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Immigrant Justice Corps

  • Location:
    17 Battery Place
    Ste. 236
    New York, NY 10004
  • Phone:
    (212) 407-3417
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) is an innovative fellowship program that places law graduates with leading nonprofit organizations around New York City. To schedule an appointment, contact our main office.

Counties served: Albany, Bronx, Erie, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, NY (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Suffolk, Ulster, Westchester
Detention Facilities Served: Albany County Jail (NY), Allegany County Jail (NY), Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (NY), Chautauqua County Jail (NY), Clinton County Jail (NY), Ontario County Jail (NY), Orange County Correctional Facility (NY), Wayne County Jail (NY), Karnes County Residential Center (TX)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Czech, English, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Spanish, Vietnamese
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? No

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 4
Is organization BIA recognized? Yes
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 15
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 0

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? No