Immigrant Rights Clinic

Introduction

The Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC) is a leading institution in both local and national struggles for immigrant rights. Our students engage in direct legal representation of immigrants and community organizations in litigation at the agency, federal court, and where necessary Supreme Court level, and in immigrant rights campaigns at the local, state, and national level. Students have direct responsibility for these cases and the opportunity to build their understanding of legal practice and the field of immigrant rights law and organizing.

Learning Outcomes

Students in our clinic will learn how to become effective social justice advocates. These skills include those necessary to engage in client counseling and interviewing, fact and narrative development, issue identification and creation, legal research and writing, oral advocacy, strategic case and campaign planning, media and communications, and movement lawyering. Students will learn how to work effectively with people of diverse perspectives and cultures and will develop tools to recognize and address bias, racism, and other forms of oppression in legal systems.

Application Procedure

Students should submit the standard application, resume and transcript online via CAMS. Applicants should submit as lengthy a response to Question 4 of the standard application as they feel necessary and may ignore the 300 word limit. 

* 14 credits include 5 clinical credits and 2 academic seminar credits per semester.

** Courses in immigration law, administrative law, federal courts, criminal procedure, civil rights, public benefits law, evidence, and civil and criminal litigation may be helpful.