Hosted on January 22, 2025, the training was delivered by Chelsea Mack, Mentoring Attorney, VECINA; Ashley Sanchez, Supervising Attorney, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland, Immigration Legal Services; Victoria Hamilton, Staff Attorney, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland, Immigration Legal Services; and, Ted Oswald, Immigration Legal Services Manager, World Relief Sacramento.
Immigration legal service providers often face the challenge of balancing an ever-increasing workload among limited staff members. Due to funding and capacity constraints, immigration program directors often do not consider legal internship programs viable options for helping to relieve staff members of their large workloads. This roundtable will address common misconceptions immigration legal service providers may have about the value of recruiting and hosting legal interns. In addition, the roundtable panelists will share practical tips for implementing and maintaining an effective legal internship program.
By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
– Identify reasonable recruitment strategies for an immigration legal internship program
– Identify appropriate immigration law projects to delegate to legal interns
– Apply three strategies to effectively operate an immigration legal internship program
