immigrant justice corps
What We D0
community paralegals
IJC’s two-year Community Fellowships are awarded to passionate recent college graduates who are placed in organizations and libraries in New York City, and assist immigrants with their cases.
Our Story
Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) originated with Judge Robert Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as a response to the crisis in legal representation for immigrants. ICJ offers two fellowships: the Justice Fellowship and Community Fellowship.
With the Justice Fellowship as the first and only fellowship of its kind in the United States, IJC recruits and trains promising lawyers passionate about immigration. IJC places them with community-based organizations and supports them with training as they directly assist immigrants. IJC recruits both lawyers and host organizations. For the Community Fellowship, IJC places passionate college graduates, who become partially accredited representatives through the Department of Justice, in community-based organizations and public libraries in New York City and other states.
Visit the Immigrant Justice Corps homepage.