Deportation defense, Family-based immigration, Asylum, Litigation

• Built on 4 previous summers working with Amigos in Latin America to plan, implement and evaluate two-month community service program for 50 volunteers in 16 rural Mexican communities
• Mentored and formally assessed performance of seven-member staff team
• Sought out and cultivated working relationships with three Mexican partner agencies
• Compiled comprehensive project evaluation report for an international audience

• Researched human rights conditions in African, Asian and Latin American countries to provide objective support for asylum applications
• Interviewed clients, their colleagues and family to produce supporting affidavits for asylum applications
• Interpreted English/Spanish between attorneys and clients • Translated documents from Spanish to English and composed client letters in Spanish

• Researched narrow questions of asylum law in preparation for affirmative asylum application to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
• Negotiated pro bono affidavits with experts and officials located in the U.S. and Cameroon
• Met regularly with client to complete asylum application and prepare for interview with USCIS

• Researched immigration statutes and judicial precedents to inform judges’ decisions regarding detention, asylum and deportation cases
• Drafted judicial opinions and bench memoranda

• Represented indigent clients in civil cases: civil protection orders, wage claims, housing disputes
• Created an educational seminar that trains day laborers to file mechanic’s liens pro se

• Performed complex legal research for litigation attorneys: “Make-My-Day” immunity; joint employment under FLSA; federal common law; constructive trusts; alternative service of process
• Drafted legal memoranda, pleadings and client communications
• Accompanied senior attorneys to judicial conferences, criminal hearings, and appellate arguments

• Conducted bi-weekly small group sessions with first year law students
• Helped property and constitutional law students develop legal problem-solving and exam-writing skills

• Researched complex issues of immigration law and changes to the regulatory structure
• Independently drafted briefs to Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals
• Created an industry-oriented handbook and a general-practitioner guide to I-9 compliance

• Research complex issues of immigration law
• Draft briefs to Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals
• Appear before EOIR and USCIS

• Research complex issues of immigration law
• Draft briefs to Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals
• Appear before EOIR and USCIS