Crimmigration

Via the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Source: Pexels By: Philliip Torrey The “conviction” definition is one of the most misunderstood and odious…

Via Harvard Law Today The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program’s Crimmigration Clinic and the Immigrant Defense Project issued two new resources for advocates…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Source: Pixabay On September 20, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program’s Crimmigration Clinic and the…

From Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program—Working under the direction of HIRC’s Managing Attorney Phil Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic students Clarissa Lehne ’18 and Mike Ewart ’18 successfully argued before the Board of Immigration Appeals that their client’s conviction should not result in his detention and deportation.

From Harvard Law Today—The court ruled in the case of Lunn v. Commonwealth that the Commonwealth’s law enforcement officers do not have the authority to arrest and detain an individual solely pursuant to a Detainer–a request from federal immigration authorities that a person placed under arrest by local authorities be further detained if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) believes the person may be deportable.

From Harvard Law Today—Mana Azarmi ’17 is the winner of the Outstanding Clinical Student Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

From the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program—The Crimmigration Clinic filed an amicus curiae brief in support of a lawsuit arguing that it is unlawful for state law enforcement agencies to arrest and detain an individual in Massachusetts solely for immigration enforcement purposes.

Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Students enrolled in the Crimmigration Clinic at Harvard Law School engaged in cutting-edge research and immersed themselves…

Via HLS News Thirteen Harvard Law School students were selected as the 2016 Cravath International Fellows. The fellows traveled to 12 countries for winter…

By Anna Byers, J.D. ’16  For me, the Crimmigration Clinic was a question of whether I believed that the fundamental guarantees of our constitution…

By Hanne Sandison, J.D. ’16 Hanne Sandison, J.D. ’16 I knew I wanted to be involved in the clinical programs before I came to Harvard…

Via Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Philip Torrey, Lecturer on Law and Clinical Instructor with the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program…

Ashley Lewis, J.D. ’15 By Ashley Lewis, J.D. ’15  The most memorable moments of law school have been walking out of a courtroom with…