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Special Projects Manager VECINA is hiring a part-time Special Projects Manager for a limited duration. This position will manage pro bono teams working on legal projects and issues related to migrants at the southern border, as well as migrants from Ukraine. Duties: Manage the placement of cases and pro bono projects with pro bono attorneys…
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We are thrilled to share that Vita Zeltser is joining the VECINA team as the Kilpatrick Townsend Visiting Pro Bono Fellow. Vita Zeltser is Counsel in the Atlanta office of the law firm of Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton LLP, and a member of the firm’s Technology, Privacy & Cybersecurity team. Her regular practice focuses on…
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We invite you to join VECINA on May 13, 2022 at 12:00 PM CST for an Introduction to Storytelling CLE. As immigration practitioners, we often create checklists instead of scenes, providing bland facts instead of painting pictures for judges and USCIS adjudicators. But judges and adjudicators are people, too, and the human brain is wired…
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