Legal Clinic Coordinator

Job Description

HANA Center (HANA) is a Chicago-area non-profit organization working to meet the critical needs of Korean, Asian American, and multiethnic immigrant communities and build power toward systemic change. HANA Center has offices in Chicago and Prospect Heights, Illinois.

HANA’s Immigration & Legal Services support 2,500 community members each year to access critical protections and build their legal capacity through completion of citizenship and DACA applications, participation in civic classes, pro bono legal consultation, Know Your Rights training, and legal representation for Adjustment of Status, VAWA, U-Visa, T-Visa, TPS, FOIA, consular processing, asylum, bond hearing, and removal defense cases.

HANA’s Legal Clinic Coordinator expands HANA’s legal services capacity to meet the growing demand for bilingual, bicultural legal assistance among immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. The Coordinator supports clients to connect with pro-bono legal consultations and referrals to other resources as needed, providing comprehensive support through partnerships with other legal service providers in Illinois.

Major Responsibilities

  • Manage pro bono legal clinics and coordinate volunteer attorneys and interpreters

  • Performs intake and coordinates needed documents for community members to receive legal consultations from attorneys

  • Facilitates prompt, accurate communication between clients and the attorneys regarding all aspects of consultation cases

  • Coordinates referrals for community members between HANA and partner organizations’ services and workshops

  • Participates in trainings related program activities

  • Attends relevant meetings from team meetings to organizing team meetings

  • Provides timely information as requested for grant reporting and communications

  • Other duties as assigned

Key Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to build relationships and work effectively with people of diverse social, faith, economic, and racial / ethnic backgrounds

  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

  • Ability to work well under pressure, multi-task, and meet established timelines and goals

  • Excellent organization and analytical skills

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

  • B.A. degree or equivalent life experience preferred

  • Bilingual in the Korean and English languages is a requirement.

  • Willingness to have a flexible schedule, including occasional evenings and weekends as needed

  • Valid driver’s license, access to a car, and ability to travel between HANA Center Chicago locations and Northwest Center in Prospect Heights

Reports To: Director of Immigration & Legal Services

Compensation: This is a part-time position for 20 hours per week with a hourly rate range of $23.00 - $24.50 per hour.

Application: Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@hanacenter.org with the subject line “Legal Clinic Coordinator.”

  

HANA Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals are encouraged to apply.