TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INTERN

The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) is an umbrella policy and advocacy organization of more than
200 groups in New York State that work with immigrants and refugees. The NYIC successfully brings
together multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and multi-sector constituencies to pursue common goals. These
include: advocating for equitable immigration policies; improving immigrants’ access to services and
public agencies; combating discrimination and ensuring civil rights protections; educating both newcomer
communities and the public-at-large about immigration issues; encouraging immigrant civic and electoral
participation; and fostering an improved quality of life for New York's diverse newcomer communities.
The Immigrant Concerns Training Institute seeks to provide high quality trainings on immigration-related
topics to attorneys and Board of Immigration Appeal (BIA)-accredited representatives and their legal
support staff to help them build and maintain the capacity to provide top-notch immigration legal services.
The trainings are offered on a quarterly basis and cover topics of substantive immigration law (such as
family-based immigration) as well as non-legal topics that impact immigrants and refugees (such as
access to healthcare).

POSITION: Training Institute Program Intern (10-20 hours per week). Currently seeking an intern for January through June 2012.  No course credit is available for this internship but the NYIC is willing to work with colleges to offer credit.

Responsibilities include:
• Conduct outreach to the legal community in New York to develop a database of attorneys.
• Update directory of low-cost immigration legal service providers.
• Add inserts for updating Immigration Law and Procedure treatise.
• Correspond with member and partner agencies and people seeking assistance from the NYIC.
• Contribute to other organizational projects as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS: The preferred candidate should be currently attending college or law school with an
interest in immigration law; must have strong oral and written communication skills as well as strong
interpersonal skills to interact with staff of member and partner agencies over the phone as well as to
correspond through email and regular mail with people seeking assistance from the NYIC; outstanding
organizational skills to develop a database of attorneys statewide; proficiency with Microsoft Word and
Excel and the ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks. The NYIC is looking for friendly, dedicated, and
motivated college or law students or recent graduates who are interested in supporting NYIC’s goals.

THIS POSITION IS AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP

TO APPLY: Email cover letter and resume to the attention of Tom Shea at Tshea@thenyic.org.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

DEADLINE: ASAP.