Volunteer Attorneys Needed

Concerned about immigrant rights? Want to do something more to help?

The Cambridge Commission on Immigrant Rights & Citizenship (CIRC), through and in collaboration with the De Novo Center for Justice and Healing, provides a free monthly Virtual Immigration Legal Screening Clinic, which is held virtually on the third Wednesday. We are always seeking volunteer immigration attorneys to assist in this process which includes the following steps:

• Callers leave a message with their information.
• De Novo staff screen the messages and assign callers to volunteer attorneys based on practice area and language when possible.
• Volunteer attorneys follow up with the callers, provide brief advice, screen for immigration legal needs, and refer them to additional legal resources, if appropriate.
• De Novo immigration attorneys provide supervisory support.

The demand for these services is extraordinary. We ask that volunteer attorneys have at least two years of experience in immigration law. Interpretation is available whenever needed.

If you would like to apply to be a volunteer attorney for the Immigration Legal Screening Clinic, please send a completed Volunteer Attorney Application to Valerie Fisk via email at vfisk@denovo.org or mail to:De Novo, 47 Thorndike Street, Suite SB-LL-1, Cambridge, MA 02141. De Novo will determine if applicants meet the criteria for volunteering to staff the Clinic.

For more information about this volunteer opportunity, please email Carolina Almonte, Executive Director of The Cambridge Commission on Immigrant Rights and Citizenship at calmonte@cambridgema.gov.