National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)

Since 2009, the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) has been a key partner in Schreiber Philanthropy’s immigrant justice work. NIJC, which is focused on ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, has been providing direct legal services and advocating for vulnerable populations since 1984. NIJC provides legal services to more than 10,000 people each year, and has a 90% success rate in obtaining asylum for people fleeing persecution in their home countries. In recent years, after discussing the urgent need to build the pipeline of attorneys interested in doing this difficult work, NIJC and Schreiber Philanthropy launched the Schreiber Legal Fellowship Program. The goal of the program is to identify and invest in the next generation of diverse legal advocates. The fellowship encourages applicants who have lived experiences in immigrant communities, members of marginalized communities, and individuals from communities that are underrepresented in the legal profession.