Part-Time (25hrs/week) Immigration Attorney — EOIR Docket Management

• Maintain oversight of the EOIR docket, hearing calendar, filing deadlines, and case preparation milestones.
• Review court orders and case status updates, identify required next steps, and ensure tasks are assigned and completed.
• Review files for procedural issues, missing evidence, incomplete applications, and matters requiring attorney attention.
• Work with the Managing Attorney on case strategy, relief eligibility, and preparation priorities.
• Assign and monitor paralegal work, provide clear instructions, and resolve questions that require legal judgment.
• Review applications, supporting documents, exhibit packages, and proposed filings for accuracy, consistency, and readiness for attorney approval.
• Ensure filings and service are completed timely and that filing confirmations are documented.
• Track evidence collection, client follow-up, and hearing preparation so cases continue moving forward.
• Coordinate preparation materials for the Managing Attorney and any appearance or coverage counsel.
• Ensure case notes, task assignments, deadlines, and status updates remain current in the case management system.
• Flag urgent issues, stalled matters, workload concerns, and approaching deadlines promptly.
• Provide case-specific client guidance and follow-up when attorney involvement is needed.
• Assist with emergency motions or other urgent legal writing as needed.
• Provide responsive support through Microsoft Teams when the Managing Attorney is in court.
  

• →Attendance at the daily weekday team huddle at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time is required.
• →Outside the huddle, you may manage your own schedule within agreed part-time hours.
• →You must maintain a fixed, recurring schedule so the paralegals know when you are available for questions, reviews, and approvals.
• →You must be reachable through Microsoft Teams for urgent court-related questions when the Managing Attorney is in court. Availability and response expectations will be established at hiring.
• →Consistency, punctuality, and timely communication are essential.
  

• Active license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction and eligibility to practice before EOIR.
• Experience handling EOIR removal defense matters.
• Strong understanding of immigration court procedures, relief applications, motions, filing requirements, and deadlines.
• Experience overseeing paralegal work and managing a substantial caseload.
• Ability to identify urgent legal issues, prioritize competing deadlines, and provide practical direction.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and written and verbal communication.
• Comfort working remotely with case management software and Microsoft Teams.
• Docketwise experience preferred.
  

To Apply
Please submit your résumé and a brief statement describing your (1.) removal defense experience, (2.) experience managing paralegals, (3.) proposed recurring work schedule, and (4.) (compensation expectations. Without this you will not be considered. I will not chase anyone for missing information; I do not need tasks to be delegated back up.

Please also confirm (5.) your availability for the daily 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time huddle in the email body.