Cornell University, Law School
** (posted 2025/05/08, listed until 2025/06/01)Position Description
- Working with the Clinic Director to ensure the effective management of the Clinic and to support Clinic grant fundraising and communications efforts.
- Supervising Clinic students’ work, providing feedback, mentoring, and training on the cases and projects assigned to student teams.
- Managing ongoing cases, ensuring that the work is done in a timely and professional manner.
- Handling cases during the summer and over other university breaks.
- Co-teaching the clinic orientation seminar sessions. The Fellow will lead selected class sessions.
- Engaging in professional development training and learning any area of immigration law they are not already familiar with, such as business immigration law, asylum law, and/or other humanitarian pathways.
- Continuing to upgrade knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to keep abreast of regulation/policy changes.
- Collaborating with the Director and the staff of Path2Papers on projects and casework on behalf of the DACA community.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in immigration law representation (will consider relevant law school clinical experience).
- Experience in humanitarian immigration applications and/or business immigration law, including H-1B, PERM, and similar visas.
- Ability to mentor, supervise, and train law students in an in-house clinical program, as well as prior teaching and/or student supervision experience.
- Outstanding lawyering skills.
- Exemplary communication skills (both written and oral).
- Demonstrated tenacity and dedication, a successful track record of working effectively with diverse and vulnerable client populations, and a demonstrated commitment to the client communities served by the Clinic.
- Strong organizational and time management skills are essential.
- Professionalism, including an ability to manage multiple tasks, work independently, and seek guidance when appropriate.
- Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment, as this role involves engagement in the law school academic community, frequent collaboration with the Path2Papers legal team, and work with students.
- Proficiency in Spanish or another non-English language.
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Pay Ranges:
The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
- Prior relevant work or industry experience.
- Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
- Academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflects 9-month annual salary)
- Unique applicable skills.
Application Materials Required:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Other Significant Supporting Material (optional)
- Writing Sample
- Three references (no actual letters, just names and email addresses )
Further Info:
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