Represent clients in removal proceedings before the Immigration Court.Present live "know your rights" and general immigration presentations around the Bay Area.Advise criminal defense attorneys of immigration consequences for clients.

• Prepared and filed U-Visa applications, Adjustment of Status applications, and employment authorization paperwork.• Participated in weekly intake clinics for undocumented immigrants with deportation & immigration issues.

• Completed training to prepare/file divorce summons, orders for fee waivers, UCCJEA petitions, and guardianship petitions.• Represented a client in a long cause hearing and negotiated with opposing counsel regarding child custody and visitation.

• Performed paraprofessional duties including drafting memoranda for legal teams working on Habeas cases.• Interviewed incarcerated battered women in California State Prisons and provided information regarding the Habeas Project.

• Represented a client facing deportation by preparing an appellate brief for the Board of Immigration Appeals.• Successfully received cancellation of removal for the client.

• Paraprofessional duties included drafting memoranda, motions, subpoena and discovery requests, closing statements, direct and cross-examination questions.• Attended various court proceedings, assisted interviewing witnesses for hearings and preparing witnesses for trial, and conducted extensive legal research.

• Provided comprehensive assessment of women’s cases resulting in individual CalWorks plans.• Coordinated linkages and worked collaboratively with community-based organizations to ensure accessibility and greater options for clients and their families.