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Senior Immigrant Rights Staff Attorney
American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico
We are looking for an experienced, strategic and collaborative Senior Staff Attorney to lead our initiative to advance and defend the rights of those being detained in New Mexico with a focus on those detained by ICE and CBP. The ideal candidate is an experienced manager who can help lead our legal team through case selection and development while executing a wide range of impact litigation strategies. Under the supervision of the Legal Director, the Senior Staff Attorney will: minimize the damage of arbitrary detention on immigrant detainees and check abuse by ICE, CBP, and cooperating law enforcement. The Senior Staff Attorney maintains an active docket of their own cases and assists the Legal Director in overseeing and managing cases brought by other staff attorneys, fellows or volunteer attorneys from outside the office. The Senior Staff Attorney will coordinate closely with the ACLU-NM’s office in Las Cruces, the ACLU-NM Immigrant Rights team and National ACLU partners to litigate cases, carry out legal advocacy, provide “Know Your Rights” trainings and other education, collaborate with allied organizations, immigrant families, and immigrant allies to minimize the damage of detention on immigrant detainees, and check abuse by CBP and cooperating law enforcement. Currently, we anticipate that the Senior Staff Attorney will devote about 80 percent of time to working on issues related to the rights of those detained in New Mexico and another 20 percent to working on a broader range of civil liberties issues, including privacy, student rights, religious liberty, freedom of speech, LGBT rights, and criminal justice reform.
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The Senior Staff Attorney should possess the following experience and personal attributes:
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