The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRCP) is inviting applications for the full-time position of Clinical Teaching Fellow. HIRCP litigates issues at the forefront of immigration and asylum law and at the intersection of criminal law and immigration, while also engaging students in policy advocacy, community outreach, and direct representation. HIRCP is comprised of…
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It’s been a while since we’ve focused on alumni pursuits, so we’re excited to highlight a few Program graduates who are working in immigration law or related fields. Shuting Chen ’09 A graduate of the clinic in 2009, Shuting Chen was appointed as an Immigration Judge for the San Francisco Immigration Court in October…
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Former participants in our program Jessica Zhang ’19 and Mahroh Jahangiri ’21 will be Skadden Fellows in 2021.
Want to get the latest news from the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program? Check out our latest newsletter here. In this newsletter, we have updates on policy advocacy and litigation efforts, student and staff achievements, case victories, and more. If you would like to sign up to receive our newsletter via email, you can sign…
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Read the stories of four HIRC alumni who are continuing to advocate for the rights of asylum-seekers and immigrants.
On April 20th, dozens of HLS alumni and local experts came together to develop model protective policies for sanctuary spaces in the Age of Trump. They considered questions such as: What types of protective strategies can these different institutions employ? What are the legal limits on how far those policies can go? How would protective…
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Fatma Marouf, Phil Torrey and Sabi Ardalan on the legal challenges to the Travel Ban.
Last week, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program filed two amicus briefs in the Fourth and Ninth Circuits to challenge President Trump’s most recent iteration of the travel ban. The briefs were written in collaboration with Fatma Marouf (HLS ’02), Professor of Law and Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at Texas A&M University…
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The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic Program is currently accepting applications for the Albert M. Sacks Clinical Teaching and Advocacy Fellowship. The fellowship will provide an opportunity for an attorney to work on direct representation of individuals applying for asylum and other forms of humanitarian protection, starting in the summer of 2017. The Fellow, who will be housed…
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By Michelle Ha, J.D. ’16 via Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs Through my experience in the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) this semester, I had the privilege of representing an incredible woman named Juana* in her application for asylum in the United States. Juana fled gang violence in Central America with her young daughter…
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