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ImmigrationProf Blog
GW Immigration Clinic Wins Asylum Case
Here is a great story of how the work of law students in the George Washington Law School Immigration Law Clinic paid off with a win in a challenging asylum case in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Update on Asylum Clock Class Action Settlement ABT v. USCIS
A month ago, Kevin Johnson reported on the class action settlement in ABT v. USCIS. On November 4, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones ordered the final approval of a nationwide…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Witnessing Justice: Transgender Woman Granted Asylum in Baltimore by FOBR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p500h-1ihCc This guest post on Lifted Lamp by Liz Keyes, who directs the Immigrant Rights Clinic at the University of Baltimore, recounts the case of a young woman from Honduras, born…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration on The Good Wife
Immigration law (S and T visas, asylum) factored into the plot of an episode of The Good Wife, a series on CBS. Watch for yourself and judge its realism.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tortured and Detained: Survivor Stories of US Immigration Detention,
A recent report by the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) and the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition International (TASSC), Tortured and Detained: Survivor Stories of US Immigration Detention,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Summer Institute, The Refugee Status Determination Process
The Center for Forced Migration Studies (CFMS) at Northwestern University's Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies is pleased to open registration for our 2014 Summer Institute, The Refugee Status…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Federal Judge Approves Settlement Agreement in National Class Action Lawsuit on Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers
Here is news of an important class action settlement. On Monday, November 4, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones ordered the final approval of a nationwide class action settlement agreement. The…
Connecting Justice Communities
Challenges and Rewards of Pro Bono, by Amanda C. Croushore
By Karin Romans
In honor of National Celebrate Pro Bono Week, Pro Bono Net has lined up a variety of guest bloggers from law firms, legal aid organizations and elsewhere to share their…
International Law Prof Blog
National Pro Bono Week
Here in the United States, it is National Pro Bono Week. During this week, we celebrate lawyers who provide free legal services to clients who otherwise lack access to justice…
ImmigrationProf Blog
UConn Clinical Fellowship
The University of Connecticut School of Law invites applicants for an opening as an Clinical Instructor of Law serving in a three-year position as the William R. Davis Clinical Fellow,…