This Friday, June 19th at 2pm EST/ 11am PST please tune in for a virtual panel discussion with DACAmented or formerly undocumented Harvard staff professionals, who will share advice and personal reflections about living with and without DACA, how they’ve advocated for immigrant communities throughout their higher education, and how they’ve navigated their careers given…
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The last few months have been challenging. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country, our daily lives drastically changed. It has been hard to be away from all our students and coworkers for so long, and it is especially painful to not be able to be with our community now, as protests spread across…
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Today, we would like to extend our congratulations to all the members of the Harvard Law School Class of 2020 who participated in our program over the past three years. We’ve been simply amazed by all that our graduating students have done to support our program, from engaging in policy advocacy as 1Ls through the HLS…
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With graduation fast-approaching, all of us at HIRC have been thinking about the members of the Class of 2020 who spent time in our program. We are so very grateful to all those who participated, whether through the HLS Immigration Project, one of our clinical programs, or as a volunteer, and while we won’t be…
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Jason Corral is the current staff attorney for the Harvard Representation Initiative after taking the position in January of 2017. Born in Costa Rica, and originally from the Los Angeles area, he now lives in Boston with his two children and wife. A graduate of Northeastern Law School, Jason has spent his career working in…
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HIRC clinical students Eun Sung Yang ’20 and Michael Hur ’20 are featured in this piece about HLS clinics.
“Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic director Sabrineh Ardalan and Cambridge lawyer Susan B. Church also represent Arandi. Arandi’s lawyers filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights office on January 30.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 01/29/2020 Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Submits Civil Rights Complaint to DHS Regarding Treatment of Deported Iranian Student Harvard Divinity School Student Reihana Emami Arandi Denied Entry in September 2019 On January 29, attorneys from the Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program submitted a complaint to the Office of…
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HRI attorney Jason Corral reflects on his role representing Harvard students.
On April 4th, HIRC staff attended the Harvard Bridge Program‘s annual dinner, which celebrates Harvard employees who have recently become U.S. citizens. We were honored to take part in this special event and we are proud to say that one of our clients was among those being celebrated. The Bridge Program has been a constant supporter…
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