Legal Fellow
Core
Post-graduate legal fellow supporting UNHCR's Protection and Solutions Unit in Washington, D.C. to advise governments on aligning domestic asylum systems with international standards, analyze law/policy at the intersection of international and domestic law, and support protection for forcibly displaced and stateless persons.
Role type
Junior IC legal fellow (immigration/refugee law)
Builds
Policy analysis, amicus briefs, legal guidance, and protection monitoring for UNHCR's US and Northern Caribbean operations
Domain
International law, refugee law, US immigration law, human rights
Required skills
Legal analysis, policy analysis, research, writing, oral communication, self-direction, multi-tasking
Preferred skills
US asylum law experience, refugee law experience, statelessness expertise, legal clinic experience, fluent Spanish
Technologies
Legal research databases, policy analysis frameworks
Responsibilities
Provide comments on proposed legislation and regulations, submit amicus briefs on international legal issues, conduct trainings and presentations on statelessness, gather information on protection situations at borders and in immigration courts, develop pragmatic policy options for authorities.
Seniority
Junior, hands-on IC
