Education Associate at the American Immigration Lawyers Association

We are -

Headquartered in downtown, Washington, DC, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is an organization with over 11,000 individual attorney members. AILA's mission is to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members.

Founded in 1946, AILA is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that provides its members with continuing legal education, information, professional services, and expertise. www.aila.org.

Your role -

Assist the Director of Education in managing and developing continuing legal education (CLE) programs for member attorneys. Manage convenient learning programming such as audio and web seminars, podcasts and live webcasts of in-person conferences. Work with conference committees, and play an active role in identifying speakers, program content and other educational materials. Collaborate with various internal teams to identify new and relevant educational programs and initiatives. Assist with Annual Conference program management, and serve as an editor for conference handbooks.

Your background -

2-4 years’ immigration policy and/or practice experience. Demonstrated knowledge and skills in distance education practices, including CLE accreditation and reporting. Exceptional oral and written communication skills. Prior editing experience is a plus.

Our workplace -

Noted for its employee friendly approach, our staff represents the absolute best and the brightest! Staff takes great satisfaction in our cause - immigration reform. We offer a dynamic, empowering and collaborative work environment that allows staff members to reach their full potential.

We offer an extremely attractive total compensation package, including competitive salary, medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401K with employer match, transit subsidy, flexible work schedules, 3+ weeks vacation, 11 Federal holidays, on-site fitness center, casual dress and many more exciting benefit programs.

In recognition of our generous package, AILA received an Honorable Mention in the Washingtonian Magazine Best Places to Work edition in both 2005 and 2007, and is a 2010 winner of The Principal^® 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security.

We encourage QUALIFIED candidates to forward cover letter, resume and desired salary to: HR-EDUC-IDEALIST / hr@aila.org / 202-783-7853, fax. Cover letter and resume will be used as writing samples, and cover letters without desired salary may not be considered. Direct hire only - no recruiters. No calls!