Part-Time Immigration Attorney – EOIR Docket Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations of an EOIR docket consisting of around 175 removal cases.

• Maintain control over the EOIR docket, including the hearing calendar, filing deadlines, and case preparation milestones.

• Examine court orders and updates on case statuses, identify necessary next steps, and ensure that tasks are allocated and completed.

• Review files for procedural discrepancies, missing evidence, incomplete applications, and issues requiring attorney intervention.

• Collaborate with the Managing Attorney to devise case strategies, determine eligibility for relief, and set preparation priorities.

• Delegate and oversee paralegal tasks, offer guidance, and address questions needing legal judgment.

• Assess applications, supporting documents, exhibit packages, and proposed filings for correctness and readiness for attorney approval.

• Ensure timely completion of filings and service, documenting filing confirmations appropriately.

• Monitor evidence collection, client follow-ups, and preparations for hearings.

• Organize preparation materials for the Managing Attorney and coverage counsel for appearances.

• Keep current case notes, task assignments, deadlines, and updates in the case management system.

• Highlight urgent issues, stalled cases, workload challenges, and approaching deadlines.

• Provide case-specific client advice and follow up when attorney involvement is necessary.

• Assist with urgent motions or other critical legal writing as required.

• Offer responsive support via Microsoft Teams when the Managing Attorney is in court.

• Supervise and review the work of a four-person EOIR paralegal support team, setting priorities and ensuring accountability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Valid license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction.

• Eligibility to practice before EOIR.

• Experience in handling EOIR removal defense cases.

• Comprehensive knowledge of immigration court procedures, relief applications, motions, filing requirements, and deadlines.

• Proven experience in overseeing paralegal work and managing a significant caseload.

• Ability to recognize urgent legal issues, prioritize conflicting deadlines, and provide practical guidance.

• Strong focus on detail, organization, and both written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfortable working remotely with case management software and Microsoft Teams.

• Docketwise experience is a plus.

• Availability for the daily 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time team huddle.

• Ability to maintain a consistent, recurring schedule.

• Must be accessible via Microsoft Teams for urgent court-related inquiries when the Managing Attorney is in court.

• Submission of résumé along with a brief statement detailing removal defense experience, paralegal management experience, proposed recurring work schedule, and compensation expectations.

• Confirmation of availability for the daily 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time team huddle.

🏝️ Benefits

• Part-time schedule totaling 25 hours per week.

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Self-managed schedule within the agreed part-time hours.

• Fixed recurring schedule.

• Daily weekday team huddle at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

• Microsoft Teams support for urgent court-related inquiries.