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New York, New York, United States

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

-Drafted and edited appeals, motions, and briefs for EOIR and appellate courts on behalf of clients seeking asylum, SIJS, motions to reopen, prosecutorial discretion, cancellation of removal, and other forms of defensive immigration relief. -Responded to Requests for Evidence for affirmative matters before USCIS. -Conducted intake for new potential clients.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

-Performed legal research, brief and motion writing, and hearing preparation for immigration detention habeas petitions, and subsequent bond hearings and appeals. -Contributed to briefing and mooting for federal litigation related to immigrant family separation and veteran benefit discrimination.

-Collaborated with Legal Services NYC’s Director of Immigration to research and develop practice guidelines regarding changes in asylum processing rules. -Assisted staff attorney with researching and writing motions and brief for asylum appeal pending before the Board of Immigration Appeals. -Brainstormed impact litigation strategies to target USCIS case processing and DHS surveillance practices.

Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States

Performed legal research, memo and brief writing for attorneys in practice areas including criminal defense and sentencing, probate and family law, personal injury, contract transaction and litigation.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

-Prepared immigration applications for refugee and asylee clients seeking permanent residency, citizenship, travel documents, and relative visas;-Assisted multiple attorneys in representing clients affirmatively seeking asylum as well as those in immigration detention and/or removal proceedings. -Completed general intake and outward referrals for IRIS legal department as well as the Connecticut Coalition for Immigrant Freedom. -Performed simultaneous interpretation and document translation in Spanish, French, Arabic, and Portuguese. -Coordinated with and supervised volunteers and interns.

Greater Boston Area

-Provided paralegal services for independent immigration attorney specializing in removal defense (bond, asylum, cancellation of removal, special immigrant juvenile status) and family immigration (relative petitions, adjustment of status, unlawful presence waivers);-Completed essential tasks including: preparing and submitting USCIS and Immigration Court forms, tracking pending cases, taking clients’ declarations, drafting and editing briefs and memos, translation of civil documents;-Successfully developed and implemented protocols, including a customized case management system, to optimize intra-firm workflow, communication, and accountability;-Performed simultaneous interpretation services for Spanish-, Portuguese-, and French-speaking clients at USCIS asylum and adjustment of status interviews, psychological and medical evaluations, and attorney meetings;-Researched and translated socio-political materials relevant to asylum and withholding-of-removal cases; -Oversaw office management: received and screened all calls from potential and existing clients, scheduled appointments and managed office calendar, and maintained office supplies and machinery.

Greater Boston Area

– Represented and advised union members through grievance process.– Enforced employers' adherence to collective bargaining agreement. – Won grievance cases, achieving correction and/or reversal of: unjust discipline, layoffs out of seniority, incorrect pay, and other violations of contract.

Greater Los Angeles Area

– Managed and produced educational digital media content for non-profit organization’s website and social media pages, reaching a global audience of approximately 50,000 per week.– Produced and edited YidBits, the monthly Yiddishkayt e-newsletter.– Curated JUXTAPOETRY online poetry exhibition. – Wrote and designed promotional materials for potential donors and grant-giving foundations.– Assisted with curriculum planning, trip logistics, and on-site teaching for 2015 and 2019 Helix Fellowship trips to Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Assisted professors in the Political Science, History, and Arabic departments in various research and data-entry projects.

– Corrected and graded homework for college students in intermediate-level Spanish courses.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law, Honors

Activities and Societies: Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History

Activities and Societies: The New Journal, Yale Historical Review, Q Magazine, Yale Harvest, The Yale Klezmer Band, Orkestar BAM

Intensive Arabic Language And Culture, Advanced-Mid Oral Proficiency In Arabic

An intensive (language-pledge) Arabic summer program in Irbid, Jordan for which I received a FLAS fellowship from Yale University.