via: The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs blog By: Elizabeth Gettinger, J.D. ’15 I arrived in Tel Aviv in early January knowing very little about Israeli asylum law but with some sense that the issue was politically divisive. My fellow HLS students and I spent our first few days at the Clinic for…
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via: The Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs blog By: Lily Axelrod, J.D.’15 Thirty-three professors from Massachusetts law schools have signed on to an important legal opinion drafted by Harvard Law students in support of the Massachusetts Trust Act. The bill seeks to restore the immigrant community’s trust in local law enforcement by limiting the…
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HIRC is now hiring for the Albert M. Sacks Clinical Teaching & Advocacy Fellowship! Applications for the 2014-2015 Fellowship will be reviewed on a rolling basis through February 15, 2014. See the HIRC website (www.harvardimmigrationclinic.org) for details. To apply, please send the following to hirc@law.harvard.edu as one PDF file with your last name in the…
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With gang and drug violence escalating in Central America, the U.S. is experiencing an increase in Central American asylum seekers. In a recent L.A. Times article, Deborah Anker, Director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC), argues that, “Central America is a war zone more violent than the days of the civil wars…But we’ve…
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Applications are now being accepted for the Cleary Gottlieb 2014 Summer Fellowship at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC). The summer fellow will work on cases involving direct representation of individuals from around the world seeking asylum and other humanitarian protections. The fellow may also work on appellate and policy advocacy at the local,…
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Co-managing director of HIRC John Willshire-Carrera moderated a panel hosted by the Anti-Defamation League on November 19, 2013 at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston,MA. Participants included Ali Noorani, the executive director of The National Immigration Forum, and Jose Antonio Vargas, a filmmaker and journalist, among others.
HIRC joined hundreds of individuals in Boston in an October 5 march to push for comprehensive immigration reform. The march was part of a nationwide effort to pressure a Republican Congress, with rallies across the United States in over 40 states. The Boston rally began at Copley Square and marched down Boylston Ave.
We’re excited to introduce HIRC’s newest research fellow! Palmer Lawrence is a 2013 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. During law school she interned for the Executive Office of Immigration Review, Human Rights Watch, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Bureau for Africa, Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Aid, and Legal Aid of Cambodia.…
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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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After a long search, we have hired a new social worker! We warmly welcome Liala Buoniconti, who will be working part time at the Clinic during the 2013-14 school year. Currently a social worker at the MGH Healthcare Center in Chelsea, Mass., Liala brings over 10 years of experience working with immigrants and refugees, and…
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