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Immigration Law Clinic

Overview

The Immigration and Human Rights Clinic represents refugees, persons seeking asylum in the United States, international human trafficking victims, victims of violent crimes, and immigrant detainees and also participates in human rights project-based cases in collaboration with nonprofits. This clinic provides students extensive client contact, legal writing, and administrative advocacy experience. Clients come from a variety of countries and students will develop cross cultural lawyering skills and learn to work with an interpreter.

For their representation of clients, students interview and counsel their clients on a regular basis, research conditions in the countries where their clients suffered persecution, write briefs, and prepare their clients in hearings at the U.S.C.I.S Asylum office, U.S. Immigration Court. Students may also work on appellate briefs to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. For their representation of human trafficking victims, students interview their clients, research the relevant law, interact with government officials who have investigated the trafficking scheme, and prepare applications for visas that permit their clients to remain in the United States.

Students also work on other human rights-based advocacy work, including public policy and community outreach projects that connect them with immigrant rights groups at the state and national level. As a result of their work in the clinic, students learn about U.S. immigration law and policy and participate in problem-solving strategies for improving the lives of immigrants through strategic litigation, well-informed public policy, and community outreach and education.

Student Perspective: Immigration Law Clinic

See how students are able to get real-world experience in the University of Dayton School of Law's Immigration Law Clinic.

Student Perspective: Immigration Law Clinic

See how students are able to get real-world experience in the University of Dayton School of Law's Immigration Law Clinic.

CONTACT

Law Clinics

Keller Hall
300 College Park
Dayton, Ohio 45469 - 2750
937-229-3817
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