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

Law Student Intern

A Law Student Intern at Immigrant Legal Center will be responsible for assisting the attorney or legal team to which he/she is assigned to.

Law Student Interns will have the opportunity to observe and assist our immigration attorneys, become more familiarized with our current immigration legal system, learn about ongoing issues and proposed topics related to a possible reform within the immigration legal system, work directly with clients from time to time, become familiarized with certain immigration forms and case procedures, and assist in legal research related to client cases among other things.

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Rural Capacity Building (RCB) Legal Administrative Assistant

The Rural Capacity Building (RCB) Legal Administrative Assistant shall be responsible for performing tasks assigned by his/her manager/supervisor. The RCB Legal Administrative Assistant may also work under the supervision and assigned duties delegated by our RCB Managing Attorney. The RCB Legal Administrative Assistant is responsible for carrying out any other tasks, administrative or otherwise, that the RCB Operations & Evaluation Manager so directs in collaboration with the Rural Capacity Building Team.

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Child and Family Staff Attorney

The ILC Staff Attorney is responsible for the provision of direct legal services to immigrant children and families. The Staff Attorney will work on cases involving Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ), TVPRA asylum claims, u-visas, t-visas, and family based options among others. The Staff Attorney position is located in Omaha, Nebraska and will work in coordination with area non-profits to promote community education and advocacy of immigrants’ rights.

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Rural Capacity Building Attorney (4 positions available)

The Rural Capacity Building (RCB) Attorney is responsible for the provision of direct legal services to immigrant families in targeted underserved rural Nebraska communities.

The RCB Attorney will work on identifying collaborative community partners to build capacity for the provision of long-term immigration services within the targeted rural communities. This RCB Attorney will work with the RCB program team, the ILC team, community members, and a wide variety of community partners to assist in carrying out the objectives of the program. Key program areas include providing direct immigration legal services to low-income immigrant community members in rural Nebraska; working with rural communities in identifying their local needs for capacity-building; and providing education, advocacy and representation support to facilitate growth toward community identified goals for rural community inclusion.

ILC is seeking candidates to fill multiple RCB Attorney positions in the Grand Island, Crete, and South Sioux City areas. RCB Attorneys will office at or near those locations. Moderate travel to ILC service areas and throughout the state will be required.

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Rural Capacity Building Supervising Attorney – Western-Central Nebraska

The Western-Central Rural Capacity Building (RCB) Supervising Attorney will work with the Rural Capacity Building program team, the ILC team, community members, and a wide variety of community partners to carry out the objectives of the program. Key program areas include providing direct immigration legal services to low-income immigrant community members in rural Nebraska; working with rural communities in identifying their local needs for capacity-building; and providing education, advocacy and representation support to facilitate growth toward community identified goals for rural community inclusion.

This is a full-time position will be based in Lexington, Nebraska. This position will oversee staff attorneys working out of Lexington, Scottsbluff and Grand Island. Regular travel to ILC sites within the Western Central RCB area and periodic travel throughout the state of Nebraska is required.

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