Volunteer

We are currently recruiting attorneys to represent clients who are seeking asylum as well as other forms of immigration relief.

To represent an asylum seeker, attorneys are required to attend HIAS PA asylum training sessions which are offered live in the spring and winter as well as on demand. Training and mentoring is available for pro bono attorneys. HIAS PA is a PA CLE accredited provider and Pennsylvania CLE credit is available for attorneys working on pro bono cases.

Fill out an application to learn more.

1. Learn about our current volunteer opportunities including volunteer interpretation and translation. We are specifically seeking Dari, Pashto, Creole, Spanish, French, Urdu, Ukrainian, Russian, Swahili and Tigrinya speakers.
2. All interested volunteers must attend one of our monthly volunteer orientations to get involved. Our orientations will be virtual for the foreseeable future.
   • Find our upcoming volunteer orientations here.
3. Please sign up for a volunteer database profile to register for one of our upcoming orientations and receive more information about volunteer onboarding. Once you complete a profile, a member of our staff will follow up with you directly.

A limited number of internship opportunities in our administration, social services, and legal services departments are available to students who are college-aged or older. Internships at HIAS PA are unpaid.

Click here to intern at HIAS PA!

In your application email, please indicate if you are interested in legal, social, or administrative services.

Interns are accepted on a rolling basis and we cannot guarantee a position.

Thank you for your interest in partnering with HIAS PA for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah project. Here are some ideas of what students have done in the past. Ideally, students do a combination of service work with us and then advocacy, community education, and/or fundraising in their communities to share what they have learned and garner support for immigrants and refugees.

Upon reviewing the above document, email community@hiaspa.org and share your timeline and which project(s) above are of interest.