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    DOJ Recognition and Accreditation Toolkit

    • Does your nonprofit agency want to develop a legal immigration program, but lack attorneys on staff or the money to hire them?
    • Does your nonprofit agency want to continue providing legal immigration services, but avoid engaging in the unauthorized practice of law?
    • Does your nonprofit agency have immigration attorneys on staff, but want to expand its capacity by getting authorization for non-attorney staff to practice immigration law?

    In these situations, your agency needs to seek recognition for itself and accreditation for its non-attorney staff. Recognition and accreditation is the Department of Justice’s certification of charitable immigration agencies and staff, and allows non-attorney staff to practice immigration law before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the immigration courts. The rules governing recognition and accreditation can be found at 8 CFR Section 1292.

    This toolkit is designed to educate agencies on the need for DOJ recognition and accreditation and to assist them in the application process.

    Topic Areas

    General Information

    Preparing to Apply

    Practicing Immigration Law

    Community Education

    EOIR Interim Rule on DOJ Recognition and Accreditation

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    • providing direct representation for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border and educating them about their rights; 
    • reuniting formerly separated families;
    • increasing legal representation for those in removal proceedings and in detention;
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    • advocating for fair and just immigration policies that acknowledge the inherent dignity and value of all people.  

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    Embracing the Gospel value of welcoming the stranger, CLINIC promotes the dignity and protects the rights of immigrants in partnership with a dedicated network of Catholic and community legal immigration programs. We are based out of Silver Spring, Maryland (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area), with an office in Oakland, California, and additional staff working from locations throughout the country. Questions and inquiries can be sent to national@cliniclegal.org.

     

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