Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently upended decades of U.S. legal precedent by asserting that women fleeing domestic violence will not generally qualify for asylum. To do so, he challenged the principle that women victims of domestic violence are members of a “particular social group.” This phrase – “particular social group” – is critical to the work of immigration lawyers like myself.
By Kayla Zecher As I finished up my final week at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, a few things came to mind. And more things come to mind as I anticipate my return home to Israel, where I will continue to study law and work with the refugee community. It has been wonderful reacquainting…
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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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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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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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