CBA Record September-October 2025

THE YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION

“The demand for immigration legal services is unprecedented in this current environment,” TRP’s CEO Raul Ray mundo explains. “Volunteers, especially with some legal background, make a huge difference in the lives of the people we serve. Together we give immigrants an opportunity to contribute to our social fabric and the economy of the city.” TRP’s many services include help ing immigrants obtain temporary pro tected status and work permits, providing them with legal representation in asylum and deportation proceedings, assisting with family and humanitarian petitions, ensuring they have access to necessary resources, and otherwise navigating the dizzying and everchanging immigration process. If you’re considering getting involved but are concerned that you don’t have any immigration experience, don’t let that deter you. TRP offers numerous training courses and clinics for volunteer lawyers and community members, and their expert staff are there every step of the way to support these volunteers from beginning to end.

Making an Impact Through Immigration Work at The Resurrection Project By Jonathan Safron A s attorneys, we are often confronted with difficult, sometimes life-altering legal issues. Clients come to us with these problems when they have nowhere else to turn and rely on us to help them navigate a complex justice system and to zeal ously advocate for them through that system. This is true especially in the context of pro bono work. Those of us who volunteer our time and skills as attorneys provide a service to society as a whole. As young lawyers, not only does pro bono work help us gain necessary substantive experience, but it also provides us with a chance to really help people and to bring about meaningful change in their lives. The Resurrection Project One significant way we can truly make a difference is by donating our time and resources to local non-profit organizations that provide needed immigration-centered legal ser vices. At a time where our current immigration system is overwhelmed, lacking key resources, and in a state of constant flux, organizations like The Resurrection Project (TRP)—a Chicago-based, community-focused nonprofit that represents immigrants and works to strengthen immigrant rights—need our help.

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