Conduct client intake, draft pleadings and applications for relief, and maintain timely, accurate case records.

Review criminal dispositions and analyze their immigration consequences.

Community Lawyering & Outreach

Conduct outreach at your assigned community college campus.Assist with naturalization and DACA renewal group processing events.Deliver Know Your Rights presentations and other sessions on affirmative immigration relief in the community.Support the UFW Foundation's Community Advancement Services department with application workshops and related events, as assigned.

Internal Collaboration & Training

Attend scheduled "triage" meetings to help screen potential clients.

Work closely with your Directing Attorney to coordinate strategy and maximize case output.

Provide training and technical assistance to UFW Foundation staff, interns, fellows, volunteers, and partner organizations.

Recruit and coordinate pro bono and low-bono attorney support.

Identify trends in DHS practice and community needs, and help translate them into advocacy priorities.

What You Bring

Licensed attorney in good standing in any U.S. state, or a J.D. with bar results pending (California bar preferred, not required).Functional bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English, sufficient to conduct a client intake or explain legal options directly without an interpreter.Valid driver's license and reliable vehicle access for regional travel.

Nice to Have

Working knowledge of core immigration relief categories: naturalization, DACA, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, SIJS, VAWA, U/T visas, TPS, asylum/withholding/CAT, and removal defense.

Direct representation or clinical/externship experience appearing before USCIS, EOIR, or state courts.Experience delivering Know Your Rights presentations or other community legal education.Additional language ability, including indigenous languages.UFW Foundation weighs lived experience, being an immigrant, farmworker, or low-wage worker, or growing up in a mixed-status household, alongside professional legal experience. If that is part of how you found your way to this work, we want to hear about it.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $70,404–$83,500 annually, depending on experience, with yearly increases tied to individual, team, and organizational performance.Health coverage: medical, dental, and vision, with the majority of premiums paid bytheUFW Foundation and pre-taxed.Retirement: the Juan de la Cruz Pension Plan (automatic enrollment, guaranteed 6.5% interest), a 403(b) with a 2% dollar-for-dollar match after90 daysproviding employees contribute a minimum of 2% of their annual salary, and a Fidelity 401(k) available from your date of hire.Time off: 2–4 weeks of vacation depending on tenure, 16 paid holidays including a floating personal day, 6 paid sick days, 1 mental health day, and 5 days of bereavement leave per immediate family member.Support: a no-cost Employee Assistance Program, free access to thousands of professional development courses, and a 20% discount on immigration services for you and your family.Equal Opportunity

The UFW Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity is more than a legal and moral obligation – it is also a sound business practice to realize the potential of every individual. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all! In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at the UFW Foundation will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Except where required or permitted by law, employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, age, or any characteristic protected by law.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for a position fighting for farm worker and immigrant communities! The UFW Foundation believes in second chances. As an organization, we will rely on individualized assessments in the hiring of those with past criminal convictions. The UFW Foundation will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with qualified disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. Persons of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, persons with disabilities, persons who have lived in poverty, formerly incarcerated, persons 40 years old or older, and people fluent in more than one language are strongly encouraged to apply for open positions with the UFW Foundation.

This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, counseling, discipline, termination, access to benefits and training. Our commitment to equal opportunity employment applies to all persons involved in our operations and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee, including supervisors and co-workers.

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