Immigration Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney
At a glance
Legal Services NYC
Full-time
New York, NY, US
14 August 2025
The Immigration Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney will work with the Pro Bono Director, Pro Bono Deputy Directors, and other Immigration Pro Bono Coordinating Attorneys and Paralegals to expand and operate pro bono immigration clinics, trainings, and case placements. Pro bono immigration work includes LGBTQ+ asylum, removal defense, VAWA Self-Petition & Battered Spouse Waiver, U visas, T visas, TPS, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, adjustment of status, and naturalization initiatives. While the majority of LSNYC’s immigration work secures full representation for clients, the organization also holds pro se plus clinics for defensive asylum, EADs, and TPS. The Immigration Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney will regularly train volunteers, support pro bono teams, develop and improve training materials, develop systems to ensure high quality legal support by pro bono volunteers, and work with the rest of the Pro Bono Department to develop relationships with law firms and corporations.
We are searching for an applicant who is innovative, highly organized, responsive, skilled at public speaking and leading teams, experienced with managing a high volume of pro bono teams, and a problem-solver with strong interpersonal skills.
Key responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Pro Bono, the Immigration Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney’s duties will include:
- Provide expert legal support for pro bono attorneys
- Set up and administer frequent (primarily virtual) pro bono clinics with law firms
- Conduct regular trainings for pro bono attorneys and other volunteers
- Develop and improve training materials for pro bono attorneys
- Coordinate first and second-level screening on prospective clients
- Draft case descriptions to pitch to pro bono attorneys
- Coordinate with volunteers to place and follow up on cases
- Research and assist with outreach to law firms and corporations
- Assist with evaluation of the program
- Assist with development of new immigration pro bono programs to expand services
- Participate in and assist with pro bono events
- Maintain databases and case tracking, with support from other members of the pro bono team
- Oversee regular reporting to the key funder for this position
The Successful Candidate
- At least 5 years of experience as an immigration attorney
- Experience and expertise in LGBTQ asylum, removal defense, VAWA Self-Petitions, Battered Spouse Waivers, U-visas, T-visas, SIJS, TPS, adjustment of status, naturalizations, and more
- Track record of coordinating a high volume of clients and/or volunteers
- Demonstrated communication habits that are consistently prompt and highly responsive
- Collaborative orientation, and capacity to work in a team
- Highly self-motivated
- Strong writing and analytical skills
- Demonstrated excellent organizational skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated consistent ability to pay close attention to details
- Ability to work with people from a range of backgrounds – including low-income clients, other LSNYC staff, and private attorneys from law firms and corporations
- Skilled presenter, with experience training attorneys on substantive legal issues
- Applicants must have a J.D. from an accredited law school and be admitted to the New York Bar
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience doing pro bono as an attorney at a large law firm or corporation
- Experience working with a pro bono program at a nonprofit
- Experience working with survivors of intimate partner violence and/or sexual assault
- Experience working with trans and gender nonconforming clients
- Experience implementing and operationalizing new initiatives/programs