Stacy Jones

Experience

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  Chile Transparente

  Jul 2006 - Jul 2006

  Intern

  •Searched and applied for grants to be used in funding a new education program aimed at teaching Chilean children values of transparency and citizenship

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  American University Washington College of Law

  Aug 2006 - May 2008

  Dean's Fellow for Professor Teresa Godwin Phelps

  •Researched, in both Spanish and English, women’s voices in the Chilean Truth Commission report, women’s issues arising in prosecutions for rape and sexual violence in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Colombia’s Justice and Peace Law, and other human rights issues

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  Due Process Of Law Foundation

  Jan 2007 - May 2007

  Intern

  •Researched mechanisms of judicial control and accountability in various countries for a comparative analysis paper, drafted in Spanish

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  Organization of American States

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Intern-Office of Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Comm'n on Human Rights

  •Investigated freedom of expression successes and setbacks in all Caribbean member states of the Organization of American States for use in the Rapporteurship’s special Tenth Anniversary Annual Report

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  WCL International Human Rights Law Clinic

  Aug 2007 - May 2008

  Student Attorney

  •Represented a young man in his gang-based asylum claim before the Board of Immigration Appeals•Co-authored a report on crimes against humanity for the Argentine legislature•Represented Chinese political prisoners in an Alien Tort Claims Act case

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  Centro Latino de Abogados

  Feb 2009 - Sept 2009

  Immigration Attorney

  •Drafted motions in immigration cases before Immigration Judges, the Board of Immigration Appeals, Circuit Courts of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights•Assisted with various immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications•Performed legal research

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  U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2014

  •Coordinated nationwide Immigrant Children's Legal Program (formerly the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children) to match unaccompanied immigrant children with pro bono attorneys•Directed pro bono legal services within National Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program to match trafficking victims in 28 states, 6 U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia with pro bono attorneys•Provided technical assistance on immigration law to pro bono attorneys throughout the country•Developed and present in-person and web-based training programs on immigration relief options for unaccompanied children and trafficking victims to pro bono attorneys and other professionals•Presented at migration prevention workshops in Honduras and El Salvador•Liaised with foreign and U.S. government officials to advocate for migrant children’s rights and safety•Managed the Immigrant Children Lawyers Network (ICLN) and moderate bimonthly conference calls with advocates across the country•Assisted in drafting and advocating for USCRI’s policy priorities for comprehensive immigration reform•Aided in planning and execution of 2012 “On Their Own” conference on unaccompanied immigrant children’s issues•Appeared on CNN Español’s program “Directo USA” to discuss human trafficking, particularly as it relates to unaccompanied children Show less

  • Senior Staff Attorney

    Feb 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Staff Attorney

    Sept 2011 - Feb 2014

  • Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow

    Sept 2009 - Sept 2011
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  Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington

  Aug 2014 - now

  •Represent low-income clients in a wide variety of immigration matters before USCIS, EOIR, and ICE, including family-based immigrant visa petitions, consular processing, adjustment of status, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), U visas, relief under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), naturalization, green card renewal and replacement, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), removal of conditions on residence, employment authorization, advance parole, and stays of removal•Oversee and train attorney and non-attorney volunteers and review naturalization applications at monthly workshops Show less

  • Program Director, Hogar Immigrant Services

    Nov 2017 - now

  • Supervising Attorney, Hogar Immigrant Services

    May 2017 - Nov 2017

  • Supervising Attorney, Unaccompanied Children Program, Hogar Immigrant Services

    Nov 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Staff Attorney, Hogar Immigrant Services

    Aug 2014 - Nov 2014