Rose Rivera Email & Phone Number

Elkhart, Indiana, United States

Elkhart County Indiana

Elkhart, Indiana Area

Practicing immigration, family, landlord tenant, civil debt collection defense, and criminal law.

Goshen, Indiana Area

Immigration Attorney and Family Law Attorney at Just Help, a not-for-profit.

Organized the International Criminal Court’s annual seminar and legal training for attorneys admitted to the Court’s official List of Counsel.

Conducted legal research and wrote legal memoranda in the area of international criminal law, focusing on the rights of the defense, as well as in the area of international labor law, focusing on litigation in front of the International Labour Organization’s Administrative Tribunal.

Interviewed clients, investigated cases, researched legal issues and wrote legal memoranda, assisted in trial preparation, and attended morning court call.

Supervised clients’ activities, provided medication monitoring services, medication training services, and community living support services.

Researched and wrote legal memoranda on issues such as student medical confidentiality, immigration, and the civil rights implications of street surveillance cameras.

Co-represented clients in immigration court, advised clients on their eligibility for relief, prepared applications and supporting documentation for U Visas, VAWA relief, 212C relief, 209C relief, and Adjustment of Status cases involving complex misrepresentation issues.

Researched asylum claims in the Ninth and Tenth Circuits in which the ground for asylum was a wellfounded fear of persecution based on the claimant’s religion.

Researched and wrote legal memoranda and judgments in the area of international human rights law, translated, prepared, and summarized documents for the judges, attended judges’ deliberations, and participated in discussions with the lawyers.

Researched legal issues pertaining to migrant farmworkers, such as wage and hour claims under AWPA and the FLSA, as well as unemployment claims. Wrote trial briefs and complaints.

Conducted intake interviews and assessed claims for relief from deportation, interviewed clients and created affidavits of support, and visited detention center to conduct on-site intakes. Created English and Spanish materials for detained pro se immigrants and created an instructional manual for pro-bono attorneys.

Created English and Spanish materials for detained pro se immigrants and created an instructional manual for pro-bono attorneys.

Conducted daily intake interviews in the detention center to assess eligibility for relief from deportation. Prepared clients for merit, bond, and pro-se hearings. Filled out applications for relief and delivered rights presentations in the detention center.

Ll.M., International Human Rights Law

Jd, International & Comparative Law

Activities and Societies: Editor-Journal for Social Justice (2007-09), Panelist-Chicago Human Rights Conference (2008), Member-Public.

Ba, Hispanic Studies

Activities and Societies: Convenor of Sociedad de Estudiantes Latinos (2001-02), Study Abroad at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado De.