{"id":4069,"date":"2012-08-28T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T22:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2012-08-28T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T22:48:07","slug":"young-center-fellowship-in-immigrant-child-law-and-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=4069","title":{"rendered":"Young Center Fellowship in Immigrant Child Law and Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Young Center for Immigrant Children\u2019s Rights, based at the University of Chicago Law School\u2019s Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education, is seeking applications for a Fellowship in Immigrant Child Law and Advocacy, to commence in September 2012. The Young Center is dedicated to promoting the best interests\u2014safety and well-being\u2014of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children in the United\u00a0States. The immediate focus of the Young Center\u2019s work is to serve as Child Advocate (guardian <em>ad litem<\/em> for children in immigration proceedings) for unaccompanied and separated children pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. TheYoung Center also conducts policy advocacy at the local and national level to promote consideration of best interests in all decisions concerning immigrant children. The Young Center is a project of the Tides Center and is an independent non-profit organization based at the University of Chicago Law School.<\/p>\n<p>The Fellow will assist with the supervision of law students serving as Child Advocate for unaccompanied immigrant children through the Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic. The Fellow will be expected to assist with all levels of client work, including serving as Child Advocate, research, writing and advocacy. The Fellow will participate in the teaching of a weekly seminar, focused on issues arising in the immigration context for unaccompanied immigrant children and skills training.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Selection of the Fellow is contingent upon the approval of the University of Chicago Law School and the Office of the Provost. This position has the following <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">minimum requirements<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>J.D. and appropriate authorization to practice law;<\/li>\n<li>A strong academic background, excellent writing and oral advocacy skills, and a commitment to public interest work;<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency in Spanish;<\/li>\n<li>Candidates with at least two years\u2019 experience practicing immigration law are preferred;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to take initiative and also work collaboratively;<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiasm for working with volunteers and teaching law students;<\/li>\n<li>Passion, tenacity and optimism for the issues affecting immigrant children and their families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Salary*\/Benefits: Salary is commensurate with experience. The Young Center\/Tides Center provides benefits, including health\/dental\/vision insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care, vacation, and sick leave. The Young Center\/Tides Center is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity. *Salary beyond one year is contingent upon funding.<\/p>\n<p>Applications should include a cover letter describing the candidate\u2019s reasons for applying for the fellowship, current resume, law school transcript, writing sample and three references. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">email or fax<\/span> application materials to <a title=\"link\" href=\"mailto:alaguna@law.uchicago.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandra Laguna<\/a>, Administrative Assistant, The Young Center for Immigrant Children\u2019s Rights at the University of Chicago Law School.\u00a0The fax is 773-702-2063.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, please visit the <a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theyoungcenter.org\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Young Center for Immigrant Children\u2019s Rights, based at the University of Chicago Law School\u2019s Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education, is seeking applications for a Fellowship in Immigrant Child Law and Advocacy, to commence in September 2012. The Young Center is dedicated to promoting the best interests\u2014safety and well-being\u2014of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17,29,9,7,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-general-announcements","category-ll-m-info","category-post-graduate-opportunities","category-public-interest-opportunities","category-scholarships-and-fellowships","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4071,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions\/4071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}