One of the reasons I chose to attend Harvard Law School was because of the opportunities to practice law as a student in their clinical programs, especially the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. I knew I wanted to be involved in HIRC before I even set foot on campus. The idea of working with asylum…
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Applications are now being accepted for the Albert M. Sacks Fellowship at Harvard Law School. The fellowship will provide an opportunity for an attorney to work at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program on direct representation, appellate litigation and policy advocacy work, starting in the summer of 2014. The Fellow will supervise clinical students…
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See below to read a great article with our own clinical instructor and lecturer on law, Phil Torrey (quoted below): “These cases are challenging because the law around who is eligible for immigration relief when there is criminal activity in the past is really difficult to navigate, and the avenues for relief are really limited…
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The following is a student’s reflection of her Winter term Independent Clinical project at the Refugio del Rio Grande in San Benito, TX. Her project was partially funded by HLS’s Summer Public Interest Fund (SPIF) program. By Priya Patel ’13 I had heard a lot about Lisa Brodyaga before I went down to San Benito, Texas…
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This past Saturday, June 15, marked the one year anniversary of President Obama’s historic announcement regarding the future of undocumented immigrant youths. Inspired by the global TED talks, in 2010 Harvard Law School started “HLS Thinks Big,” where professors share ideas and research with the community in short, accessible presentations. In May 2011 six Harvard…
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In November 2012, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic arranged for continuing clinical student Marisa Taney ’13 to work with the University of Buenos Aires and as well as two other amazing organizations, CELS and CAREF, doing great work in refugee law. Read about her experience in her own words below! “When I chose to…
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Following its second victory, the Harvard Immigration Project’s (HIP) Bond Hearing Project continues its new campaign to provide free legal representation to detained immigrants seeking release from immigration custody. The project’s purpose is to both educate students and serve the immigrant community. At both hearings, teams of HLS students, led by Bond Hearing Project co-directors…
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The following post was written by Mary Triick, a current 3L HLS student who worked with HIRC for multiple semesters. She writes here about the value of working with asylum-seekers at the Clinic: I started working with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic at the beginning of my second year of law school. As I…
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Two announcements from two great immigration clinics: Stanford Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Staff Attorney The Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School invites applicants for a staff attorney position with its Immigrants’ Rights Clinic (“IRC”). The Staff Attorney will join the thriving clinical community at Stanford Law School where, together with the clinical faculty…
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