The Immigrant Rights Clinic at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey, is seeking to hire recent law graduate for a full-time Detention Fellow position, to start in August or September 2020. The term of the fellowship is two years, contingent on funding. The Detention Fellow will work with Professor Anju Gupta, Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC), and staff attorneys in the clinic’s detention project.
The Rutgers Immigrant Rights Clinic is one of four partners in an exciting and innovative project, funded by the state of New Jersey and Essex county, to provide legal representation to detained immigrants. With this funding, Rutgers has hired a Senior Detention Attorney, an experienced Staff Attorney, and a Paralegal, and now seeks to hire a Detention Fellow. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide universal representation to immigrants detained in New Jersey. The Detention Fellow, working with the detention project staff attorneys, will represent detained immigrants before the immigration court and Board of Immigration Appeals. The Fellow will also coordinate clinical and nonclinical law students providing assistance with the project. The Fellow will help supervise student interns, and will benefit from the support of a full-time paralegal, devoted exclusively to this project.
This is a full time, year-round position, and the fellowship term is approximately two years. The Immigrant Rights Clinic is housed at Rutgers Law School in Newark, a short train ride or drive away from New York City. (Given the pandemic, the position will likely begin remotely, but we anticipate this will be an in-person position, once it is safe to return to the office.) The Detention Fellow will receive a stipend plus excellent benefits through Rutgers University. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, list of references, and unofficial law school transcript no later than August 1, 2020. The cover letter should address all of the position requirements listed above. To apply, click here.
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