The Latest From The Immigration Advocates Network

In Case You Missed It: Biden Administration Creates Its First Family Reunification Parole Process for Ecuador

The US Department of Homeland Security can soon grant qualifying Ecuadorians family reunification parole on a case-by-case basis with a showing of urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit when they have a family member who is a US citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Click here to learn more about this change.

Join Justicia Lab and our partners at Fwd.us, Immigrants Rising, and Mobile Pathways and other leaders in the immigrant legal technology field in San Francisco on November 9th to discuss how technology can facilitate equitable access and legal empowerment in immigrant communities. Our event will be moderated by KQED's Farida Jhabvala Romero. Register for the in-person event here. 

Innovating for Immigrant Justice: A Conversation About the Future of Immigrant Legal Technology & Community Empowerment

Thursday November 9th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Google Community Space (188 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA)

Do You Know a Law Student Interested in Legal Empowerment & Technology?
 

We are currently accepting applications for Justicia Lab’s Legal Empowerment and Technology Fellowship. The Justicia Lab Legal Empowerment and Technology Fellow will play a key role in designing and implementing innovative projects focusing on the use of technology to advance legal empowerment strategies. Justicia Lab’s award-winning immigrant legal tech tools include Citizenshipwoks, Immi, Immigration Law Help, the Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) and our workplace justice project ¡Reclamo!.

Email resume, cover letter and references to [email protected] with Justicia Lab Legal Empowerment and Technology Fellow in the subject heading

Justicia Lab’s Sandra Sandoval Chavarria named 2023 American Legal Technology Individual Award Winner
 

Sandra Sandoval Chavarria, Justicia Lab’s lead Product Manager, was acknowledged at the 2023 American Legal Technology Awards as the individual who most demonstrated success in making a positive difference in the world as it relates to legal innovation. Sandra Sandoval won the American Legal Technology Awards Individual of the year, while Justicia Lab’s wage recovery project, ¡Reclamo! was a runner-up in the Access to Justice Legal Technology category. 

About the Immigration Advocates Network

The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), a program of Justicia Lab, is an online community of over ten-thousand nonprofit professionals, pro bono lawyers, students, and faculty committed to fighting for immigrant justice. Join the IAN community to receive regular updates, connect with other members, and learn about new digital tools immigrant justice. 

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