Center for Human Rights and International Justice at The Post-Deportation Human Rights Project (PDHRP), an initiative of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at
The PDHRP is a pilot program designed to counsel, support, and represent individuals who have been deported from the United States (U.S.); to investigate the effects of harsh deportation policies on families and communities; to advocate, in collaboration with affected families and communities, for fundamental changes that will introduce legal predictability, proportionality, compassion, and respect for family unity into U.S. immigration law and policy; and to reframe deportation policy as a matter of international human rights.
Responsibilities of the Human Rights Fellow include:
- Collaborating with faculty and students from the
- Developing training materials and providing technical assistance to attorneys handling post-removal cases.
- Conducting client intakes and outreach to advocacy organizations to indentify potential new cases.
- Recruiting and mentoring pro bono attorneys.
- Collaborating with immigrant communities, the legal community, the academic community, and legislators to transform the laws governing deportation.
- Supervising law students who assist in the representation of clients with final orders of removal. Legal matters currently being handled by the PDHRP include: motions to reopen removal proceedings; consular processing with waivers; non-immigrant waiver applications; and U-visas.
- Drafting human rights reports focusing on deportation.
- Conducting media outreach and drafting op-eds for publication in newspapers and professional journals.
- Organizing and speaking at conferences and public events focusing on human rights issues related to deportation.
Candidates must have a JD or LL.M., be proficient in Spanish, be licensed to practice law in the United States, and have substantial experience practicing immigration or human rights law. Some background in community organizing is a plus, as is an understanding of the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
Salary is commensurate with experience and includes full benefits. The position may be full or part-time. Review of applications will begin in April, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. To apply, please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, list of three references, and a writing sample to Anjani Datla at anjani.datla@bc.edu
For more information about the Post-Deportation Human Rights Project at the Center for Human rights and International Justice please visit:
http://www.bc.edu/centers/humanrights/projects/deportation.html