Careers

Immigrant Legal Center is an innovative, growing nonprofit providing important contributions to individuals and the communities we serve in Nebraska and southwest Iowa. All services are free to low-income immigrants, including representation by experienced and highly qualified legal staff.

Our Workplace

Our headquarters is located at 4223 Center Street in Omaha, Nebraska.

Rural legal clinics take place in Omaha, Grand Island and Lexington, Nebraska. Our rural attorneys and legal service providers also collaborate with partners to build capacity for community-based immigration legal services in Crete and South Sioux City.

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Current Openings

Immigrant Survivor Staff Attorney/Fully Accredited DOJ Representative

We are hiring either a Staff Attorney or a Fully Accredited DOJ Representative in our Immigrant Survivor program. This individual will be responsible for the provision of direct immigration legal services to immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other violent crime. The Staff Attorney/Representative will focus on U-Visa, T-Visa, and VAWA cases, asylum claims based on intrafamily and gender-based violence, and related family law matters. The Staff Attorney/Representative will also conduct outreach and education with law enforcement, partners, and community members in the Omaha Metro area to advance the rights and interests of immigrant survivors.

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Rural Capacity Building Attorney in Nebraska City

The Rural Capacity Building Staff Attorney is responsible for the provision of direct legal services to immigrant families in targeted underserved rural Nebraska communities. The RCB Staff Attorney will partner with community organizations and local leaders to build capacity for the provision of immigration legal services in rural Nebraska.

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Director of Finance and Administration

The Director of Finance and Administration will play a critical role in partnering with the senior leadership team in strategic decision making and operations as Immigrant Legal Center (ILC) continues to enhance its quality programming and build capacity.

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Rural Capacity Building Paralegal (South Sioux City, NE)

The Rural Capacity Building (RCB) Paralegal is responsible for carrying out legal support, administrative responsibilities, and community outreach tasks as directed by the RCB Operations Manager in addition to RCB Attorneys.

The RCB Paralegal will assist in the identification of community partners to help build capacity for the long-term provision of immigration legal services in rural communities and will work in collaboration with community partners to promote community education and advocacy aimed toward inclusion of immigrants in rural Nebraska.

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Legal Administrative Assistant

The Legal Administrative Assistant (Assistant) is responsible for providing legal support to the Legal Director and Senior Managing Attorneys, as well as administrative assistance in the ILC Omaha office. The Assistant will support Senior Managing attorneys with casework and internal legal team communication and coordination. Under the supervision of the Senior Operations Manager, the Assistant will carry out assigned tasks to maintain efficient, high-quality legal office operations for ILC and act as back-up support to reception and hotline activities. This is a full-time position based out of ILC’s Omaha office.

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Nebraska Immigration Legal Assistance Hotline (NILAH) Paralegal

The Nebraska Immigration Legal Assistance Hotline (NILAH) Paralegal is responsible for processing applications over the telephone from callers applying for non-profit immigration legal assistance from a collaborating immigration legal service provider (ILSP). The NILAH paralegal makes decisions regarding eligibility for service using established guidelines through the use of software, and assists callers by gathering information and directing them to appropriate resources. The NILAH paralegal may, if appropriate, convey to callers legal advice provided by an attorney, and may provide limited advice regarding limited immigration legal matters after obtaining Department of Justice (DOJ) Accreditation.

This is a full-time position based out of ILC’s Omaha office.

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