Clinic - Immigration Justice LAW 833A/833B
Course Number: LAW 833A/833B, ULSR
Course Credits: 6 credits/semester (4 clinical, 2 academic)
Two semesters required. Students serve as lead counsel in solving the immigration concerns of indigent noncitizens living, working, or detained in the lower Hudson Valley as well as in the five boroughs. Free representation is offered to eligible immigrants seeking to regularize their legal status through family ties, employment, asylum, or pursuant to specific federal programs such as Violence Against Women, Special Immigrant Juveniles, Anti-Trafficking, Temporary Protected Status, or as victims of certain crimes. Students represent noncitizens facing deportation before the Immigration Courts of New York City and before other adjudicative federal agencies.
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There are no prerequisites to participating in the IJC. Preference is given to third- and fourth-year students, though second-years students are encouraged to apply.