Primary legal counsel for CASA, Inc. I provide strategic advice to CASA senior leadership on a range of legal and policy issues, manage relationships with outside counsel, support the organization's corporate governance and help lead our direct legal service and litigation work.

Manage CASA's legal program, including immigration, employment and housing services. Provide legal and policy analysis to senior leadership on issues that affect low-income immigrant communities.

Handle Make the Road New York's youth immigration docket, with a focus on providing services relating to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applicants. Run free clinics to assist members of the community with their DACA applications twice a month.

Coordinate strategy for campaign to enact DREAM legislation in New York state. Provide legal and strategic support for major outreach and representation campaign to expand the use of prosecutorial discretion in immigration court. Represent individual clients in diverse immigration cases.

Coordinated legal strategy for major political campaign. Edited legislative language for bill to be introduced to New York City Council. Drafted letters and memoranda to coalition partners, political officials and government officers. Advocated for the rights of individual clients on issues relating to detention conditions and abuse. Conducted legal research into topics ranging from use of force jurisprudence to Tenth Amendment constitutional questions. Successfully obtained cancellation of removal for client in deportation proceedings through the Institutional Removal Program.

Analyzed witness testimony and developed detailed chronology of military trainings foruse in preparing closing brief in Karemera et. al. trial. Utilized Casemap™ software toensure that relevant information was available for use by trial attorneys. Providedlogistical support to Senior Trial Attorney in the courtroom.

Coordinated with clubs and administrative offices to enhance the profile of public service opportunities available toCardozo students. Led committees dedicated to educating the Cardozo student body about public interest law and connecting them with prominent professionals in the field.

Drafted policy paper advocating for domestic codification by the Iraqi Parliament of victims rights provisions in the Convention Against Torture. Researched the interplay oflocal conditions and cultural barriers to implementation of human rights obligations. Enhanced advocacy skills through study of diverse techniques employed by global humanrights organizations.

Researched and developed community legal education guides dealing with the Khmer RougeTribunal, introduction to basic legal concepts, and land law issues. Coordinated effortswith local NGOs to assist communities facing forced eviction. Facilitated and evaluatedefficacy of community legal advisor training in Kep Province.

Represented client in unemployment insurance case at the New York Department of Labor. Independently conducted interviews with client, obtained and examined relevant evidence,developed a theory of the case and advocated his position before an Administrative LawJudge.

Created and administered a dynamic English language education program for small groups ofrecent Chinese immigrants, working towards the goal of enabling them to obtain successfulemployment and citizenship.

Taught oral and written English to over 350 students. Designed and implemented a coursefor law students discussing basic aspects of the American legal system. Coordinated a 17day summer project utilizing 17 Peace Corps Volunteers to train approximately 100 middleschool teachers and English education majors at Sichuan Teachers College in Chengdu. Founded and managed an English Resource Center featuring more than 500 books and audio-visual materials.

Drafted letters responding to constituent concerns, honoring prominent members of thelocal community and requesting information from various government agencies. Led severalspecial projects, including the coordination of awards distribution for the CongressionalArts Competition and management of the Congressman's public comment file.

Prepared and managed Huntington's NCLB curriculum for Washington D.C. and northernVirginia. Tested the reading comprehension and math skills of students and tailorededucation program to their level. Trained and supervised Huntington teachers at 11Washington D.C. and 2 Virginia locations