Immigration Legal Services Intern- Sacramento Fall 2024

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.

In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

For nearly a decade, World Relief Sacramento Immigration Legal Services program has served our immigrant neighbors and friends, providing the support and knowledge they need to obtain legal status for themselves and their families.  Through direct service provision, training, referrals, advocacy, and education, World Relief walks alongside our immigrant community members on the path to stable immigration status, giving them the security and peace-of-mind they need to flourish in the U.S.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Interview clients in-person and telephonically related to applications, including but not limited to naturalization and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival renewal applications.   
• Observe consultation interviews   
• Prepare immigration legal documents and forms using the LawLogix case management application   
• Assist with case management   
• Research immigration law, forms, and filing procedures   
• Participate in trainings in-person and via webinar  

• Fall and spring academic-term internships are open to undergraduate or graduate students, ideally current law students who are rising 2Ls, 3Ls or 4Ls.   
• Familiar with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)   
• Fluent in one or more of the following languages in addition to English: Spanish, Farsi, Dari, Arabic, or Russian (strongly preferred)   
• Have taken an introductory immigration law course or have prior immigration law experience and are either a current or former law student (strongly preferred)   

• Submit a liability waiver, complete a background check and watch Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) webinar
• 10-12 hours a week availability

While some internships are unpaid, the program is competitive and you are encouraged to approach it in the same way you would a job. Applicants are required to submit a cover letter, resume, application, and to pass a Criminal Background Check. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Please note that an internship with World Relief does not guarantee a future job in the organization.