Immigration Program Co-Director

East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) is a non-profit legal services organization the community-based clinical program for U.C. Berkeley Law School and one of the Bay Areas largest and most effective systems disrupters. With a dual service and teaching mission EBCLC is a racial justice organization committed to building a culturally diverse workplace centered on equity. With about 50 staff 100 law students a year and a $7 million annual budget EBCLC is the largest provider of free legal services in Alameda County providing multimodal collaborative and holistic legal services to over 4000 clients annually and engaging in legislative and policy advocacy at the state and local level.

The Opportunity

EBCLC is excited to recruit a Co-Director to lead the Immigration Programs direct legal services social services work and capacity-building advocacy focused on the most vulnerable populations including people with disabilities and chronic illness members of the LGBT community youth and existing EBCLC clients with other legal issues. Attorneys and advocates counsel and represent individuals in matters including family-based petitions adjustment of status DACA Special Immigrant Juvenile Status U/T visas waivers immigration effects of criminal convictions naturalization asylum and removal defense. The program represents clients before State Courts US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

The Co-Director will support the immigration team in providing holistic legal services to clients referred through several long-standing community partnerships. The team partners with California community colleges UC Berkeleys Undocumented Students Program the City of Berkeley and the Alameda County Collaborative for Removal Defense (ACCORD). The program is also part of the Bay Area DACA Initiative to develop policy infrastructure and pathways for DACA recipients to transition to permanent legal status. Under the supervision of EBCLCs Co-Deputy Director the Program Co-Director supervises half of the immigration team with approximately 5-6 direct reports. They also help train and supervise law students in partnership with UC Berkeley Law School as part of EBCLCs clinical legal education program and receive a partial appointment as a UC Berkeley Lecturer.

Primary Responsibilities

Co-manage the Immigration Program providing vision planning and implementation of the work within the context of EBCLCs larger racial justice mission;

Co-supervise the immigration team providing support and direction on substantive work professional development performance evaluation workload management and wellness;

Work with Executive Director Deputy Directors and Development team to attract financial support for the Immigration Program oversee grants management track deliverables and provide general administrative oversight;

Manage a small caseload of immigration cases;

Manage projects with community partners including referral and service coordination client outreach and reporting;

Engage in community outreach and education;

Teach supervise and mentor law students enrolled in the Immigration Clinics including helping to design curriculum providing highly interactive legal and skills training and co-facilitating weekly individual and group supervision meetings;

Participate in ongoing professional development to improve management skills client services and student supervision;

Serve on EBCLCs management team providing input and support for the broader organization;

Serve as the primary contact with the community and media including responding to press and service provider inquiries making presentations to the public community and other professional groups and overseeing staff to whom these tasks have been delegated; and

Other tasks as assigned by EBCLCs Co-Deputy Director.

Salary and Benefits

Starting salary for this exempt position is $106000 $117000 based on law school graduation date as dictated by the EBCLC salary scale.

Benefits include fully paid health insurance (medical dental and vision) for employees and their dependents life and disability insurance and generous paid leave (vacation sick and holidays); EBCLC also offers flexible spending accounts for qualified health dependent care and commute expenditures; and retirement options.

Workplace Expectations

EBCLC is a hybrid workplace. Most staff may work from home or in the office subject to safety protocols. Please note that the Immigration Program Co-Director is expected to work in the office at least 3 days each week to attend in-person meetings teach seminar and/or engage in in-person fieldwork to support our clients policy work and the clinical education program. EBCLC will provide the necessary equipment to fulfill the job responsibilities of working from home.

Working at EBCLC

EBCLC is a unionized workplace and members of the bargaining unit are represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20 IFPTE. This position is part of the bargaining unit. EBCLC is strongly committed to advancing justice through education and advocacy and the need to transform legal services and legal education. Please take time to review EBCLCs mission vision programs and website and ensure that your cover letter reflects how your background experience and expertise have prepared you to be successful in performing the responsibilities of the position.

Additionally EBCLC is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace centered on equity and providing an inclusive welcoming and culturally responsive environment for all members of our staff volunteers subcontractors vendors and clients. To achieve this goal EBCLC works actively to improve our office climate systems and structures communications and community engagement to create an inclusive and respectful workplace where differences are acknowledged and valued.

We strongly encourage individuals from traditionally underrepresented communities to apply. EBCLC does not discriminate on the basis of race color religious creed sex gender gender expression gender identity age national origin ancestry disability marital status sexual orientation military status prior contact with the criminal legal system or any other basis prohibited by law.

Application Process

Interested applicants should submit an application by visiting The position will remain open until filled with priority review of applications received by January 16 2026. EBCLC will review applications and interview applicants on a rolling basis and will only review complete applications. A complete application must include a cover letter resume short writing sample and names/contact information for three professional references. Please submit your complete application as one single pdf file by uploading it under Upload your Resume.

Minimum Qualifications
JD required;
Member of California Bar;
Demonstrated commitment to racial justice;
5 years experience providing representation in immigration cases including practicing in immigration court;
3 years experience supervising attorneys and/or paralegals;
Experience supporting government and/or foundation grant tracking and reporting;
Strong interest in law student supervision and clinical teaching;
Demonstrated inclusive leadership skills;
Excellent time management priority-setting and organizational skills;
Strong interpersonal skills flexibility and demonstrated ability to work well independently and as part of a team;
Ability to provide supervision and guidance within a highly collaborative working environment;
Excellent oral and written communication and advocacy skills; and
Ability to partner and work effectively with a diverse range of people including but not limited to clients law students community partners judges and other government employees and law school faculty.