Ministries: Legal, Migration and Refugees
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Access to Justice Institute (Seattle, WA)
ATJI aims to build a community for law students who share a commitment to serving marginalized or underrepresented individuals, communities and causes. ATJI serves as the bridge between academics and action, encouraging students to be leaders for justice.
Access to Justice Institute – Immigrant Detainee Justice Project (Seattle, WA)
The Immigrant Detainee Justice Project is a partnership between the Access to Justice Institute (ATJI) at Seattle University School of Law, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) in Tacoma, and the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University (NYU) School of Law. NWIRP is one of the largest legal services organizations in the country committed to promoting justice for low-income immigrants.
Camden Center for Law and Social Justice (Camden, NJ)
The Camden Center for Law and Social Justice (CCLSJ) is a privately-funded, non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to serving the civil law needs of the working poor. Founded in 1994, CCLSJ concentrates its practice in immigration law, employment and civil rights law, and family and juvenile law.
Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic (San Francisco , CA)
The innovative Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic focuses on critical human rights issues, including migrants' rights, application of the death penalty to juveniles, and trafficking of women. Students also work on briefs detailing international law standards to U.S. courts and represent individual clients before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Immigrant Rights and Access to Justice, Fordham University Law School (New York , NY)
This clinic represents immigrants securing or maintaining lawful immigrant status in the United States. Most cases are before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s immigration agency, the U.S. Immigration Court, or federal court. Students conduct interviews, counsel clients, prepare evidence, draft legal documents, and represent clients in court hearings and agency interviews.
Immigration and Asylum Externship Program (Newton Centre , MA)
The Immigration and Asylum Externship Program provides students with the opportunity to develop their immigration lawyering skills and exposes them to the realities of immigration practice. Participants work either off campus at a firm or non-profit, or on campus with the Post-Deportation Human Rights Project.
Immigration Law Clinic (Detroit, MI)
UDM School of Law established the Immigration Law Clinic to serve indigent clients who seek protection from extreme political, religious, ethnic and physical persecution in their home countries. In Detroit they get a fresh start with the help of UDM School of Law students who act as lead counsel under the supervision of faculty. Students work one-on-one with clients to prepare their applications for asylum, and advocate on their behalf before the U.S. Immigration Court in Detroit. Since the inception of the Immigration Law Clinic, UDM School of Law students have successfully represented clients from the Congo, Uganda, Ukraine, China, Ethiopia, Albania, and other countries.
Immigration Law Clinic, Seattle University Law School (Seattle, WA)
Students enrolled in the Immigration Clinic will provide legal representation to clients in immigration proceedings. Students will get involved at various stages of these proceedings, which may include proceedings before Immigration Officers, Immigration Courts, Board of Immigration Appeals or Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Immigration Law Group (Newton, MA)
This student organization is appointed by the elected student government of the law school. They focus on researching immigration law.
Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) (Washington DC, DC)
ISIM focuses on all aspects of international migration, including the causes of and potential responses to population movements, immigration and refugee law and policy, comparative migration studies, the integration of immigrants into their host societies, and the effects of international migration on social, economic, demographic, foreign policy and national security concerns. ISIM also studies internal displacement, with particular attention to the forced movements of people for reasons that would make them refugees if they crossed an international border.
Post-Deportation Rehabilitation Project (Chestnut Hill , MA)
The Post-Deportation Human Rights Project, based at the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College, is a pilot program designed to address the harsh effects of current U.S. deportation policies. The Project aims to conceptualize an entirely new area of law, providing direct representation to individuals who have been deported and promoting the rights of deportees and their family members through research, policy analysis, human rights advocacy, and training programs.
Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic, Loyola University of New Orleans Law School (New Orlean , LA)
The Immigration Law Section of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice has represented non-citizens in a variety of issues before the U.S. Department of Justice Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals as well as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The Civil Law Clinic, Creighton University Law School (Omaha, NE)
The Civil Law Clinic offers free legal assistance on civil matters to low-income residents of Douglas County, Nebraska. The clinic operates as a small law firm, staffed by law students under the supervision of the Clinic Director, Professor Catherine Mahern, Connie Kearney Chair in Clinical Legal Education. The Clinic's bilingual, Spanish-speaking attorney takes appointments for Spanish-speaking clients at Latina Resource Center and Juan Diego Center in South Omaha. Her focus is primarily civil law and some immigration issues. This externship will expose the student to substantive areas of immigration law and regulations regarding removal, asylum, waivers, citizenship and family-based petitions, and how those are applied in actual cases.
The Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center (KGACLC) Immigration Practice Area (Santa Clara, CA)
This law clinic provides free legal services to low-income individuals who seek assistance with regard to visa and citizenship applications, as well as other confusing areas of immigration law.
The Marquette Immigration Law Association (Milwaukee, WI)
The Marquette Immigration Law Association (MILA) connects Marquette University Law School to Milwaukee’s immigrant and refugee community by recruiting and organizing students to volunteer with community agencies that provide free and low-cost legal services for immigrants and refugees.
