Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic
If you are a legal services organization, immigrant advocacy and support group, law clinic, or a private attorney, please explore the Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinical Program’s resources. The clinic’s phone number is 617.384.8165.
Student Work
Student Work
For thirty years, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC), in partnership with Greater Boston Legal Services, has focused on direct representation of individuals applying for U.S. asylum and related protections, as well as representation of individuals who have survived domestic violence and other crimes and/or who seek avoidance of forced removal in immigration proceedings pursuant to various forms of relief (i.e., VAWA, U-visas, Cancellation of Removal, Temporary Protected Status, etc.). HIRC is also involved in appellate and policy advocacy at the local, national, and international levels. Recently, HIRC expanded into the dynamic field of crimmigration, an increasingly important and complex area of law concerning the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
Immigration and Refugee Advocacy
HIRC students in the Immigration and Refugee Advocacy clinic take the lead in representing clients from all over the world who are seeking protection from being returned to human rights abuses in their country of origin, as well as those who are seeking protection from exile after years of living in the United States. About forty-five students are placed each year with HIRC for clinical credit. Students typically work between ten and twenty hours per week. Students are either placed at Harvard or at Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston’s oldest legal services organization. Students must also enroll in the co-requisite Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Seminar.
You can read evaluations from past clinical students in the Helios Org Search using this link.
ClinicTalks
ClinicTalks
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRC) focuses on direct representation of individuals applying for U.S. asylum and related protections.
How to Register
How to Register
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic is offered in the Fall and Spring semesters. You can learn about the required clinical course component, clinical credits and the clinical registration process by reading the course catalog description and exploring the links in this section.
In the News
In the News
- Continue Reading
Against All Odds at the South Texas Detention Center
Continue Reading about Against All Odds at the South Texas Detention CenterHIRC student Krista Oehlke ’20 reflects on her experience volunteering at the border during spring break.
- Read about their recent victories
Recent Case Victories at GBLS
Read about their recent victoriesSince the beginning, HIRC has partnered with Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), the largest provider of free legal services in Massachusetts. GBLS is also the site of the HIRC at GBLS side of the Clinic. Over the past year, GBLS has helped clients from Haiti, Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Hondouras win asylum grants and grants of withholding removal.
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Contact
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program
Harvard Law School
6 Everett Street
Suite 3103 (WCC)
617-384-8165
hirc@law.harvard.edu
Clinic’s Website