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ILCM is an organization with over 30 employees across five locations in the State of Minnesota including two St. Paul offices and offices in Austin, Moorhead, and Worthington. Additionally, ILCM has recently expanded to provide services in North Dakota.
We are grateful to our dedicated and hardworking staff who make our work possible. We look for individuals who share our mission of enhancing opportunities for immigrants and refugees through legal representation for low-income individuals, and through education and advocacy with diverse communities.
ILCM is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. ILCM provides equal opportunity to all applicants for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws and will not refuse to hire any qualified individual, or otherwise discriminate against any individual by reason of an employee’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Community Defense Legal Assistant-St. Paul
Responsibilities
The Community Defense (CD) Legal Assistant will be responsible for providing immigration legal assistance to low-income immigrants and refugees as supervised by a licensed attorney on our Community Defense team. This team focuses on representation of individuals who have pending immigration court matters. The Legal Assistant performs a variety of administrative duties to assist the team in representing clients in removal proceedings and before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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• Associate or bachelor’s degree in any field, paralegal experience, or experience working in an attorney’s office with some college credits.
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• Fluency in a language spoken by a significant proportion of ILCM’s client population, such as Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Amharic, Oromo, Karen, or Karenni.
• Experience in working with diverse populations.
• Experience in advocating on behalf of immigrants.
• Proficient in all Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint.
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Receptionist (Full or Part Time)-St. Paul
Responsibilities
The Receptionist is the initial contact person for clients, staff, and all visitors to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
This position is responsible for providing professional, courteous, and effective service in addition to other general office functions.
On the back-end, this position will also support data entry and processing. The Receptionist will report directly to our Office Manager.
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Requirements
• High school diploma or equivalent.
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• Previous experience in professional administrative support or customer service.
• Fluent in both Spanish and English.
• Proficient in all Microsoft programs including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint.
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Legal Director
Responsibilities
The Legal Director is responsible for the legal work of ILCM. The Legal Director will provide leadership and mentoring in legal matters to legal supervisors, staff attorneys, accredited representatives, legal assistants, law clerks, students, and interns. Specifically, the Legal Director is responsible for directly overseeing the Community Defense Supervising Attorney, the New Beginnings Supervising Attorney, the Greater Minnesota Supervising Attorney, the Pro Bono Manager, and the North Dakota legal team.
The Legal Director is responsible for providing supervision, information, technical assistance, outreach and training, and ensuring high-quality representation in immigration matters to income-eligible persons of all nationalities. The Legal Director will oversee grants and monitor grant outcome progress. This position is part of ILCM’s Leadership Team and will provide leadership and support for all additional services, mission, and work in the community to benefit and strengthen the immigrant community and ILCM’s role and responsibility to it.
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• J.D. degree and admission to the Minnesota State Bar.
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• Minimum of five years of experience in immigration representation.
• Minimum of three years in a supervisory role.
• Experience in working with diverse populations.
• Experience in advocating on behalf of immigrants.
• Proficient in all Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook, and must be coachable to other computer programs.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented, service-oriented, organized and able to meet deadlines.
• Dedicated, reliable and able to handle a high volume of assignments
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North Dakota Legal Assistant (Part-Time)
Responsibilities
The Legal Assistant will be responsible for providing immigration legal services under supervision to refugee and asylee clients in North Dakota and possibly Minnesota. The position will be based in Fargo, ND and will work closely with ILCM’s Accredited Representative based in Fargo.
• Click "view details" to see the full list of responsibilities.Requirements
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in any field, paralegal experience, or experience working in an attorney’s office with some college credits.
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• Fluency in a language spoken by a significant proportion of ILCM’s client population, such as Spanish, Haitian Creole, Swahili, or Pashto.
• Experience in working with diverse populations.
• Experience in advocating on behalf of immigrants.
• Proficient in all Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint.
• Click "view details" to see the full list of requirements.Open until filled