Staff Attorney – Detention Project: Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP)
Based in Portland, Maine, the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) is Maine’s only state wide immigration legal aid organization. ILAP’s mission is to help low-income immigrants improve their legal status and to work for more just and humane laws and policies affecting immigrants. ILAP’s work includes direct legal services for over 3,000 clients each year;
education and outreach to immigrant communities and service providers; and systemic advocacy on local, state, and federal immigration law issues.
ILAP is committed to having a respectful, collaborative, and equitable work environment, with equal opportunity for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, immigrants, and other underrepresented and historically marginalized groups. We believe in building an organization that is reflective of the communities that we serve and is diverse in work background, experience, education, race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, or sensory, mental, and physical abilities. We believe that having a diverse and equitable organization strengthens our programming and services and advances our organizational values.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
ILAP is seeking a full-time staff attorney based in ILAP’s Portland Office whose primary role is to coordinate and provide immigration legal services to noncitizens detained by immigration authorities in Maine.
TO APPLY
Send a cover letter and resume, by e-mail to hr@ilapmaine.org. Review of applications will begin on February 24, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled.
HIRING PROCESS
Qualified candidates offered to take part in the hiring process will begin with an initial interview with a panel of 3-5 ILAP staff members. Finalists will be invited to a second-round interview with the initial interview team and 2-3 additional staff members. ILAP will then check references before extending a written offer of employment to the selected candidate, which will detail salary, benefits, and other important information. We are committed to notifying applicants who are not selected in a timely manner throughout the process.
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