The staff attorney/Full DOJ rep will maintain their own caseload.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities

Case Management and Data Collection Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with staff, volunteers, and interns.
• Actively participate in case review and other meetings needed to effectively provide excellent quality service to all clients.
• Maintain reporting and case management systems as required by internal policies and grant requirements.
• Keep current on changes in immigration law and procedures through research and trainings.

Direct Legal Services:

• Conduct legal intake interviews for cases referred from CLS workshops to assess a clients

immigration status, eligibility, and admissibility issues.

• Conduct legal intake interviews for detained individuals
• Provide expert consultation and representation to clients and potential clients including case preparation and follow-up.

• Work with managing attorney, CLS team members, program managers, and partner organizations to assist applicants on-site at large-scale workshops, including but not limited to: supervision, review, and RFE support.
• Maintain a case load of affirmative and defensive cases under the supervision of the Managing Attorney or Senior Attorney.
• Prepare immigration applications, attend USCIS interviews and ICE/ISAP check-ins, research applicable law, and write client affidavits as needed.
• Make appropriate referrals as necessary for immigration legal services beyond the scope of the program.
• Maintain comprehensive up-to-date notes of client contact, indicating date, subject matter, and resolution in the client file, per TRPs Immigration Legal Services Program procedures, and notify client of all activity regarding their case in a …