internships
Pro Bono LAW Students:Work with clients to complete their legal application, work in legislative records, research, and advocacy, and community organizing. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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Social Worker Interns:
Opportunities to do research, organize events, intakes, case management, facilitate workshops, write proposals, and more. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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PRO BONO ATTORNEY League
Access to quality and culturally sensitive legal immigration services are limited, yet critical for the Latina immigrant community. Approximately 1 in 3 Hispanic/Latina women have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. SEPA Mujer realizes this and strives to provide quality immigration services to immigrant victims of crime eligible for U Visa, VAWA, T Visa, and Gender Asylum, free of charge.
However, due to limited resources and staff we can only help so many women. Thus, we have created a league of compassionate and devoted attorneys that can make a difference for an immigrant victim of crime. Help take on cases to provide legal assistance for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, asylum or human trafficking.
However, due to limited resources and staff we can only help so many women. Thus, we have created a league of compassionate and devoted attorneys that can make a difference for an immigrant victim of crime. Help take on cases to provide legal assistance for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, asylum or human trafficking.
CURRENT JOB OPENINGS
AMERICORPS VISTA @ SEPA MUJER
americorps vista @ sepa mujer
Posted 7/22/2019 | This position starts September 3, 2019 to September 1, 2020.
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This position is part of the NYIC VISTA program, which is run by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) and places AmeriCorps VISTAs – referred to as NYIC VISTAs – at nonprofit organizations where they build organizational capacity through community outreach/education, communications, fundraising, program development and/or volunteer management projects. The capacity that they build is then used by their host organizations to advance their work on providing community members with anti-poverty services (e.g., ESL/ESOL, legal, youth, employment/career). NYIC VISTAs are supported by the NYIC with a 4-day training at the beginning of their year of service, a 3-day mid-year training, a 3-day spring training, weekly webinars, monthly check-ins with NYIC staff, and ongoing networking opportunities. During their year of service, NYIC VISTAs are supported with benefits including but not limited to living allowance, healthcare allowance or a health plan, a year-end education award or cash stipend, and more. To learn more about VISTA benefits, please visit https://www.vistacampus.gov/in-service/benefits-service. NYIC VISTA positions are full-time 12-month positions that are scheduled to begin on September 3, 2019. The NYIC, www.nyic.org, aims to unite immigrants, Members (i.e., nonprofit organizations) and allies so all New Yorkers can thrive. The NYIC envisions a New York State that is stronger because all people are welcome, treated fairly, and given the chance to pursue their dreams.
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Member Duties:
VISTA PLACEMENT SITE: SEPA Mujer, www.sepamujer.org, 45 Oak St, Patchogue, NY 11772.
Our mission is to raise and unite our voices and to be heard by and contribute to the social, governmental and political systems in which we live. We strive to nurture and improve physical and emotional security, self-esteem, status, and economic independence by way of education, friendship, capacity-building workshops and more.
VISTA ACTIVITIES: The VISTA placed at SEPA Mujer will work on communications (e.g., social media, website, e-newsletters, blog posts) and fundraising (e.g., event planning, grant applications, donor mailings) projects. This capacity-building work will support SEPA Mujer in being able to connect low-income community members to services and other resources which will support their access to economic opportunity.
SERVICE LOCATION: Suffolk County, New York.
LIVING ALLOWANCE: $20,461.
Program Benefits:
Training, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Childcare assistance if eligible, Health Coverage*, Living Allowance, Relocation Allowance.
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare
Terms:
Permits attendance at school during off hours, Permits working at another job during off hours
Service Areas:
Community and Economic Development
Skills:
Team Work, Fundraising/Grant Writing, Writing/Editing, Communications, General Skills, Non-Profit Management, Computers/Technology
VISTA PLACEMENT SITE: SEPA Mujer, www.sepamujer.org, 45 Oak St, Patchogue, NY 11772.
Our mission is to raise and unite our voices and to be heard by and contribute to the social, governmental and political systems in which we live. We strive to nurture and improve physical and emotional security, self-esteem, status, and economic independence by way of education, friendship, capacity-building workshops and more.
VISTA ACTIVITIES: The VISTA placed at SEPA Mujer will work on communications (e.g., social media, website, e-newsletters, blog posts) and fundraising (e.g., event planning, grant applications, donor mailings) projects. This capacity-building work will support SEPA Mujer in being able to connect low-income community members to services and other resources which will support their access to economic opportunity.
SERVICE LOCATION: Suffolk County, New York.
LIVING ALLOWANCE: $20,461.
Program Benefits:
Training, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Childcare assistance if eligible, Health Coverage*, Living Allowance, Relocation Allowance.
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare
Terms:
Permits attendance at school during off hours, Permits working at another job during off hours
Service Areas:
Community and Economic Development
Skills:
Team Work, Fundraising/Grant Writing, Writing/Editing, Communications, General Skills, Non-Profit Management, Computers/Technology
Bilingual Supervising Immigration Attorney, FULL-TIME
Bilingual Supervising Immigration Attorney, Full-Time
Posted 3/19/2020
This position is open immediately and applications will be accepted through September 2, 2019.
SEPA Mujer, Services for the Advancement of Women, is a long-established and respected non-profit organization in Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., dedicated to developing the resources and the collective voice of the LI Latina immigrant community. To accomplish this, we utilize legal rights education, advocacy, and leadership training, as well as legal assistance for those who have suffered gender-based violence. The organization combines legal work with community development and civic engagement.
SEPA Mujer seeks a full-time, bilingual, Supervising Immigration Attorney specializing in gender-based relief for immigrant survivors of violence. The Supervising Attorney is responsible for overall supervision of the legal department including its docket, staff, and network of cooperating attorneys. The ideal candidate will be skilled and innovative in immigrant rights and legal advocacy, a superior manager, and an inspiring leader.
The Supervising Attorney is responsible for recruiting, cultivating and overseeing SEPA Mujer’s Cooperating Pro Bono Attorney program. The Supervising Attorney reports to the Executive Director and works cooperatively with the Community Outreach and Organizing Department and its staff.
Applicants must have graduated from an ABA-accredited law school, be admitted to practice law in the New York State and have 5 years experience in immigration practice, including self-petitions, U visas, T visas, and consular processing of derivative beneficiaries, experience representing clients dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Applicants must be passionate, motivated, creative, organized, and skilled collaborator. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to social justice and some experience with community lawyering in the areas of women’s rights or domestic violence. (Internships, externships or volunteer work may qualify.) Experience with naturalization, SPJ VISA, TPS is also helpful. Given the organization’s membership, Spanish fluency is required. Strong writing and editing skills are essential. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Leadership:
The Supervising Attorney must develop and pursue a strategic vision for the legal program that advances the SEPA Mujer’s agenda; manage the case docket; assign cases; supervise entry-level attorneys and paralegal; develop relationships with law firms, legal organizations, and other coalition partners to advance issues of mutual concern; and pursue strategies to resolve matters affecting immigrant communities. The Supervising Attorney must also collaborate and communicate with the Executive Director, and with other members of the Senior Staff on matters of strategy and direction.
The Supervising Attorney must screen, train, and supervise legal department staff, holding them accountable to SEPA Mujer’s standards of performance; oversee recruitment, mentoring, and professional development of legal staff and student interns consistent with the SEPA Mujer’s commitment to equality and justice; and maintain intake records, resources, and databases. The attorney will help facilitate the smooth functioning of the office and develop a solid understanding of office protocols and culture, and accept other assignments from the Executive Director.
Cooperating Pro Bono Attorney Program:
The Supervising Attorney must maintain and enhance the Cooperating Attorney Program, in which attorneys in private practice handle SEPA Mujer’s cases on a volunteer basis; pursue strategies to increase pro bono participation in SEPA Mujer’s work; represent SEPA Mujer at various law-related events, and develop strong working relationships with area law firms.
Legal resource and advocacy:
The Supervising Attorney must provide analysis of immigration law, legislative bills, articulate the SEPA Mujer’s views to the public and the media as requested by the Executive Director and attend SEPA Mujer events, including occasional meetings with donors.
Qualifications:
Proven management ability, including experience in supervising attorneys and support staff, and managing and encouraging volunteers, both students, and professionals. The best candidate will have the following: Superior ability to plan effective strategies, establish realistic objectives, maintain momentum, and evaluate progress. Excellent organizational and time management skills to manage one’s own work as well as others, and to assure the completion of assignments and projects. A track record of successful leadership through strong communication, collaboration, and relationship-building. Ability and flexibility to work in both service and leadership roles with many diverse players and constituencies. Demonstrated excellence in problem-solving participatory decision-making. Excellent analytical and speaking skills and a demonstrated ability to write clearly and precisely. A commitment to the goals and mission of the SEPA Mujer. Exemplary professional workplace behavior, unimpeachable integrity, and a commitment to the values of reliability, respect, accountability, and compassion. Flexibility, determination and good humor. A demonstrated commitment to diversity and building an equitable and inclusive work environment; a personal approach that values the individual and respects differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, and socio-economic circumstance. Competence in the use of office computer applications, electronic databases, and electronic legal research. Non-profit experience is a plus. This position requires a willingness to work beyond standard hours, including evening and weekend meetings and events. The Attorney must be licensed to practice law in New York and must be admitted or willing to be admitted to the federal district courts in New York and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Salary:
Salary commensurate with experience ($60,000 – $75,000)
How to apply
To apply, email a cover letter, resume and writing a sample to jobs@sepamujer.org and please include in the subject line of the email: your ‘Immigration Supervising Attorney’. In your letter, please indicate where you learned of the posting. This position is open immediately and applications will be accepted through April 15, 2020.
This position is open immediately and applications will be accepted through September 2, 2019.
SEPA Mujer, Services for the Advancement of Women, is a long-established and respected non-profit organization in Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., dedicated to developing the resources and the collective voice of the LI Latina immigrant community. To accomplish this, we utilize legal rights education, advocacy, and leadership training, as well as legal assistance for those who have suffered gender-based violence. The organization combines legal work with community development and civic engagement.
SEPA Mujer seeks a full-time, bilingual, Supervising Immigration Attorney specializing in gender-based relief for immigrant survivors of violence. The Supervising Attorney is responsible for overall supervision of the legal department including its docket, staff, and network of cooperating attorneys. The ideal candidate will be skilled and innovative in immigrant rights and legal advocacy, a superior manager, and an inspiring leader.
The Supervising Attorney is responsible for recruiting, cultivating and overseeing SEPA Mujer’s Cooperating Pro Bono Attorney program. The Supervising Attorney reports to the Executive Director and works cooperatively with the Community Outreach and Organizing Department and its staff.
Applicants must have graduated from an ABA-accredited law school, be admitted to practice law in the New York State and have 5 years experience in immigration practice, including self-petitions, U visas, T visas, and consular processing of derivative beneficiaries, experience representing clients dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Applicants must be passionate, motivated, creative, organized, and skilled collaborator. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to social justice and some experience with community lawyering in the areas of women’s rights or domestic violence. (Internships, externships or volunteer work may qualify.) Experience with naturalization, SPJ VISA, TPS is also helpful. Given the organization’s membership, Spanish fluency is required. Strong writing and editing skills are essential. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Leadership:
The Supervising Attorney must develop and pursue a strategic vision for the legal program that advances the SEPA Mujer’s agenda; manage the case docket; assign cases; supervise entry-level attorneys and paralegal; develop relationships with law firms, legal organizations, and other coalition partners to advance issues of mutual concern; and pursue strategies to resolve matters affecting immigrant communities. The Supervising Attorney must also collaborate and communicate with the Executive Director, and with other members of the Senior Staff on matters of strategy and direction.
The Supervising Attorney must screen, train, and supervise legal department staff, holding them accountable to SEPA Mujer’s standards of performance; oversee recruitment, mentoring, and professional development of legal staff and student interns consistent with the SEPA Mujer’s commitment to equality and justice; and maintain intake records, resources, and databases. The attorney will help facilitate the smooth functioning of the office and develop a solid understanding of office protocols and culture, and accept other assignments from the Executive Director.
Cooperating Pro Bono Attorney Program:
The Supervising Attorney must maintain and enhance the Cooperating Attorney Program, in which attorneys in private practice handle SEPA Mujer’s cases on a volunteer basis; pursue strategies to increase pro bono participation in SEPA Mujer’s work; represent SEPA Mujer at various law-related events, and develop strong working relationships with area law firms.
Legal resource and advocacy:
The Supervising Attorney must provide analysis of immigration law, legislative bills, articulate the SEPA Mujer’s views to the public and the media as requested by the Executive Director and attend SEPA Mujer events, including occasional meetings with donors.
Qualifications:
Proven management ability, including experience in supervising attorneys and support staff, and managing and encouraging volunteers, both students, and professionals. The best candidate will have the following: Superior ability to plan effective strategies, establish realistic objectives, maintain momentum, and evaluate progress. Excellent organizational and time management skills to manage one’s own work as well as others, and to assure the completion of assignments and projects. A track record of successful leadership through strong communication, collaboration, and relationship-building. Ability and flexibility to work in both service and leadership roles with many diverse players and constituencies. Demonstrated excellence in problem-solving participatory decision-making. Excellent analytical and speaking skills and a demonstrated ability to write clearly and precisely. A commitment to the goals and mission of the SEPA Mujer. Exemplary professional workplace behavior, unimpeachable integrity, and a commitment to the values of reliability, respect, accountability, and compassion. Flexibility, determination and good humor. A demonstrated commitment to diversity and building an equitable and inclusive work environment; a personal approach that values the individual and respects differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, and socio-economic circumstance. Competence in the use of office computer applications, electronic databases, and electronic legal research. Non-profit experience is a plus. This position requires a willingness to work beyond standard hours, including evening and weekend meetings and events. The Attorney must be licensed to practice law in New York and must be admitted or willing to be admitted to the federal district courts in New York and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Salary:
Salary commensurate with experience ($60,000 – $75,000)
How to apply
To apply, email a cover letter, resume and writing a sample to jobs@sepamujer.org and please include in the subject line of the email: your ‘Immigration Supervising Attorney’. In your letter, please indicate where you learned of the posting. This position is open immediately and applications will be accepted through April 15, 2020.
