Immigration Solicitor

Law Centres; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent legal aid organization in the UK seeks an experienced Immigration Solicitor to join its dynamic team. The role involves handling asylum cases, particularly for Albanian clients, and working towards strategic legal change for children and young people. Candidates must have litigation experience and be knowledgeable in immigration law. This position offers 29 days of leave plus bank holidays.

Benefits

29 days leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Must be an experienced IAAS Senior Caseworker or Supervising Senior Caseworker.
• Comfortable working with children and young people's experiences in the asylum system.

Responsibilities

• Join a dynamic immigration team focused on strategic change.
• Handle Albanian immigration cases for the Breaking the Chains project.
• Engage in litigation to achieve sector-based change for children.

Skills

Litigation experience

Knowledge of immigration law

Ability to drive strategic change

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Immigration Solicitor to join our highly successful, creative, and dynamic immigration team.

The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit at Islington Law Centre has a much-respected Immigration Team. We are a category 1 Legal Aid Immigration provider, and we have considerable experience across the range of immigration and asylum work, running cases at all levels of the Tribunal and Court system including the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal. We wish to further develop our public law work and practice. The work would mainly involve Albanian cases coming through our Breaking the Chains project, alongside other work of the Unit.

This exciting opportunity would suit a solicitor experienced in and comfortable with litigation but also with a strong desire to drive forward sector-based strategic change for children and young people experiencing the UK’s asylum system. Working with our skilled, progressive, and supportive team, you can achieve strategic change, potentially through litigation, and develop your practice in immigration/public law. You would also work with and be informed by children and young people with and their lived experience of the asylum system.

We are an expanding practice and currently have ten solicitors and caseworkers working in immigration at the Law Centre. There are opportunities to work within a supportive team and to develop your areas of expertise. The candidate must be an experienced IAAS Senior Caseworker or Supervising Senior Caseworker.

29 days leave plus bank holidays.