Post Bar Fellow - Immigration Rights

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

API Legal Outreach seeks a Post Bar Fellow in Immigrant Rights to assist low-income clients with immigration matters. The role involves coverage of casework under a licensed attorney and active participation in community outreach from the East Bay office.

After passing the California Bar, there is potential to transition to a Staff Attorney role. The organization serves API, Latinx, and immigrant communities and emphasizes multilingual, culturally competent services.

Qualifications

• Commitment to social justice and experience serving underserved immigrant communities.
• Law school graduate awaiting Bar results or has taken California Bar.
• Ability to work independently; detail-oriented in a multicultural team.

Responsibilities

• Provide case management and legal services under attorney supervision in immigrant rights cases (removal defense, asylum, naturalization, U visas, T visas, SIJS, VAWA).
• Staff clinics and workshops at client-accessible locations.
• Engage in community education and outreach activities.
• Provide intake services with potential clients.
• Represent API Legal Outreach in meetings with partners and funders.
• Assist with administrative and fundraising work.

Skills

Social justice advocacy

Legal research

Legal writing

Client advocacy

Multicultural teamwork

Education

Law degree

Awaiting California Bar results

Job description

About Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

API Legal Outreach is the largest social justice legal organization focused on the Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, and immigrant communities of the Greater Bay Area and the Central Valley. A growing community-based organization founded in 1975, our mission is to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate direct services to the most marginalized segments of our community including low-income women, seniors, immigrants, and youth. With offices in Oakland and San Francisco, our work is focused in the areas of Gender-based Violence, Immigration and Immigrant Rights, Disability Rights, Senior Law and Elder Abuse, Anti-Human Trafficking, Youth Violence Prevention, Anti API Hate Violence, the preservation of affordable housing and small businesses, and other social justice issues.

About Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

API Legal Outreach is the largest social justice legal organization focused on the Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, and immigrant communities of the Greater Bay Area and the Central Valley. A growing community-based organization founded in 1975, our mission is to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate direct services to the most marginalized segments of our community including low-income women, seniors, immigrants, and youth. With offices in Oakland and San Francisco, our work is focused in the areas of Gender-based Violence, Immigration and Immigrant Rights, Disability Rights, Senior Law and Elder Abuse, Anti-Human Trafficking, Youth Violence Prevention, Anti API Hate Violence, the preservation of affordable housing and small businesses, and other social justice issues.

Position Overview

Under the supervision of the Supervising Attorney for Immigrant Rights, the Post Bar Fellow in Immigrant Rights will assist with various legal services to low-income clients, particularly but not exclusively in the area of immigration. They will actively participate in community outreach, represent the organization at various forums, and assist in the broader administrative tasks of the organization. This role will be instrumental in our mission to serve underserved Asian, Pacific Islander, and BIPOC communities in the Greater Bay Area and is based in our East Bay office. Once the fellow passes the California Bar, there is a potential to transition to a Staff Attorney position.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide case management and assist with legal services under the supervision of a licensed attorney to eligible clients, particularly but not exclusively in the area of immigrant rights. Casework will include removal defense, asylum, naturalization services, and various petitions such as U, T, SIJS and VAWA.
• Staff clinics and workshops at locations accessible to clients.
• Engage in community education and outreach activities.
• Provide intake services with potential clients.
• Represent API Legal Outreach at meetings with community partners, funders and collaboratives.
• Assist with administrative and fundraising work of the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and experience working on behalf of underserved immigrant communities.
• Law school graduate and awaiting Bar results (planning to take or have taken the California Bar).
• Ability to work independently; detail-oriented; aptitude to function well in a multicultural team environment.
• Strong legal research, writing, and client‑centered advocacy skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in API language or Spanish
• Bicultural skills relevant to low‑income communities.

To Apply

Please click on the links below to apply and send your cover letter and resume with three professional references. In the subject line, please write Post Bar Fellow- Immigrant Rights. In your cover letter, please address the following questions: Why did you apply to APILO? How does the mission inspire you? How does your background and experience support APILO’s work?

Equal Employment Opportunity

API Legal Outreach is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.