Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC), was honored for exceptional achievement for a new member of the Federal Bar Association. The Honorable Dorothy A. Harbeck presented the award last month, citing in her speech the relationship she’s formed with Anker over the…
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Deborah Anker, author of Law of Asylum, talks about the 2016 edition of the treatise in the video below. [wpvideo 5VXth2tL] Special Features of the 2016 Edition: Gangs and Increasing Warfare in Central America; Emphasis on Political Opinion Ground Expanded sections on asylum and withholding status based on former gang membership Further developed section…
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via HLS News The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program has received a generous grant from the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation to launch the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Project. The Obama Administration has committed to resettling at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the current fiscal year. Due to bottlenecks in processing, the United States has…
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Deborah Anker’s Law of Asylum in the United States, an authoritative guide to U.S. asylum law, was recently released as its updated 2016 edition. Lauded as a “must-have publication for practitioners, students, and teachers”, Law of Asylum provides a comprehensive description and interpretation of the current state of national and international asylum law. Law of…
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Check out press coverage for HIRC from 2013-2015: “The myth of the ‘anchor baby’ defense” (The Washington Post, 8/20/15) “Classroom to courtroom: Law school immigration counseling program helps the powerless while educating students” (Harvard Law Today, 10/14/14) “Harvard Uni, Charles Darwin collaboration aims to help asylum seekers get legal representation” (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 9/19/14) “On…
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The 2015 edition of Deborah Anker’s leading treatise, Law of Asylum in the United States, is now available here. View flyer to receive a 20% discount! Law of Asylum in the United States is the authoritative presentation of U.S. asylum law, long considered a must -have for practitioners, scholars, students and teachers. “Law of Asylum contains detailed research and…
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