Immigrant Justice Corps

08/20/2026

Our 2024 Justice Fellows and third-year 2023 Fellows are finishing their fellowships, wrapping up a term marked by changing policy, funding cuts, and an unprecedented assault on immigrant rights.

These Fellows have showed up, day after day, to support their clients.

Allison Baal, a 2024 Justice Fellow working at Lutheran Social Services of New York, writes about the importance of collaboration in immigration work. Allison is a graduate of Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.

https://justicecorps.org/news/reflections-on-the-fellowship-allison-baal/

08/19/2026

We are hashtag a NYIFUP Managing Attorney!

The stakes could not be higher for immigrants in detention facing deportation – loss of freedom, permanent separation from families and communities, and possible return to dangerous conditions in another country.

That’s why IJC is seeking a Managing Attorney to lead the NYIFUP Upstate Coordinator Project. This project expands the nation’s first public defender system for detained immigrants into regions of Upstate New York. Our NYIFUP Managing Attorney will run this project as well as provide legal training and professional mentorship to the next generation of immigration advocates focused on detention work in New York. View the attached job description for more details.

This is a fantastic opportunity to establish and support universal representation in courts outside of New York City. Help IJC ensure that every immigrant who needs a lawyer gets one.

08/18/2026

Our 2026 Justice Fellows begin their fellowships in two weeks 🎉

Leading up to September, we're sharing facts about the new class and why we're so excited to begin working with them!

Fact #3: The 2026 Fellows will join 27 host organizations in 17 states.

08/13/2026

We're so excited to announce our 2026 Community Fellows!

Four graduates — Litzy Alba Martinez, Emme Goldman, Amelie Resendiz, and Greliza Taveras Perez — have been chosen for the prestigious Community Fellowship. The Fellows will be inaugural three-year placements, who will seek to achieve full accreditation from the Department of Justice’s Recognition & Accreditation Program by the end of the fellowship.

The 2026 Community Fellows come to IJC with extensive backgrounds in immigration-related internships, jobs, and volunteerism. All the new Fellows are bilingual, with fluency in Spanish and French.

The Fellows will be inaugural three-year placements, who will seek to achieve full accreditation from the Department of Justice’s Recognition & Accreditation Program.

08/12/2026

It's almost been one year since we welcomed our 2025 Fellows to New York City to kick-start their fellowships. Now the Fellows are wrapping up their first year of being immigration attorneys.

And in just a few weeks, our 2026 Fellows will travel to NYC to begin a month of intensive training to prepare them to join their host organizations across the country. We're so excited to meet them!

08/04/2026

In just one month, our 2026 Justice Fellow class will begin their fellowships 🎉

In the next few weeks, we'll share facts about the new class and why we're so excited to begin working with these Fellows!

Fact #2: The 2026 Fellows hail from 22 law schools across the country.

Boston University School of Law
DePaul University College of Law
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
New England Law | Boston
New York Law School
New York University School of Law
Rutgers Law School
The George Washington University Law School
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
The University of Toledo College of Law
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
University of California, Davis School of Law
University of California, Irvine School of Law
University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
William S. Boyd School of Law
University of New Mexico School of Law
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
University of St. Thomas School of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Western New England Law School

Stay tuned to learn more about our 2026 Justice Fellows!

08/03/2026

Leslie Joya, a 2015 Community Fellow and 2021 Justice Fellow, explains how IJC’s two fellowships gave her the confidence to pursue a career in immigration law.

"My community fellowship gave me the experience to believe that I could become an immigration attorney," Leslie said. "Managing a caseload, researching to properly screen for eligibility, and being in direct communication with my clients all gave me a good sense of what I could expect as an attorney. Starting to build those skills early definitely helped me adjust in my first year as an attorney."

Leslie completed her Community Fellowship with IJC and her Justice Fellowship with the UNLV Immigration Clinic. She is now a staff attorney with the Immigration Advocacy Project at Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.

Read more from Leslie here:

In the “Where are they now?” series, we introduce you to former Fellows and share their stories — how they became a Fellow and how their Fellowship experience informs their work.

07/29/2026

Unlike criminal and family court proceedings, immigrants facing deportation in immigration court do not have a right to counsel if they cannot afford one.

Without counsel, most immigrants face a complex and adversarial system alone. Those with representation are six times more likely to see a successful outcome.

IJC’s free counsel has delivered a 93% success rate in completed cases, in contrast to a 15% success rate when an immigrant is without counsel, and a 8% success rate when a detained immigrant is without counsel.

07/28/2026

In just one month, our 2026 Justice Fellow class will begin their fellowships 🎉

In the next few weeks, we'll share facts about the new class and why we're so excited to begin working with these Fellows!

Fact #1: 100% of our 2026 Justice Fellows speak two languages. And 20% of the Fellows speak three or more languages.

Stay tuned to learn more about our 2026 Justice Fellows!

07/21/2026

Since its inception in 2014, IJC has trained and mobilized more than 500 Fellows to provide quality counsel and advocacy to date.

More than 90% of our Fellows have made careers practicing immigration law, and graduates continue to provide essential immigration services across the the country.

Our alumni network represents an active and unprecedented community sharing legal resources, knowledge and mentorship on behalf of immigrants in need.