Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program

Via PolitiFact   Source: Flickr, Credit: Leigh Ann Johnson By: Miriam Valdere A proposal from Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown includes…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Since the beginning, HIRC has partnered with Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), the largest provider of…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Source: Pixabay On November 27, HIRC and the HLS Immigration Project (HIP) submitted comments on U.S.

Via The Atlantic  Source: Pixabay By: Sabrineth Ardalan Two days after yet another mass shooting, President Donald Trump on Friday issued a proclamation addressing mass…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee  Clinical Program By: Cindy Zapata There are some memories that remain so vivid in my mind. Some of…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program HIRC’s Crimmigration Clinic, directed by Philip Torrey, recently co-authored an amicus curiae brief with Professor Kari E. Hong of Boston…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Source: Pixabay On November 6, HIRC, along with the HLS Immigration Project (HIP) and the Immigration…

Via the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program Source: Pixabay In August, HLS students Alessandra De La Tejera ’20, Josephine Herman ’20, Evan Hindman…

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…

Via The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program  By: Mutasim Ali Mutasim Ali This post was written by Mutasim Ali, a summer intern at…

Via the International Human Rights Clinic  By: Anna Crowe The International Human Rights Clinic and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Kenya released two briefing papers…

Via the Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinical Program On March 30th, HIRC filed an amicus brief challenging President Trump’s latest immigration order. The brief…

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—Niku Jafarnia ’19 spent Winter Term in Amman, Jordan, undertaking an independent clinical with the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP). Her commitment to working with refugees and asylum seekers began in college, when she drew on her Iranian heritage and her fluency in Farsi as an intake volunteer.

From Harvard Gazette—Life for undocumented immigrants is full of risks. Any encounter with law-enforcement officials — on the sidewalk, while they are driving, or in their homes in the middle of the night — can lead to arrest and possible deportation.

From Harvard Law Today—Between 60 and 80 undocumented students are studying at Harvard, and though they’re a small fraction of the student body, some could have their lives eventually turned upside down.

From Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program—The case study has students play various roles in a legislative simulation before the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. You can download a free copy.

From Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program—Last week, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program filed two amicus briefs in the Fourth and Ninth Circuits to challenge President Trump’s most recent iteration of the travel ban.

From Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program—In Jennings, the Court will consider both statutory and constitutional challenges to the government’s ability to detain certain individuals without providing them the opportunity to be released on bond.

From Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program—Through direct representation, our clinic, along with others, has helped shape the thinking of decision-makers, changed the culture of legal institutions, and put pressure on higher level decision-makers.

From Harvard Law Today—In many ways, Jane’s life in Kenya was idyllic. She was an educated, confident professional woman with a flourishing career. She owned her own perfume business, and was four months into a prestigious new job in the banking sector.