Supervisory Attorney; Unaccompanied Minor and Immigrant Youth Representation

SUPERVISORY ATTORNEY Unaccompanied Minor and Immigrant Youth Representation THE ORGANIZATION

Al Otro Lado is a binational legal services and immigrant rights organization serving immigrants, asylum seekers, and deported persons in Southern California, Tijuana, México, and beyond. We provide client-centered, multidisciplinary legal representation, engage in human rights monitoring and impact litigation, and work to protect individual rights while addressing systemic barriers within immigration and border enforcement systems.

Our work is grounded in principles of dignity, access to justice, and harm reduction, and we collaborate closely with community-based organizations, academic institutions, and public interest partners. Through these partnerships, and with the support of hundreds of trained volunteers each year, we seek to deliver high-quality legal services and contribute to sustainable, community-informed approaches to immigrant justice.

For more information about our organization, please visit us on our website at: alotrolado.org/ or visit us on social media: @ (Instagram & Threads);
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Al Otro Lado is seeking a bilingual Spanish-speaking Supervisory Attorney for the U.S. Based Advocacy team’s Unaccompanied Minor and Immigrant Youth Representation program. The US. Based Advocacy team provides holistic, full-scale representation to particularly vulnerable immigrants, including unaccompanied children, members of the LGBTQA+ community, Indigenous migrants, Black migrants, torture survivors, survivors of human trafficking, clients with disabiltiies/medical vulnerabilities, and clients whose cases present family unity concerns.

Our holistic representation strategy includes identifying a client’s needs, goals, and challenges, and seeking to achieve their best immigration outcomes, not only through legal services but also by connecting individuals with support to overcome the non-legal obstacles they face in their cases.

The Supervisory Attorney will work under the supervision of the Managing Attorney, and will help lead a team of staff attorneys and legal assistants working with unaccompanied minors seeking forms of relief including Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”), asylum, and other humanitarian protections as relevant.

The Supervisory Attorney will be based out of Al Otro Lado’s Los Angeles office and will have the opportunity to work a hybrid in-person/remote model with in-person duties as needed to serve our client population. In-person duties may include attending court hearings, ICE check-in’s, USCIS interviews, and in-person client meetings. Court hearings and other in-person tasks may require travel throughout the Southern California region, and potentially other locations as assigned.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• With a reduced caseload, prepare applications for relief before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (“EOIR”), and state courts
• Review and provide feedback for applications for relief prepared by team members.
• Mentor, supervise, and provide support for a team of staff attorneys representing clients in their application for immigration benefits
• Monitor capacity and distribution of work through regular one-on-one check-ins with staff attorneys and legal assistants
• Assist in developing and implementing policies, templates, and procedures that increase effectiveness and efficiency within our representation work
• Directly supervise staff, including the authority and role to hire, mentor, train, develop, conduct performance reviews, and, when necessary, terminate employment. This authority includes the right to task and assign work to direct reports
• Work with the managing attorney to ensure program directives are met
• Initiate and implement corrective actions for staff performance or conduct issues to maintain team productivity and adherence to organizational policies
• Keep abreast of changes in case, statutory, or regulatory law in relation to SIJ and…