Law interns
Company/Organization: Law Offices of David R Saffold & Associates
Description:
Law students will be trained to prepare asylum cases from start to finish, from client intake interviews to trial preparation to the appeal process.
Responsibilities include:
• Conducting client intake interviews
• Reviewing affidavits and evidence to support asylum and VAWA claims
• Conducting legal research on issues surrounding asylum and other immigration law
• Conducting political risk assessment research on clients’ countries of origin
• Prepare clients for Arlington Asylum Office interviews and/or Immigration Court proceedings
• Observe hearings before the Baltimore and/or Arlington Immigration Court.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have the following: a basic understanding of U.S. immigration law and policy; excellent oral and written communication skills; the ability to communicate patiently, respectfully, and empathetically with individuals from a variety of backgrounds as well as survivors of trauma and torture; and the ability to manage numerous tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
Hours:
8 -10 hrs/week
Length/Availability:
3 months
Start Date:
December
End Date:
, , End of March
Tags:
immigration law asylum VAWAMore Internships in Dist. Of Columbia:
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Law Offices of David R Saffold & Associates
The Law Offices of David R. Saffold is a boutique immigration firm founded by experienced solo practitioner, David R. Saffold, Esq. Mr. Saffold has been providing immigration legal services in the Washington, D.C. metro area for over ten years. The primary mission of the firm is to provide the highest quality legal services to persons seeking asylum in the United States who have been persecuted or fear persecution in their home countries. In addition, the firm litigates cancellation of removal, waivers of inadmissibility, Violence Against Women Action (VAWA) petitions, adjustment of status, and appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. District Court for D.C., and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Since it�s founding, the firm has successfully concluded more than six hundred humanitarian immigration cases.
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