Applications are now being accepted for 2019 Summer Internships at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program! Interns will work primarily at Harvard Law School during the summer months on cases of individuals seeking asylum and other humanitarian protections, as well as on policy advocacy and appellate litigation. Interns may also have the opportunity to…
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The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program is now accepting applications for summer 2019 internships! We have internships available for both law students and undergraduates. Law students will work on Clinic cases of individuals seeking asylum and other humanitarian protections, as well as on policy advocacy and appellate litigation. Undergraduates will assist with various administrative projects.…
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Summer Fellowship at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Interns will work primarily at Harvard during the summer months on Clinic cases of individuals seeking asylum and other humanitarian protections, as well as on policy advocacy and appellate litigation. Applicants are requested to submit the following…
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Last Friday, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program staff and interns, along with individuals from various Harvard Law Clinics, attended the Statewide Implicit Bias Conference put on by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. Dr. Mahzarin Banaji, Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University, gave a thought-provoking presentation titled “Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People”. In her lecture, Dr.…
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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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I spent this summer with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. My entire undergraduate career at Harvard College has revolved around grand philosophical questions of citizenship. I have grappled with questions like what makes a citizen a citizen? What is a citizen? How does one acquire citizenship status? Is there even a single citizenship status? While…
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