Immigration Law Clinic (YR)

LAW8647
Section 1, Fall 23

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 6/8
Credits: 4
Days Time Room Start Date End Date

Thu

 		1150-1350 WB116

Course Description

Students will be responsible for individual immigration cases which range in complexity and urgency. All students will be tasked with investigating their cases, maintaining contact with their clients, briefing their cases and potentially representing their clients in immigration court. Seminars are narrowly tailored to skills and law needed to work on Clinic cases, with some conceptual analyses included later in the seminar to place the cases in the larger framework of the law. Clients come from diverse backgrounds and frequently have unusual factual scenarios that bring them to the doors of Legal Aid. Students will be expected to work with the clients and understand what they want and what we can pursue for them through all available legal mechanisms. The Clinic will focus on complicated cases for humanitarian relief, removal defense, and impact cases arising out of emerging areas of the law.

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): None

Description: None

Written Work Product

Applications, declarations, and legal briefs as needed for representation(s).

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: Because the credits in this course count toward the JD Program Professional Skills requirement, JD candidates will be given enrollment priority for this class. Concurrencies: Immigration Law and Policy (LAW 7042) is a recommended pre- or co-requisite.

Exclusive With: Immigration Law Clinic (8616)

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: Yes

Course Resources: To be announced.

Course Notes: There is not an application process for this clinic; students enroll via the course enrollment lottery or the "Add/Drop" process thereafter. The Clinic will meet as a group at LAJC’s office (1000 Preston Avenue, Suite A) during the scheduled course time for seminar. IMPORTANT: All clinic participants must attend an “Orientation to Law Clinics at LAJC” session at the start of the semester. This session will provide clinic participants with necessary information about working with LAJC and its client community. The date/time for the session will be announced, but in the past, it has been held on the Monday before the start of upper-level classes. NOTE REGARDING CREDITS: Of the eight credits awarded for this clinic, four will receive a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) grade at the conclusion of the fall semester, and four will receive a grade of Honors (H), Pass (P) or Fail (F) at the conclusion of the spring semester. In accordance with Academic Policy, S,U, H and P grades do not earn grading points, so they do not contribute to a student's grade point average (GPA).

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: Yes

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: Yes

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 123819777

Modified Type: Clinical (Excl.)

Cross Listed: No

Concentrations: Human Rights and Civil Liberties , International and National Security Law , Litigation and Procedure

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