Dear Friend of PAIR,

Happy 2024! I hope these first days of the new year are going as well as can be.

As the new year gets underway, we have have a number of limited scope and full representation cases that are in need of pro bono placement. Every pro bono attorney is matched with a PAIR mentor for step-by-step guidance every step of the way. We also have a robust training bank with recordings & materials from all of our recent trainings.

If you have been thinking about getting involved, or have any questions about taking on a case, please reach out to me any time—I'd be very glad to help.

In the meantime, I look forward to connecting with many of you over the course of this upcoming year!

Melanie

Volunteer Interpreters Needed!



We are requesting volunteer Spanish interpreters for our detention intakes on the upcoming Wednesday afternoons of:

• January 17
• January 24
• February 7
• February 21
• February 28

If you are interested and available, please email Omairy Martinez (omartinez@pairproject.org). 

Available Pro Bono Cases

To read the longer case abstract for each the cases below, please click here.

If you are an attorney and are interested in taking on one of the below cases, please email me at mgleason@pairproject.org.

• Asylum (Immigration Court): BB (Mauritania) is a 40-year-old man who fears returning because of persecution by the Mauritanian police due to his role as an activist, his race, and ethnicity, in which enslavement continues to exist.

• Asylum (Immigration Court): AB (Guinea) is a 33-year-old woman who has experienced severe violence, and whose social justice activism has made her a target of the Guinean government.

• Asylum (Immigration Court): LFM (Guatemala) is a 31-year-old Guatemalan woman who fears returning to her home country with her son due to the extreme violence she has endured from a cartel, as well as her own family.

• Asylum (Immigration Court): WM (Brazil) is a 33-year-old Brazilian man who has been psychologically and physically abused, as well as endured sexual violence, due to his sexual orientation.

• Asylum (Immigration Court): JMA (Guatemala) is a 37-year-old woman who fled from Guatemala to escape her ex-husband’s verbal, physical, and sexual abuse.

• Asylum (Immigration Court): DD (Guinea) is a 39-year-old Guinean woman who fears she will be killed by her father and that her daughter will be subjected to FGM (female genital mutilation) if they had to return.

Limited Scope Cases/Projects for

Pro Bono Attorneys

The following limited scope cases are also in need of placement:

Asylum Application/I-589

Case in need of pro bono placement for the I-589 only:

• KC (India) is a 30-year-old woman from India who faced repeated threats to her life because of her Nepalese ethnicity and political involvement.

Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

Case in need of pro bono placement for TPS only:

• FB (Haiti) is a 28-year-old man from Haiti who fled the island due to the threats and physical abuse he endured because of his sexual orientation.

Pro Bono Resources