Staff Attorney, Immigration (School Based K-12)

The Staff Attorney is the legal lead for JFS’s school-based immigration legal services program for immigrant families in San Diego K-12 schools. The programs mission is Keeping Families Together. Building on existing weekly and monthly legal clinics and workshops at central K-12 schools, the program places a dedicated attorney and support staff in schools that families already know and trust.

This role assesses each family’s legal situation, represents parents facing deportation proceedings, helps families make a plan for their children before a crisis, and serves as the first legal responder when a partner school reports that a parent has been detained by immigration enforcement. The position reports to the Legal Director, Directing Attorney, or Supervising Attorney.