CAIR Coalition has an immediate opening for a full-time Development Associate to assist with the day-to-day operations of the organization's development and communications programs. The Development Associate provides other support as needed and is supervised by the Development Director and the Executive Director

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area with legal services programs focused exclusively on assisting immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Virginia and Maryland, and unaccompanied immigrant children held in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in Virginia. We are seeking a attorney to join our Detained Adult Program and assist our team provide quality legal services to adults detained in the DMV. We seek a committed advocate who will enhance our team’s ability to provide empathetic legal services to detained immigrants hailing from a wide variety of countries and who speak many different languages. Responsibilities will include providing know your rights and intake services to adults detained in custody as well as providing direct representation.

The attorney will lead Legal Orientation Program (LOP) visits to detention centers in the DMV screening applicants for relief. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Human Resources

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition seeks a full-time paralegal in our Detained Adult Program to support the provision of legal services to noncitizens held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody throughout Virginia and Maryland.  The paralegal will work in partnership with CAIR Coalition attorneys to safeguard the rights and dignity of all detained immigrants and provide critical paralegal services for the National Qualified Representation Program (NQRP) clients with mental health diagnoses or other indicia of incompetency.  

CAIR Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area with a legal services program focused exclusively on assisting immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Virginia and Maryland, and unaccompanied immigrant children held in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in Virginia. We are seeking a contract attorney in our Detained Children’s Program. The Contract Attorney will focus on provision of direct legal services to detained and released unaccompanied immigrant children, as well as recruitment and mentoring of pro bono attorneys. This position reports to the Director of the Detained Children’s program.