Legal Manager

The Organization In the face of overwhelming legal and practical barriers, many migrants who have suffered exploitation or abuse at the hands of employers or government officials give up their rights after leaving the United States. Other migrants who flee abuse, violence, and persecution are unable to remain in safety due to lack of evidence to support their claims. These migrants need “portable justice” – the right and ability to access justice across borders. Justice in Motion is dedicated to ensuring portable justice through legal, educational, and policy initiatives in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Essential to this transnational model is our Defender Network, a unique partnership of on-the-ground human rights organizations in Mexico and Central America. Justice in Motion makes sure that wherever migrants go, their rights will follow. The Position The Legal Manager will join the Legal Action team and ensure projects run smoothly and in alignment with Justice in Motion ’s theory of social change and program work goals, with the guidance and under the supervision of the Legal Director. The Legal Manager will lead case collaborations and activities so that migrants have access to cross-border justice through international collaborations between advocates based in the U.S. and human rights defenders based in Mexico and Central America. The ideal candidate is a lawyer who has represented immigrant clients in cases with cross-border elements and who is also an effecti