Bilingual Labor Trafficking Staff Attorney, WRAPP Project

at  Indiana Legal Services Inc

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Dedicated to the mission of Indiana Legal Services which is to use the law to fight poverty and racism, empower clients, and improve access to justice.
• J.D. degree after graduation from an ABA-accredited law school and admitted to practice law in Indiana, or able to gain prompt admission.
• At least two (2) years of legal experience post-J.D. is preferred.
• Spanish fluency is required including an ability to provide legal advice to clients in both written and oral Spanish.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• A demonstrated commitment to public interest work and desire to assist victims of crime.
• Commitment to social justice and low-wage worker rights.
• An ability to provide survivor-centered, trauma-informed, multidisciplinary, collaborative and culturally competent legal assistance to victims of crime.
• An ability to work collaboratively in a variety of contexts and with multiple organizations to facilitate comprehensive services to victims of crime.
• Experience working with diverse populations.
• Those with legal experience law school clinic, externship, summer or practice experience in immigration law, employment law, crime victims’ rights enforcement, and/or victim service are strongly encouraged to apply.
  COMPENSATION: Starting salary is $57,425, with a range up to a maximum of $75,535, depending on experience. ILS offers an excellent fringe benefits package including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, Rx), disability insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and a flex benefit plan.
  CLOSING DATE: When filled. Preference may be given to early applicants.
  POSITION START DATE: As soon as reasonably possible.
  TO APPLY: Apply online by submitting a letter explaining your interest and experience, your resume, and a list of at least 3 professional references with email addresses and telephone numbers. For questions regarding your application or to apply directly, please email human.resources@ilsi.net

• Provide survivor-centered, culturally competent, trauma-informed legal services to survivors of human trafficking.
• Screen applicants for legal issues arising from sex and/or labor trafficking.
• Provide direct representation to survivors with meritorious civil legal claims.
• Provide direct representation to foreign national survivors who seek immigration relief in the form of continued presence, T visas or U visas (or other meritorious forms of relief).
• Provide victim’s rights advocacy in any related criminal investigation or proceedings against their trafficker.
• Provide survivors with legal advice, brief services, and referral information when full direct service is unavailable.
• Build referral network through collaboration with partner agencies.
• Conduct outreach in communities to empower survivors, raise awareness of legal rights, remedies and services available to survivors of trafficking, and increase victim identification.
• Provide multidisciplinary trainings to ProBono attorneys, law enforcement, social service agencies, and community members to increase victim identification and knowledge of crime victims’ rights
• Contribute to programmatic reporting required by grantors.
• Collaborate with other ILS staff and VOCA-funded projects to expand capacity within ILS to represent and refer trafficking survivors to wrap-around services.
• Work closely with the Statewide Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and social workers to address gaps in services to trafficking survivors and collect data for grant reporting purposes.
• Draft know-your-rights brochures for trafficking survivors.
• Actively participate in statewide anti-trafficking coalition.