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Paralegal/Legal Assistant

First Grace Community Alliance

Posted 03/17/22

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3401 CANAL ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119

Inactive
Part-Time
Experienced
Nonprofit / Museums
In Person

Job Description

Paralegal or Legal Assistant

Start Date

Rolling.


Background

Project Ishmael is a small pro bono children’s immigration legal program in New Orleans seeking a bilingual (Spanish/English) legal assistant.


Hours:


Week days, mostly in-person. Some flexibility.

 

Roles

  • Assist with children's immigration cases and drafting USCIS forms, as needed and able
  • Maintain office and court calendars
  • Gather, file, organize, scan, copy, mail and fax documents timely
  • Draft and mail out correspondence and filings
  • Translate documents and interpret sometimes
  • Maintain, order, and track office supplies
  • Support daily office operations
  • Greet and communicate with clients. Share referrals with non-clients.
  • Other responsibilities as assigned/needed

 

Qualifications

  • Bilingual in Spanish/English 
  • Very organized
  • Able to effectively prioritize and meet all deadlines
  • Able to work independently
  • 1+ year of experience as a paralegal or legal assistant
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs

 

How to apply


To apply, send your resume with a short email (with subject "Paralegal Application") about why you are interested in the position to ProjectIshmaelNOLA@gmail.com.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 


FGCA is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, returning citizens, and LGBTQIA+ people are strongly encouraged to apply.


Skills

  • Administrative Office Support
  • Answering Phones
  • Paralegals
  • Volunteer Co-ordination
  • Bilingual English Spanish

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About First Grace Community Alliance

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First Grace Community Alliance's mission is to work with and for people in need, especially women and children, by meeting food, housing, and other emergency needs, while simultaneously challenging systemic poverty in the greater New Orleans Area. Our two main programs are Hagar's House and Project Ishmael.

Project Ishmael is a pro bono immigration legal program for children that seeks to:

  • Meet some of the immigration legal needs of children in New Orleans through direct representation and education,
  • Coordinate with volunteer attorneys to help meet the diverse legal needs of women and children who currently live at Hagar's House, and
  • Challenge systemic injustices that allow children and their families to be separated, harassed, deported or incarcerated based on skin color or immigration status.

Hagar’s House is a sanctuary for women and children in New Orleans that provides an open and empowering residential community, resource coordination and a safe space to transition into sustainable housing.We offer:

  • A beautiful, clean, safe place to rest and call home
  • An open and empowering space that welcomes women, children and those who identify as transgender
  • An intentional community that is actively engaged in undoing the root causes of poverty
  • Holistic programming focused on physical health, emotional/spiritual health and social justice
  • A Capacity Building partnership where residents meet weekly with staff to set their own long and short-term goals and to determine their own path for meeting those goals
  • A savings program in which working residents save 70% of their income, ideally $3,000 at the time of moving out
    Healthy food and space to plant in a community garden