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About Us ILCM is currently the only legal program in Minnesota to provide
free comprehensive immigration services to low-income persons of all nationalities
who are ineligible for federally funded legal services programs. ILCM is also
one of the few agencies available to provide education, training and outreach
to other professionals and the community at large in immigration affairs. Our
clients all earn equal to or less than 187.5% of the federal poverty guidelines,
and 70% of our clients earn less than 100% of the poverty limit. The largest part
of ILCM’s work is done in our own Saint Paul neighborhood and the surrounding
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History Lenore Millibergity, Senior Staff Attorney, graduated from William Mitchell College of Law in 1986. In June 1987, she began working for Oficina Legal, which later became the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, first as a staff attorney and then as supervising attorney. She handles all areas of immigration law, but specializes in family petitions, citizenship, asylum, deportation defense, and aid for battered immigrant women. In 2005 she received Centro Legal's Advocate for Justice Award for her service to the Latino community. She is an adjunct professor at William Mitchell College of Law. Sheila Stuhlman, Senior Staff Attorney, graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2000. She began her career by working as a clerk for Honorable Judge Gary L. Crippen at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Following her clerkship, she worked as an associate at the Minneapolis law firm of Miller-O'Brien, where she specialized in the areas of plaintiff's employment discrimination and union-side labor law. She began working at the ILCM in May of 2003. She has volunteered for many other local non-profits, including the Center for Victims of Torture, Resource Center of the Americas, and Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights' Refugee and Immigrant Program. She participated in Minnesota Advocates' fact-finding mission to Peru to study the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in November 2002. Susan Jorgensen Flores, Staff Attorney, has been employed at ILCM since August 2006. She graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2001. From 2001-2006 she was employed at Centro Legal, where her final position was Immigration Unit Supervising Attorney. Prior to her law certification, Susan clerked at ILCM. As Student Attorney and Co-Student Director of the University of Minnesota Immigrant Law Clinic, she aided immigrant clients and represented asylum applicants before the immigration service and court. Through the Southern MN Regional Legal Services in 2002, she helped prepare government benefits cases for low-income clients and helped clients find housing through Project Hope. Cynthia Anderson, Accredited Representative, graduated
from the University of Minnesota in 1987 with a degree in Spanish and minors in
French and Japanese. After four years as a Language Instructor and Curriculum
Developer, she worked for Migrant Legal Services for two seasons doing a variety
of legal casework as a paralegal. From 1991 - 1999 she was ILCM's Accredited Representative
in immigration matters, and returned to this position in 2006 after six years
as the Naturalization Project Manager at Centro Legal. She regularly provides
naturalization training to private attorneys and at William Mitchell and Hamline
Immigration Law Clinics. Pal Yang, Legal Assistant, graduated from William Mitchell Law School in May 2007 an joined staff in August 2007. Prior to law school, Pal worked for 8 years as a child protection and foster care social worker in San Diego and Minneapolis. Born in Laos, he came to the Los Angles area in 1980. Pal will be housed at both Neighborhood House and the Immigrant Law Center's office, and will specialize in representing clients from the Hmong community. Melissa Pfeiffer, Operations Director, has worked with nonprofits for over 15 years in the areas of auditing, finance, development and human resources. She has served a wide variety of organizations including the American Bar Association and the Fund for Justice and Education in Chicago; labor unions, farmworkers' clinics, and Women, Infant and Children's Clinics in the Pacific Northwest; and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Indiana University. Locally, she has held management roles in social justice organizations including the Urban Coalition, Centro Legal, and the Resource Center of the Americas. Melissa became interested in social justice issues and immigration early on in her rural hometown where her father ran a health clinic serving the seasonal farmworkers who labored in the surrounding tomato fields. Kathy Salinas, Office Manager, joined staff in March 2007. She worked previously for General Motors in the post-bankruptcy customer service department. Kathy came to the United States in 1998 from Cali, Colombia, and now resides in Apple Valley with her husband and two children. Jeff Naragon, AmeriCorps*VISTA, graduated from St. Olaf College in 2006 and has recently spent time in Latin America. He joined the Immigrant Law Center in July 2007 and serves in numerous capacities, including coordinating the volunteer programs, contributing to public relations, assisting with development, and managing technology improvements. After his AmeriCorps year of service ends, Jeff plans on continuing his commitment to social justice and change through working in the nonprofit sector. Alissa Jones, Education Coordinator/Development Associate,
graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1998 with a degree in Spanish/Portugüese
and Chicano Studies. In 2000, she received her M.A. in Anthropological Studies
of Mexico from the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla in Cholula, Mexico.
After a five-year tenure at the American School of Puebla, she returned to the
US in 2005. She most recently worked on Take ACTION, a weight-gain prevention
study, which focused on household intervention at the University of Minnesota.
Alissa joined ILCM in September 2007 and is eager to continue her lifelong commitment
to education and fighting social disparities. Debra Schneider, Secretary Thomas Larson, Treasurer Kate Latimer, Member William Mahlum, Member Thomas Jensen, Member Jeannie Fox , Member Muzamba Sibajene, Member Sharon Jacks, Member Julie Zimmer, Member
Financial
Year 2007 Annual Report Description: Experience and Qualifications Requirements: How to apply: In addition, applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and
unofficial law school transcript to: OR Jeffrey Naragon After 5/15 application deadline ILCM will begin conducting interviews. |
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Disclaimer:
The information provided on this web site is not meant to be legal advice. Please contact an immigration practitioner if you need legal services. |
