Category: Staff & Faculty

Staff Spotlight: Mary Hewey

Mary Hewey is the administrative assistant at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. Mary began immigration and advocacy work during her time in the Border Studies Program in Tucson, Arizona. There, Mary realized the impacts of migration in the United States and started thinking critically about the challenges and injustices faced by immigrant communities.…
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Congratulations, Class of 2021!

Congratulations to the Harvard Law School Class of 2021 from all of us at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program! We want to thank all the members of the graduating class who spent time in our Program over the past three years. Sadly, we were not able to celebrate with the Class of 2021 in person, however, we still…
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In Last Lecture, Sabi Ardalan stresses the importance of community building

“You’ve pushed us to be better teachers, better colleagues, and better humans.”

Jordana Arias stands with arms crossed looking into the camera

Thank you, Jordana!

After being with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program for five years, our Program Administrator, Jordana Arias, will be moving on to new opportunities in May. We thank her for all her hard work and for her unwavering commitment to immigrants’ rights. During her time at our Program, Jordana had to juggle many competing…
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Spring 2021 newsletter now available

Want to get the latest news from the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program? Check out our Spring 2021 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…
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Staff Spotlight: Zachary Albun

Zachary Albun is the current Albert M. Sacks Clinical Teaching & Advocacy Fellow at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. His journey to practice asylum immigration law started in St. Paul, Minnesota. During his initial years in the legal field as a legal assistant, he worked with refugees from Southeast Asia and Somalia. This…
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And now, the way forward

Clinical Instructor Sameer Ahmed spoke with the Harvard Gazette about his hopes for the Biden administration’s immigration policies.

Biden’s great immigration undoing

This article features interviews with local immigration attorneys, including Staff Attorney Mariam Liberles, on Biden’s first actions on immigration.

Staff Spotlight: Mariam Liberles

Mariam Liberles is a staff attorney at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, working with the Harvard Representation Initiative (HRI) team. For Mariam, immigration is a deeply personal issue. She was born in Yerevan, Armenia and came to the United States with her family when she was nine years old, leaving just before the collapse of the Soviet…
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Staff Spotlight: Nilce Maldonado

Nilce Maldonado is part of the legal team at the Harvard Immigration Refugee Clinical Program as a paralegal. Nilce mainly aids clients that have Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and those in the process of Adjustment of Status, working closely with attorneys Jason Corral and Mariam Liberles. She enjoys the…
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