Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

CLINIC strives to meet the growing needs of new and existing charitable legal programs for low-income immigrants. It pursues these goals, in part, by training and advising local programs on good management practices through the Immigration Management Project.

The Immigration Management Project (IMP) provides training in program advocacy and fundraising skills to nonprofit immigration orgqanizations by working directly with the executive and immigration program directors. The IMP shares best practices that help local providers meet immigrants' needs.

Among other accomplishments, the IMP has:

• Created and published a manual, entitled "Managing an Immigration Program: Steps for Creating and Increasing Legal Capacity" which contains training curricula based on best practices of leaders in the field of nonprofit immigration.
• Facilitated the first-ever agreement among immigration law support centers to create the Immigration Advocates Network, an Internet portal for agencies that provide newcomers with immigration-related legal assistance.
• Provided specialized trainings on how to obtain Board of Immigration Appeals agency recognition and staff accreditation. Significantly, 46 percent of all BIA accredited representatives belong to agencies that CLINIC has partnered with in one form or another.

For additional information on the Immigration Management Project, please contact Jeff Chenoweth at jchenoweth@cliniclegal.org or 202-635-5826.

Related Resources:

Managing an Immigration Program: Steps for Creating and Increasing Legal Capacity

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 - Building Agency Support for an Immigration Legal Program

•  Sample Business Plan

CHAPTER 2 - Space, Equipment and Tools Case Management Software

•  Immigration Management Software

CHAPTER 3 - Staffing Your Immigration Legal Program

•  Sample Volunteer Agreement
•  Confidentiality Agreement
•  Prohibition Against Providing Legal Services Outside the Office and Expectations of  Employees

CHAPTER 4 - Authorization for Non-Attorneys to Practice Immigration Law (BIA Accreditation & Recognition)

•  Sample BIA Application (Agency and Staff)

CHAPTER 5 - Case Management Systems: Promoting Effective, Efficient Service Delivery

Article: Considerations for Immigration Programs Working on VAWA Self-Petitions and U Visa Cases by Gail Pendleton.

• Sample Case Notes for Case File
• Sample 1 Client Agreement
• Sample 2 Client Agreement
• Sample Client Intake Form

CHAPTER 6 -  Managing Financial Performance

•    Sample Immigration Program Expenses

CHAPTER 7 -  External Relations: Outreach, Marketing, Advocacy and Media

• Sample Guidelines for Communications and Public Relations
• Media and Communications Memorandum: What to Do and Say When You are Contacted by the Media
• Sample Consent to be Interviewed by Media