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SERVING IMMIGRANTS AND : A Guide to Careers in the

Andrea Gomes Aaron Spolin Summer Fellows, ’06

Joanna Huey Summer Fellow, ‘05

Matt Muller Teaching and Advocacy Fellow Howard & Clinic

Alexa Shabecoff, Esq. Asst. Dean of Public Service

Harvard Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising Pound Hall 329 Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-3108 ©2007 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Acknowledgements

Great thanks to Nancy Kelly, Dan Kesselbrenner, Suzy Lee, Rob McCreanor, Jennifer Rosenbaum, Greg Schell, Kerry Sherlock, and Rob Williams for their interviews; most of this guide’s content is drawn from their information and insights. Additionally, Scott Paltrowitz contributed valuable edits. This guide could not have been written without them. Many thanks to Bryan Lonegan for sharing his experiences through his narrative. Special thanks to Greg Schell for taking the time to both be interviewed and to contribute an inspiring narrative. Finally, a very special thanks to Deborah Anker for her unwavering support and expert guidance throughout the duration of this project.

Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………..

Issue Areas………………………………………………………….

Practice Settings……………………………………………………

International Settings……………………………………………

Finding A Job……………………………………………………….

Narratives…………………………………………………………..

Academic Paths at HLS……………………………………………

Relevant Courses………………………………………………

Related Topic………………………………………………….

Extracurricular Activities at HLS…………………………………

Student Organizations………………………………………….

Clinics…………………………………………………………

Contacts……………………………………………………….

Fellowships…………………………………………………………

Selected Organizations……………………………………………

Selected Websites and Publications………………………………

Introduction

Immigration relates to the reform has risen to the top of Congress’s agenda as the Here is not merely a attainment of as public expresses discontent with the current system. nation, but a teeming well as to the temporary or Reforms enacted or being considered relate to national Nation of nations. permanent relocation of security, , administrative and judicial process, -Walt Whitman individuals from one labor law, civil rights, state and local law, and to another. several other areas. As such it is a particularly interesting Spanning a wide range of time to be involved in the field of immigration policy and legal issues, practice settings, and geographic locations, legislative advocacy. the field of U.S. immigration features enough challenges, complexities and rewards to rival even the immigrant The current debates and shifting also create a vibrant experience itself. practice environment for those providing direct services to immigrants. Such services are in high demand across the Since 9/11, immigration issues have been at the forefront country and particularly in states and major of the national consciousness as the government has metropolitan areas (though many small and midsize enacted sweeping policy changes in reaction to the terrorist communities are also seeing an influx of immigrants). attacks. The reorganization of the Immigration and Immigration work anywhere from nonprofit legal Service (INS) and its incorporation into the services to private firms and serve populations ranging new Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the from impoverished migrant workers to multinational expanded detention of asylum seekers and undocumented investors. Regardless of the specific placement, providing migrants, and the increasingly stringent of legal service to immigrants and refugees rewards its immigrants all reflect the heightened tensions and practitioners with the chance to directly and significantly emphasis on security. Even more recently, immigration affect clients’ lives.

Issue Areas

National Security many legitimate visitors to secure entry to the . “Terrorist-related activity” has come to encompass

a broader array of actions and associations, the result of Lawyers in the national security area of immigration law which may be the wide-scale exclusion of individuals who often work with individuals accused of terrorist activity or pose no real risk to national security. For example, a of having affiliations with terror organizations. Lawyers also represent foreign nationals who need security clearance donation to a hospital run by a humanitarian component of a terrorist organization could constitute terrorist-related for a temporary visit to the country. This type of activity even if the donor was unaware of the affiliation. immigration advocacy occurs throughout the United States Immigration lawyers frequently defend visa- and asylum- and in a variety of practice settings. seekers, as well as permanent residents,

who face exclusion or for these With immigrants accused and detained in Some of the hardest-working and the United States under national security most productive people in this often-unknowing offenses. , the usually will focus on city are undocumented aliens. If Especially since 9/11, there has been an (1) defending against the charges and (2) you come here and you work hard increased demand for immigration lawyers attempting to secure the ’s release and you happen to be in an in the field of national security. Worried from custody. Immigration lawyers cite undocumented , you're one that any given respondent could be “the this second, lesser-known aspect of their of the people who we want in this work (securing temporary release) as often city. next 9/11 terrorist,” many have construed anti-terror provisions very crucial; detainees with “strong” cases –Rudy Giuliani broadly, thus increasing the need for sometimes prefer deportation over appeals. Furthermore, respondents in remaining in detention for months while fighting charges. civil deportation hearings have no right to a lawyer at

government expense and can be held in detention centers Immigration lawyers might also advocate for the admission of a foreign citizen who wishes to enter the located far from organizations providing free legal assistance. This helps explain why fewer than one third of country temporarily, such as a noted scholar or student individuals facing deportation have representation and why who wants to present his or her work at a scientific the need for immigration lawyers in this field is so great. conference. However, national security statutes, with their focus on eliminating even highly prospective or incremental risks of terrorist activity, make it difficult for

Asylum and Refugees Trafficking Lawyers who specialize in asylum and refugee law assist individuals who are fleeing in their home The U.S. Department of State estimates that nearly 20,000 in applying for protection in the United States. noncitizens are trafficked to the U.S. every year to work in According to U.S. and , refugees are forced labor situations, often in the garment, agricultural, individuals outside their countries of origin who are or sex trades. Immigration lawyers in this field represent unwilling or unable to return to their country due to past trafficking survivors—victims of the modern slave trade— or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of and help them satisfy the conditions necessary to apply for their race, religion, , political opinion, or special trafficking or violent- visas. membership in a particular social group (e.g. a sexual minority). Refugees outside the United States may apply Trafficking victims often come from countries in which for admissionthrough the U.S. overseas refugee program, they face bleak economic prospects and are desperate for while refugees already in the country or arriving at its jobs. Traffickers exploit this hardship and offer an may apply for asylum status domestically. Each opportunity to enter and work in the U.S. in exchange for year the U.S. government determines how many refugees it a percentage of the victim’s wages or some similar fee will admit from particular regions of the world through its arrangement. However, once the victim is in the U.S. the overseas refugee program. In addition, non-U.S. agencies trafficker typically confiscates the victim’s papers, confines (such as the High Commissioner for the victim, forces the victim to work as a domestic Refugees) often set up processing centers to receive servant, sex slave, or manual laborer (often in the refugees, evaluate their eligibility for protection, and agricultural or manufacturing sector), and withholds most facilitate their resettlement in third countries. Non-lawyers or all of their wages. The employer/trafficker may use (including public officials and nongovernmental workers) physical violence or legal intimidation to maintain control process much of this overseas work for refugees. over the trafficked victim.

There is no cap on the number of refugees applying inside Lawyers representing individuals applying for specific the United States who may be granted asylum status. To trafficking visas (T-visas) will first conduct interviews to receive asylum protection, the client - with his or her determine if the individual is a victim of trafficking. The lawyer if the client can afford one or is appointed one - basic eligibility criteria require the T-visa applicant to must prove that he or she satisfies the criteria set forth for establish that he or she (1) was in the U.S. on account of refugees: they must have suffered persecution or have a the trafficking (2) is cooperating with in well-founded fear of future persecution. The party seeking the prosecution of the trafficker and (3) is in danger of asylum has to put in a great deal of work showing past suffering extreme hardship if returned to the country of persecution or proving a well-founded fear of persecution if origin. Documenting these criteria requires lawyers to forced to return to the country of origin. Due to the many work closely with the victim to prepare the T-visa difficulties asylum seekers must face in navigating complex application. Often after the 3-year duration of the T-visa, legal standards and overcoming lingual and cultural the same lawyer will help the former victim apply for barriers, the involvement of an attorney in a case is often and get on the path to becoming a full pivotal. Valid applications for protection are denied for U.S. citizen. lack of adequate assistance and preparation, and there is a tremendous need for lawyers to represent asylum seekers. Unfortunately, fear of deportation, detention or other This allows the lawyer to have a tremendous impact on negative immigration consequences may discourage his or her client, representing the client before the asylum trafficking victims from coming forward—especially in the office and the immigration . current era of heightened enforcement. This requires advocates and policymakers to focus on community In the process of representing clients, immigration lawyers education and cooperation with law enforcement to find will have to interview asylum-seekers, investigate their victims who might otherwise be unable or unwilling to claims, document their fear of persecution, and even come forward. One difficulty advocates face is working provide background information on the applicant’s home hand in hand with enforcement-oriented officials to provide country to non-lawyer immigration officials who evaluate immigration relief to trafficking victims. Also, lawyers requests. Additionally, post-9/11 (such as the who represent trafficking victims sometimes find it strengthened requirements in the REAL ID Act and the emotionally difficult to repeatedly hear stories of violence expanded definition of terrorist connections in the and severe trauma. However, when clients secure a T-visa PATRIOT Act) has made asylum status more difficult to and win a civil or criminal case against a trafficker, seeing obtain. Nonetheless, lawyers working in this area of the positive impact on clients’ lives is highly rewarding. immigration law find their jobs both exciting and fulfilling. Unlike other prospective immigrants, asylum- seekers and refugees often have few, if any, alternative options. This increases the pressure on any given lawyer while also magnifying the emotional reward for a successful case.

Permanent Residency, Naturalization, Texas may work predominately for Mexican immigrants, while lawyers in Washington and New York might have a and Citizenship higher concentration of immigrants from Asia. Attorneys with language abilities matching the client base in the Attorneys regularly assist immigrants in various stages region are particularly valued. Overall, lawyers in this along the path to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status field emphasize that the attainment of permanent residency and U.S. citizenship. After securing a visa or temporary and citizenship is a major achievement in the lives of their immigration status, a lawyer may help his or her client clients, and helping immigrants achieve this goal is an become a lawful permanent resident (i.e. obtain a “green enriching experience. card”) by preparing the client’s application and establishing that the client is eligible to enter or remain in Family Reunification the country as a permanent resident. After several years as a legal permanent resident, the immigrant may become a full Some immigration lawyers help reunite families by U.S. citizen through the naturalization process. assisting both immigrants and U.S.-born citizens to petition for their relatives’ immigration to the United Permanent residency and naturalization work arises in a States. Immigration law provides that U.S. citizens and broad array of immigration matters. Some immigration permanent residents may apply for certain family members lawyers are contracted by businesses that employ foreign to come to the United States. Many such family citizens wishing to permanently settle in the United reunification petitions come from individuals who have States. Public interest immigration lawyers typically work for a clinic or a non-profit organization. In recently immigrated to the U.S. For this reason there is a greater need for family reunification lawyers in areas with this setting they may handle a LPR or citizenship vibrant immigrant communities, although family application as a distinct matter or as part of an ongoing reunification cases arise throughout the country. case for immigration relief, such as asylum. Many immigrants are not able to afford a private immigration Family-based immigration cases arise in a variety of lawyer, and immigrants representing themselves are generally less successful seeking permanent residence or practice settings. This is because the goal of family reunification factors into nearly all areas of immigration citizenship than those with legal . Individuals law. For example, a lawyer might work to bring a unfamiliar with the law can make legal mistakes that could trafficking victim’s child or an asylum-seeker’s wife into eliminate their chance of obtaining permanent residency the country as part of the work on a trafficking or asylum and even lead to their deportation. For example, under case. Citizens may petition for their spouses, children of current law most immigrants who are out of status (i.e. “undocumented”) for over one year must leave the country all ages, siblings, and parents. Permanent residents may petition for a more limited group of family relations. and remain abroad for 10 years before they are eligible to Lawyers working on family-based cases typically interview re-enter and apply for a green card. Therefore, even though clients in person or over the phone, prepare petitions, and clients are not necessarily facing deportation, there remains represent their clients before the immigration or a strong need for representation. immigration service.

The primary means of obtaining permanent residency is through petitions filed by family members (see “Family Unaccompanied Children Reunification” section) and employers. After waiting five years as a permanent resident (or four years if the green card Unaccompanied children are undocumented immigrant or came through asylum/refugee status and three years if refugee minors who are not under the guardianship of an through marriage) a permanent resident may apply for adult. In the past four years the number of unaccompanied citizenship. This process is often straightforward and children taken into U.S. custody has risen by nearly 30 involves proving past residency, taking an oath of percent; many of these children are fleeing abuse and allegiance, and passing a government test. However, persecution, and many have no access to legal counsel. past criminal acts, security-related procedural delays and Such children fall into the custody of federal authorities other complicated circumstances frequently make a and most likely will appear in immigration court before lawyer’s assistance crucial. the Office of Immigration Review (EOIR). Advocates may work to reunite such children with The common national origins of immigrants seeking relatives in the United States and have them released into permanent residency—and eventually citizenship—varies their family members’ custody. based on the location of the immigration lawyer in the U.S. For example, lawyers in southern California and

Unaccompanied children who are released from government PRACTICE AREA CLOSE-UP custody or were never apprehended may be under the care Migrant Farm Workers of an adult who is not their legal guardian. In these cases attorneys may help secure a guardianship, and obtain Work in agriculture is the poorest paying work in the permission for children to remain in the U.S. with their country. Farm work has an extremely high concentration guardians. Under federal law, a juvenile undocumented of immigrants, particularly undocumented or illegal immigrant may obtain lawful permanent resident status immigrants. According to attorneys in the field, 90% of under certain circumstances. Lawyers working with farm workers are undocumented immigrants. Jobs in unaccompanied children can help them obtain such agricultural labor are plentiful and do not have stringent qualifications, hence foreign citizens trying to escape “Special Immigrant Juvenile Status” (SIJS). An attorney poverty take up jobs as farm laborers in the U.S. While must show that the child is "eligible for long-term foster migrant farm workers can be found wherever the care," meaning reunification with the child’s parents is not agriculture industry is present, California, Texas, and a possibility. The court must also determine it is not in Florida have particularly high populations. the best interest of the child to be returned to their country of origin, and considers of abuse, neglect, or Due to the seasonal nature of agriculture, those who abandonment. If the application is successful, the child is obtain their primary income through farm work must allowed to remain in the U.S., may work upon reaching travel year-round in order to remain employed. Because of the appropriate age, and in 5 years can apply for the strenuous nature of the work and low wages, worker citizenship. However, if denied SIJS the minor could be turnover is high and many leave farm labor for factory work after a year or two. This diminishes the incentive for deported. an employer to maintain good work conditions or to establish a positive relationship with the employees. The This area of work includes many of the same temporary nature of the work is also a disincentive for considerations of working with foreign clients and trauma workers to speak out and prosecute against an survivors, and poses the additional challenge of working employer’s maltreatment. Because most workers will successfully and constructively with children. Lawyers likely leave an employer or the entire industry in a short working with unaccompanied children must be sensitive to period of time, there is less of a commitment to bring a the child’s level of mental and emotional development and wrongful employer to , perpetuating exploitation. craft their representation accordingly. Many children are traumatized from abuse or from witnessing violence. Besides United Farm Workers (UFW), almost no union structure exists because of the unpredictable nature of Children also may also have developed distrust of adults, agriculture and farm worker’s exemption from the particularly figures of authority. Cultural differences can National Labor Relations Act. Farm workers are also also impact a child’s perspective; it is important for a exempt from overtime pay, and in approximately half the lawyer working with unaccompanied children to familiarize states in the U.S. they are not entitled to worker’s themselves with each child’s background and personal compensation. With hotly contested history. in Washington and roughly one million farm workers currently undocumented in the U.S., lawyers interested in aiding immigrant farm workers may become involved Employment and Labor Rights with policy work, particularly at the national level. Negotiations between farm workers and the National Immigrant workers, particularly those in low-paying Council of Agricultural Employers has resulted in the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security positions, are at a heightened risk of abuse and Act (AgJOBS). This piece of legislation is now part of discrimination by their employers. Those new to the U.S. the senate comprehensive immigration reform bill and may not understand the rights they have as workers in this involves an earned legalization program and a reform of country, and are thus more vulnerable to exploitation by the existing H-2A guest worker program for agricultural their employers. Language and cultural barriers, lack of workers. education, and undocumented immigration status are all contributing factors to the high incidence of employment Although the benefits are sparse, farm workers are still abuse suffered by immigrant laborers. protected by labor laws. As with other immigrant workers, because of employers who encourage the belief that no papers means no rights, legal intervention is Immigrants are often caught in a catch-22. They pay the often required to ensure immigrant farm workers receive rent and don’t qualify for a free attorney to get the what they are entitled to under the law. services and maintenance they’re paying for in their housing unit. The only alternative is to go pro se, and in order to do that the language barrier becomes much Documented and undocumented immigrants are protected more significant. Then there’s the issue of time, you by the same set of labor laws as workers who are U.S. have to go to court two or three times a week and miss citizens (though their remedies for employer misconduct work, which is a total impossibility for most of the will vary). However, exploitative employers may promote families. the belief that noncitizens possess fewer labor rights than –Rob McCreanor, Immigrant Tenant U.S. citizen workers. In particular some employers promote the belief that undocumented workers are Advocacy Project unprotected by labor laws. Even when undocumented

workers are aware of their rights, threats by the employer landlords uphold housing standards. Parents often work to turn such workers over to immigration authorities often two to three jobs to support their families, and because of prevents them from exercising their rights. As such, low wages they cannot afford a private attorney. According unscrupulous employers often succeed in denying to Rob McCreanor of the Immigrant Tenant Advocacy immigrant workers basic labor rights and may also Project, “Immigrants are often caught in a catch-22. They systematically underpay employees or even withhold pay pay the rent and don’t qualify for a free attorney to get the altogether. Many legal advocacy groups focus on services and maintenance they’re paying for in their community outreach and educating immigrant populations housing unit. The only alternative is to go pro se, and in to counteract and prosecute unscrupulous employers. order to do that the language barrier becomes much more significant. Then there’s the issue of time, you have to go Most legal problems facing working immigrants relate to to court two or three times a week and miss work which is illegal wages and substandard or hazardous working a total impossibility for most of the families.” conditions. Illegally low wages prevent immigrant workers from obtaining adequate housing, health care, and other Lawyers involved in assisting immigrant communities in necessities. Lawyers involved with immigrant housing issues typically focus on outreach and organizing employment issues frequently work to ensure labor laws in addition to representing individual clients. A major are upheld for immigrant workers. To reach new challenge of this work lies in organizing diverse groups of immigrant workers and target exploitative employers, people. Frequently landlords are corporate entities that lawyers and labor rights advocates often visit immigrant own multiple buildings, and to manage caseloads and communities and job sites in order to detect and address maximize impact lawyers may aggregate clients in order to unfair treatment. Attorneys must then work closely with target landlords and buildings with chronic problems. clients to negotiate and possibly bring an action against Lawyers have many opportunities for one-on-one client the employer. This sort of direct service presents a great contact in the course of both community organizing and opportunity to work closely with clients. Cases rarely individual representation. Although attorneys in this field involve only one client; to be successful and have the will primarily interface with housing law, they may work greatest impact cases often have multiple clients against with a community organization that also provides the same business or corporation. A victory against an immigration services. In addition to helping housing abusive employer may lead not only to the award of wages lawyers understand the issues faced by the immigrant earned and unfairly withheld from the clients, but also community they serve, knowledge of immigration law can serve to deter that and other employers from exploiting be useful in certain circumstances where immigration workers in the future. status is relevant to eligibility for housing subsidies and related benefits.

Related Fields Domestic Violence

Housing Law Although the problem of domestic violence touches citizens and noncitizens alike, immigrants are at a Housing available to low-wage immigrants is often heightened risk of being held in abusive relationships by substandard. Many unskilled and low-skilled immigrant family members who threaten to have them deported if workers live in metropolitan areas where all low-income they seek help or report their abuse. To counteract this individuals face a serious shortage of affordable housing. method of entrapment, Congress passed the Violence Given the tight market and barriers many low-income Against Women Act, which provides domestic violence individuals face in vindicating their rights under housing survivors an opportunity to secure immigration status codes and other laws, immigrants may fall victim to without the cooperation of their abusers. Lawyers represent abusive and neglectful housing practices by landlords. victims of domestic violence before a court or the Due to language, cultural, and sometimes racial differences immigration service—sometimes both. Qualifying they may be subjected to discrimination by landlords. immigrants may “self-petition” for lawful permanent Undocumented immigrants particularly at risk for abuse residence without the consent of the family member because they are fearful of revealing their undocumented (typically a spouse) whose relationship would allow for status and are less likely to confront or take legal action family-based immigration. Domestic violence survivors against unscrupulous landlords, some of whom threaten to may also be eligible for a U visa if they cooperate with get their tenants deported should they complain. authorities in the prosecution of their abusers. Undocumented immigrants are generally guaranteed the same tenant rights as documented immigrants and U.S. citizens. However, with their undocumented status reinforcing the common landlord-tenant power asymmetry, Most immigration-related human rights work involves they are frequently unable to vindicate their rights. refugees and asylum-seekers. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights lists the right "to seek and to A lack of time, resources, and access to legal assistance enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution." This frequently prevent immigrants from ensuring their principle recognizes that victims of human rights abuse

must be able to leave their country freely and seek under federal immigration law, with severe consequences protection in another country. The Convention Relating to for family unity. HIV-positive individuals are prohibited the Status of Refugees further obliges states to recognize from entering the country altogether (although a waiver is refugees and not return them to a country where they face available under limited circumstances)—a form of persecution. Other international and regional instruments discrimination that advocates for the rights of sexual provide additional rights to refugees and individuals minorities have often taken the lead in confronting. fearing torture. Lawyers interested in human rights and Immigration attorneys in this field typically focus on immigration may work with organizations or individual policy work and advocacy aimed at achieving full equality asylum-seekers to investigate and document asylum under the immigration law without regard to sexual claims. (For more information on asylum and refugees, orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. please see the issue area with the corresponding title above.) They may also work to ensure that treatment of In addition, immigration attorneys may assist asylum refugees and asylum applicants by host countries comports seekers whose claims relate to their sexual orientation, with international law and human rights norms. Human gender identity, or HIV status. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, rights principles may also be brought to bear on the transgender (LGBT) and HIV-positive individuals may treatment of all noncitizens in a , particularly seek asylum because they face persecution on account of irregular/undocumented migrants. one of these statuses.

Criminal Law

Immigrants charged and convicted of crimes require criminal in addition to defense of their immigration status. Under federal law, immigrants who are convicted of “aggravated felonies” are subject to mandatory deportation. Under the federal scheme a so classified may be neither “aggravated” nor a “felony” as those terms are typically understood in criminal law. Congress has also retroactively classified certain crimes as “aggravated felonies” even though at the time of conviction (often in the form of a plea bargain) the crime in question was not a deportable offense. In some cases lawful permanent residents may be deported for shoplifting or possession of small quantities of illegal drugs. Thus, large numbers of immigrants—including long-time permanent residents with few or no roots in their countries of birth and who do not even speak their “native” language—face deportation for relatively minor criminal offenses. Of course, even those accused or convicted of more serious crimes are entitled to a defense and face dire consequences should they be convicted and deported. Under increasingly stringent immigration laws, various forms of relief allowing judges to take account of individual circumstances have given way to categorical, mandatory deportation of noncitizens convicted of crimes. However, attorneys can often succeed in securing for clients what limited relief is available, or in mounting collateral challenges to the criminal offenses that are the basis for deportation. Attorneys may also engage in national policy work that aims to lessen the severity of current immigration laws and redefine what qualifies as an aggravated felony.

Rights of Sexual Minorities and HIV-positive Individuals

Legal entry into the U.S. can no longer be denied on the basis of sexual orientation. However, sexual minorities have not yet achieved equal treatment under U.S. immigration laws. Although several foreign countries and U.S. states recognize same-sex marriages (or some equivalent), these relationships are still not recognized

Practice Settings Legal services or legal aid organizations rely on government funding; federally funded legal services organizations are prohibited from serving undocumented National vs. Local Organizations aliens. It is likely financial resources will be limited, which can translate to a low level of income, lack of job The type and focus of immigration work can vary with the security, limited resources, and an overwhelming scope of the organization. Local, regional, or statewide workload. groups tend to dedicate their services to the low-income immigrant population. Usually there are ample However, legal services agencies have the advantage of opportunities for one-on-one client contact and there is a offering a great deal of responsibility and many good chance a decent portion of work is spent “out in the opportunities for direct client contact. Other benefits are field”; lawyers may go out into the community to conduct flexible working conditions and a supportive environment outreach and find cases new cases, perform interviews, or of colleagues who share similar interests. educate the local populace. Depending on the size of the organization, locally based public service groups may be Faith-Based Organizations involved in changing state policy and lobbying in the state . Occasionally local groups also participate in Many faith-based organizations have immigration national litigation and policy change, but far less divisions or are entirely devoted to aiding immigrants and frequently than national organizations. refugees. When working with immigrants, being associated with a religion shared by a large number of the National organizations tend to be larger and have better local population can establish an instant trust with new or funding than local or grassroots groups. Large national potential clients. A religious affiliation can also help those organizations (e.g. the ACLU) also tend to have more doing community education and outreach to “get their foot clout and are most concerned with macro-level in the door”; members of a faith-based organization can involvement, changing or influencing national utilize churches, synagogues and other places of worship to immigration policy through impact litigation. This can house meetings and find those in need. mean limited interactions with clients and few or no opportunities for community outreach or direct service Faith-based organizations have the benefit of being work. Generally speaking, national work is less hands-on. connected to national and international networks through Most national groups have an overarching agenda and are their affiliation with a larger religious body. Most do not involved with national litigation, lobbying, and policy discriminate or restrict services to people of the work. A job with a large nationally based group often organization’s own faith; many faith-based groups are involves giving advice to and networking with local focused on doing charity work to benefit humanity at large. groups or local chapters of that organization. For those A religious affiliation may also give an organization more interested in the influence of a large national group but clout and influence in lobbying for a policy change, as well prefer more client-based work, a position at a local or as providing a steady stream of funding. regional chapter could involve work similar to that of an independent local association. While it may not be essential that an attorney identify with the religion of the organization they work for, it is Legal Services/Legal Aid important for a lawyer’s personal beliefs in the area of interest to correspond with the religious group’s position. Many legal services offices have an immigration Immigration policies tend to be less controversial than subdivision specializing in the legal concerns of other issues (e.g. reproductive rights) so working for an immigrants and refugees. Attorneys at these agencies immigration division of a religious organization is a viable generally focus on individual case representation; legal employment option for attorneys seeking immigration or service organizations primarily offer help with various refugee work. Still, it is critical to know the beliefs of a court proceedings and obtaining and preserving permanent faith-based organization before pursuing a job. legal status. Clients tend to be limited to those whose income is below a level fixed by the federal government Non-Profits and who live within a designated service area. Legal services agencies usually provide emergency assistance for Non-profit organizations rely on a combination of private those who need immediate assistance obtaining citizenship and for victims of domestic violence. grants, government funding, and in some cases charging small fees for service to provide legal assistance to those in

need. Because of this attorneys may need to find grants to

maintain funding and negotiate fees with clients. Non-

profits are involved in both national policy work and

individual case representation, and may use impact (BIA), sometimes referred to as the “Board”. The BIA is litigation or legislative initiatives. the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws. All DHS officers and Non-profit work is often collaborative; attorneys in a non- Immigration Judges are bound by the decisions of the BIA profit generally work in teams to select new cases, unless altered or overruled by a Federal court or the brainstorm case and advocacy strategies, and to litigate Attorney General. All decisions made by the BIA are cases. These organizations often offer training and legal subject to in the Federal courts. The clinics, and provide excellent opportunities for direct client majority of appeals involve orders of removal and contact. Although non-profits offer a lower salary than applications for relief from removal. Other cases include the most private firms, they often offer the flexibility for an exclusion of aliens applying for admission to the United attorney to represent individuals, become involved with States, petitions to classify the status of relatives for impact cases, and to be a part of legislative initiatives. the issuance of preference immigrant visas, fines imposed upon carriers for the violation of immigration laws, and motions for reopening and reconsideration of decisions Private Public Interest Firms 1 previously rendered.

Private public interest firms are private, for-profit firms that EOIR has 53 immigration courts across the nation and dedicate the majority of their practice to a social justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. In addition to mission. Private public interest firms do not receive employing adjudicators, attorneys and law clerks, EOIR government or grant funding. Because the firm’s emphasis offers clerkships and internships for law students. Those is on service rather than making a profit, clients are often chosen by need rather than ability to pay. Attorneys in interested doing government work with refugees and unaccompanied children should investigate job these firms often scale fees or do pro bono work. In the opportunities within the Office of Refugee Resettlement case of serving immigrants and refugees, private public (ORR) under the Department of Health and Human interest firms can offer affordable services to individuals Services (HHS). The Department of Unaccompanied facing the immigration court or Board of Immigration Children Services (DUCS) is a subdivision of the ORR, Appeals, or to immigrants facing criminal charges or civil disputes. which handles issues regarding unaccompanied minors.

The Immigration and Nationality Act dictates that Not all private public interest firms are solely dedicated to in removal proceedings before an Immigration do public service, and an attorney working for such a firm not have the right to free counsel; they are allowed to have may have to do legal work unrelated to serving the public counsel but at no expense to the government. When or assisting immigrants and refugees. These firms can offer a potentially better salary than a non-profit or legal services considering the cost of a private attorney, it is troubling but not surprising that a large number of immigration group. The work involves direct client contact and proceedings are conducted pro se (65% in 2005) due to the representation, and firms offer a variety of support services, absence of government provisions for counsel for indigent training, good supervision, and mentoring. aliens.2 This rate of representation worries the EOIR

officials themselves, who term these self-representing Government individuals a “great concern.”3 The rate of representation for BIA cases is higher (69% represented in 2005) but still In recent years, the government’s focus on undocumented reveals a significant pro se caseload.4 The need for immigration has been compounded by concerns about affordable or free counsel is apparent. th terrorism. A week after September 11 , 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the establishment of anti- terrorism task forces in every U.S. Attorney’s office as well as the institution of indefinite periods of detention for th aliens. Another outcome of September 11 was the massive restructuring of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), part of the most drastic reorganization of the federal government since the creation of the Department of Defense. Through the passage of the Homeland Security Bill, the government created the new, Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Currently, the three divisions of the DHS oversee immigration: U.S. and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). 1 EOIR, Board of Immigration Appeals occurs through the Executive Office for 2 EOIR, 2005 Statistical Year Book p. 35 Immigration Review (EOIR) in the Department of Justice 3 (DOJ). Within EOIR is the Board of Immigration Appeals EOIR, 2005 Statistical Year Book p. 60 4 Ibid.

INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS IGOs, NGOs, and INGOs

For obvious reasons, immigration issues have international significance. Human migration and the related issues of refugee crises, internally displaced persons, immigration, labor migration, and sexual slavery are the focus of many international organizations. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) do the majority of mission-based advocacy and service work on the global level.

NGOs are nonprofit organizations independent of any government. They are typically service oriented and do mission-based advocacy work. There are large and small NGOs operating around the world and organized for just about every purpose imaginable. NGOs are not necessarily international, but many locally based NGO’s exist outside of the U.S. in countries around the world. INGOs are large NGOs (usually based in the U.S., Geneva, or London) that have offices in various nations. NGOs and INGOs offer a wide variety of legal work; advocacy is the focus of most and attorneys employed by an NGO may work drafting legislation to change immigration and refugee policies or writing amicus curiae briefs. Attorneys may also assist an NGO in attaining nonprofit or tax-exempt status. NGOs also have opportunities for direct service work; the extent to which an NGO is advocacy or client focused varies with each organization.

IGOs are entities involving two or more nations created by a . These nations have agreed to work together in good faith on common-interest issues. Unlike NGOs who are independent of and rely on private sources of funding, IGOs have the financial and political support of their members. IGOs offer a wide variety of international legal work, but are said to be less “hands-on” than NGOs or other nonprofit groups. Lawyers do work representing the IGO in an international court, serving as a policy advisor, conducting legal research, and legally assisting in . An IGO dealing with international migration issues, in addition to providing direct assistance to migrants or refugees, may work with cooperating governments in reforming migration policies to serve the best interest of both member nations and migrants and refugees.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a leading IGO working to preserve and defend the rights and well-being of refugees. Aiding people in over 100 countries, the UNHCR offers many opportunities to defend and serve refugees.

To find more information on NGOs, INGOs, and IGOs, and tips on how to land a job, students should see chapters 3 and 4 of Serving the Public: A Job Search Guide, Volume II - International. Lawyers interested in international human migration and refugee work should not overlook opportunities for international work available in the thousands of IGOs, NGOs and INGOs worldwide.

Finding A Job

Finding a legal career serving immigrants and refugees can a language spoken by clients could give you a significant pose a challenge. Due to a lack of funding getting a job at advantage in both the hiring process and the work itself. most public service organizations is highly competitive. Having a strong knowledge of a second language is most For most service organizations, it is more important to important for those who wish to do direct service work or demonstrate a genuine interest for the work than it is to community outreach; those focused on policy change and have flawless grades. However, it is important to have a national litigation will spend less time interacting with strong academic record and be involved in activities that clients and thus have less of a need to speak their are related to immigration issues. It is also highly language. advantageous to work for an organization that handles legal immigration concerns while a student in law school; Because of the large number of people immigrating connections made and experience gained during a summer to the U.S. from Latin America, Central America, internship can facilitate landing a job after graduation. The and Mexico, Spanish is a predominant language. following chapters outline courses and activities at Harvard The most useful language spoken corresponds to Law School helpful to students considering legal careers in immigration. A catalogue of fellowship opportunities and the immigrant nationality with the most selected organizations is also provided to help locate representation, which varies with shifting funding, internships, and jobs in the field. immigration trends and between different locations in the U.S. It is important to know which region Language Skills you wish to work in before deciding which language to learn; if you already have knowledge of a second Language skills, while a great help, are not essential to a or third language, you may want to choose to work successful legal career in immigration affairs. Organizations in an area of the country where that language is usually employ translators that assist attorneys in prevalent. interviewing and communicating with their clients. However, because jobs are so competitive, being fluent in

Narratives

Greg Schell, HLS ’79 other offers from public interest employers, I agreed to move to Immokalee, Florida, sight unseen and knowing Florida Legal Services, Inc. nothing whatsoever about migrant farm workers or their Migrant Farmworker Justice Project legal problems.

Managing Attorney Nearly three decades later, I am still at it, representing farm workers in Florida in employment law matters. Most of BACK WHEN I was a 3L at HLS, there was no public my cases involve wages – most of farm workers’ problems interest advising office, and precious few public interest stem from the fact that perform dangerous work at very low employers showed up at the school. I knew that I didn’t pay rates. The job has proven so much more rewarding want a job with a firm, but beyond that, I had no clear idea and challenging than I could have ever imagined. At a of what I wanted to do after graduation. On a whim, I time when many of many HLS classmates are miserable in signed up for an interview with a migrant legal services their jobs, despite earning high salaries as partners at the program in Florida that showed up on a snowy February nation’s leading firms, I relish each day at work. I have afternoon at HLS. had the chance to represent some of the best clients anyone

could ask for. At the same time, I have been able to I had an extended interview, because no one had signed up litigate cases of national importance involving employee for interviews in the two slots behind me. The recruiter rights. Although I was far from the smartest person in my was dressed casually in a flannel shirt and spent the next class at HLS, I have been lead counsel in more reported hour regaling me with tales of outrageous abuses of federal court cases than all but a handful of my classmates. migrant workers and the general weirdness of practicing One of my recent cases was described in the National Law law in a rural community in the South. The job sounded Journal as perhaps the most important minimum wage like a hoot – a chance to work in a Corps-type case in the past 20 years. I had the privilege of handling environment without leaving the U.S. Lacking many

the only farm worker case to make its way to the U.S. wasn’t fair that the federal law didn’t cover their work Supreme Court (we were able to persuade HLS Professor while it protected their co-workers who migrated on a Larry Tribe to handle the oral argument at the Supreme seasonal basis. Court). Predictably, my clients were fired shortly after suit was Most of the defendants in our cases are represented by big filed and evicted from their housing. Several of them went firms, with the capacity for assigning many lawyers to a months before they found another job. To make matters single case. Usually, our side is out-gunned in terms of worse, the federal district court entered a directed manpower and resources. Nonetheless, we win most of against the workers. We appealed the ruling to the our cases. There’s a certain David vs. Goliath thrill in Eleventh Circuit, which set oral argument for the main these victories. It’s awfully sweet winning against the big courtroom in downtown Atlanta. I told the plaintiffs about firms on behalf of the poor and downtrodden, especially the upcoming oral argument and, to my surprise, they when you’ve been outspent and outnumbered every step of insisted on attending. I pointed out that the arguments the way. would be on legal points and would be entirely in English. My clients, all monolingual Spanish speakers, One of the toughest parts of my job is deciding which were unmoved. It was their case and they wanted to be cases to take on and pursue through litigation. There are there. an estimated 250,000 farm workers in Florida and almost all of them have legal problems relating to their So, on a gray and rainy February morning, I met my employment. We have to try and select cases that have clients in front of the appeals court. They had driven all an impact well beyond the parties to the case. This may night long from their homes in northern Florida, arriving mean that the case will result in damages or other relief in Atlanta just before dawn. That day, things were a bit benefiting a large number of workers. It also includes unusual in the grand courtroom where the three appellate cases that are likely to result in an important change in the judges were hearing oral arguments. Usually the that will ultimately improve the situation for courtroom is empty except for the lawyers presenting migrants and other low-wage workers. This makes every arguments that day. I swelled up with pride in standing case an important one, one that you can be passionate up and introducing my clients, one by one, to the court about. We don’t have the luxury of taking “gray area” before the oral argument began. Although my clients cases to court; in every suit we file, our clients are probably understood almost none of the argument, they unquestionably the “good guys,” the people who have beamed throughout the lawyers’ presentations. And there been mistreated, cheated or abused. was one great fiesta nine months later when the appeals court ruled unanimously in our favor and extended the The intellectual stimulation is great, and there’s some protections of federal laws to all field level of ego gratification in litigating important - workers, even those who work year-round rather than setting cases. However, the most important factor that migrating. No one could have better or more loyal clients. makes my job so special is the remarkable human beings If representing people like these does not produce passion that I am privileged to represent. My clients are among for their cause, you don’t have a pulse. the hardest-working people in America. They don’t come to me seeking a handout or charity – all they want is what Bryan Lonegan is due to them. Despite the fact that their entire life experience has shown them that no one really cares about Legal Aid Society of New York them, my clients show amazing confidence in the justice Immigration Law Unit system. For many of them, the money involved in the Staff Attorney case is secondary; what they seek is respect and affirmation of the rectitude of their position. It’s an enormously empowering experience for my farm worker plaintiffs to TWENTY YEARS AGO, if you had told me that I would speak in a federal courtroom where, for probably the first be doing what I am doing now, I would have said you time in their lives, a person of importance in the power were daffy. In theory, I am an immigration lawyer. But structure of society is listening intently to their words. even though my clients are all immigrants, I don't really do much immigration work. I don't help people come to I am constantly inspired by the devotion of my clients to the United States as much as help stop them from being their cases and justice. In one precedent-setting case, a kicked out. farm worker family challenged a longstanding interpretation that federal migrant protection laws did not I am a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society's cover workers who were employed on farms on a year- Immigration Law Unit in New York City. Although the round basis and did not migrate. Before we filed suit, I Society is huge firm with some 900 lawyers, the cautioned my clients that they risked their jobs and their immigration unit, with but ten lawyers, is minuscule. But employer-provided housing by bringing the case. I also we occupy a fairly unique place in New York's legal told them that the damages they stood to recover were community: we are the only regular source of free lawyers modest, even by migrant farm worker standards. My in New York City for non-citizens facing deportation clients didn’t care; they believed fervently that it simply because at some time during their life in the United States

they ran afoul of the system. To be sure, are usually sent to some remote place like Oakdale, there are many other organizations that provide Louisiana to have their case heard. Miles form home and immigration services, but criminal deportation is our family, the evidence you need to defend yourself, and not a specialty. free lawyer in sight. A few lucky ones will be held in one of several county jails in New and have their case Within our unit, we have but one lawyer, me, for folks heard at the immigration court in New York. That is who are in immigration detention pending resolution of where I come in. their cases. Amazing. A city of nine million people with a tremendous immigrant population and I am the only free Because most of the detainees have no counsel (in lawyer for those immigrants who are being detained and immigration court you have the right to counsel, but not deported for their crimes. That is not a boast, that is a assigned counsel), I go the jails a couple of time a month complaint. Sadly, New York is in a better position than to conduct "know-your-rights" sessions: group legal most cities. presentations where I meet with the detainees and try to sort out their options. In this I am often assisted by law None of my clients have clean hands. They have all done students. I also manage a weekly hotline for the detainees something wrong. Yes, I have seen murderers, robbers, and their families to call for advice. In this I am assisted and generally all-around creepy people. But they are not by volunteer lawyers from the law firm of Hughs Hubbard the norm. Many of the people I see are sad cases - and Reed. Through this process, I identify people who mentally ill or substance abusers. But far too many are have meritorious claims for a waiver and who are in need fairly good people who have simply made a mistake and or representation. I take some cases myself and others I are now facing exile form the only lives they have known. refer to a cadre of volunteer lawyers I have trained. They are our neighbors, co-workers, the waiter in our There are many who would reflexively say good riddance favorite restaurant, our kids' nanny's son, and sometimes to criminal aliens. After all, they broke the law and our own kin. should be punished. But that is the point. They were punished just like their U.S. citizen counterparts. Now For over 100 years the US has had laws that allow for the they must face the additional punishment of exile deportation of so called "criminal aliens." In the regardless of their individual circumstances or relative beginning, these laws were aimed mostly at prostitutes, blameworthiness. If we must use it, we need to recognize but over the years the list of deportable offenses grew. that banishment is an extreme sanction and should only be Twenty years ago we deported approximately 2000 people employed when truly deserved. because of their criminal offenses. By 2005 that number had risen to some 84,000. Many of the people I deal with In the first six months of 2006, I interviewed, counseled, are here illegally, visa overstay or people who secretly advised, approximately 300 individuals and their families. crossed the border. They're removable simply because of Of that, approximately a third were lawful residents. Of their illegal status though certainly many have criminal these, most are from the Caribbean or Central America. record as well. The folks that concern me the most, Approximately half arrived in the US when they were kids however, are the lawful permanent residents - green card or teens. Forty four percent were over 40 years old, and holders - people who can legitimately call this country almost the same number had lived in the US for over home. twenty years. Most startling, 88% had either a US citizen spouse, child, or parent. The increase in is due to the last round of "comprehensive immigration reform" in 1996 when We took on six cases in that time. Won three, lost one, Congress expanded the list of deportable crimes to include the others are still pending. For the rest I provided grief practically everything but jaywalking. What's more, the counseling. Pretty depressing stuff at times, but I wouldn't law expanded a certain class of crimes known as give it up. Winning is sweet. "aggravated felonies" and mandated that such crimes subjected the offender to mandatory deportation. No Last year I represented a 68 year-old janitor who was exceptions. The problem is that the definition of an arrested by immigration at his job at a courthouse of all aggravated felony is so broad that includes many crimes places. He had a twenty-five year old conviction for that are not even felonies at all. A conviction of selling drugs to an undercover for which he had gone to shoplifting, for example, is a in most states, jail for four years. These days, he was a quite family man. but if the judge imposes a one year suspended sentence The husband of a U.S. citizen, father of four US citizen which is fairly common, you are an aggravated felon and kids - the youngest was 14 years old. When the old man must be deported. For the lucky ones, there is still a was detained, his young daughter took a nose dive. She .possibility of begging a judge for a second chance which had been a good student, but after her dad's arrests she is not always granted. started drinking and then self-mutilating. We got her into counseling. Meanwhile, the old man, who had a Further, anyone who is removable because of a criminal pacemaker and defibulator planted in his chest, was not conviction after 1998, is now subject to mandatory receiving his medication while in jail and was getting detention, (i.e. no bail). Because there is no immigration terribly ill. We finally got his release on bond and then detention facility in NYC, New Yorkers subject to this law convinced the government that he should not be deported.

My memory of the look on that little girl's face when she found out her father wasn't going to be sent away will never go away either.

So how can you get a job doing this? You can't. Or at least, there are very very few opportunities. Shortsighted foundations and funders don't want to pay for this work. It's not popular stuff. Money for criminal immigrants? You've got to be kidding! They claim that paying for lawyers is a zero sum proposition, that there's no long term payoff. They should meet my client's little girl.

Nonetheless, the need for counsel is tremendous, to say the least. Some legal aid and public defender offices are beginning to include criminal deportation in their work and as time goes on there will be pressure for more services. In the meantime, if you cannot find a job in the field, then takes cases pro bono. You will not regret it.

Academic Paths at HLS

Students can prepare themselves for careers in immigration Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) and Harvard Law by choosing electives whose subject matter involves School, The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic immigration and refugee , or topics related to work with provides excellent experience to students considering legal refugees. Below, the “Relevant Courses” section provides work in immigration and refugee issues. The clinic is a list of elective classes offered by Harvard Law School housed at GBLS, and Harvard Law School Professor which address immigration and refugee issues directly. Deborah Anker serves as the Director. Having these courses on your record can demonstrate interest in and commitment to the field, which is critical The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic allows to landing a career. Such courses may also provide students to represent of victims of human rights abuses in knowledge that is useful on the job. Courses listed under applying for US refugee and related protections. Cases also “Related Topics” may not focus directly on immigration may involve family reunification and avoidance of forced but cover other areas that are related to working with removal in immigration proceedings. Students engage in immigrants and refugees, such as housing law and human extensive client interviews, perform investigations and rights work. A note of caution: the courses below were gather evidence, compile and analyze human rights and extracted from Harvard Law School’s 2005-2006 course country-condition information, and prepare legal briefs, bulletin. Students should check the latest course listing factual affidavits, affidavits and testimony. online to obtain the most up to date information. Many students work intensively on one or two cases. Students may have experiences involving administrative Clinical Programs hearings, federal court and administrative appellate brief writing, and regulatory reform. The Women Refugees Project, an internationally recognized program, does Clinical programs offer law students invaluable groundbreaking work on women's international human opportunities to gain practical experience while they are rights and political asylum claims. Students may be still earning their J.D. Taking part in clinical programs involved in the development of position papers and allows students to do actual legal work in the field; clinics innovative legal theories for amicus briefs in connection allow students to gain first-hand experience while investigating and enriching their career interests. A with political asylum claims filed around the country and, in some instances, before international . collaborative effort between

explore implementation of on human rights issues affecting R elevant Courses international refugee law through children who cross borders. Why domestic courts and to examine are increasing numbers of children Citizenship: Seminar policy developments related to migrating without their families - to forced migration. Other issues reunify with migrant parents after covered include gender persecution, being left behind, in search of Professor: Mr. Gerald Neuman asylum eligibility for victims of asylum, as victims of sexual or Description: The term "citizenship" non-state persecutors (husbands, labor trafficking, as child soldiers, has many meanings in sociology, rapists, guerrilla forces), asylum and as transnational adoptees? Why are political theory, and law. It can "terrorism," refugee and asylum- citizen children unable to prevent denote a relationship to a polity, a seeking children, the relationship the deportation of their non citizen social status, an activity, a package between the Refugee Convention parents (does citizenship mean of rights or a package of and the Convention Against anything for children)? The course responsibilities. This seminar will Torture. The course concludes with will consider immigration, refugee explore both theoretical and a consideration of recent responses and human rights questions as they practical perspectives on citizenship, to the problem of mass relate to international childhood particularly as they affect the legal displacement, including "safe today. Jointly offered by the John F. construction of citizenship. Among havens," and other forms of Kennedy School of Government and the topics to be discussed are the temporary or humanitarian the Law School. respective rights of citizens and protection. Students who wish to foreign nationals, alien suffrage, enroll in the course with a clinical women's citizenship, multicultural component must do so through the Refugee Law: Asylum, citizenship , dual (or multiple) Office of Clinical Programs. Gender and nationality, birthright citizenship, and deprivation of citizenship for International violation of allegiance. No prior Immigration Law study of immigration or nationality Advocacy: Clinical law is necessary. Professor: Mr. Gerald Neuman Seminar Requirements include regular Description: Migration policy has attendance and participation, two long provoked controversy and has Professor: Ms. Deborah E. Anker short reaction papers, and a final become even more contentious in Description: Students can take this seminar paper. the new era of homeland security. seminar for academic credits only. This course will examine federal Those who choose additional Human Rights, State immigration law and policy in a clinical credits will be placed at the variety of its aspects -- HIRC (and will be required to take Sovereignty, and contemporary and historical, the one-credit, Refugee and Asylum Persecution: Issues in substantive and procedural, Law and Advocacy course). statutory and regulatory and Women applying for asylum under Forced Migration and constitutional -- including the U.S. and international law often Refugee Protection criteria for admission to the United raise human rights claims of gender Professor: Ms. Jacqueline Bhabha States on a temporary or permanent violence or gender discrimination. Description: This course explores basis, the grounds and process of Over the past 10 years, their cases differing types of forced migration deportation, the peculiar have resulted in the development of today, including refugee flight, constitutional status of foreign a special area of refugee law known asylum, internal displacement, nationals, the role of the courts in as "gender asylum law." Gender trafficking. It analyses the ensuring the of official asylum law has transformed the field institution of asylum, as a tool of action, and an introduction to of refugee law generally, and states and an aspect of international refugee law. resulted in the adoption of a human human rights protection. It rights paradigm as the foundation of questions whether the concept of International refugee law generally. This course refugee protection or asylum is will explore key issues in gender outdated. The definition of a refugee Childhood, Rights, and asylum law, such as, rape as in international law is considered in Globalization persecution, gender as a defining, detail, including key concepts such perceived "immutable" as "well-founded fear of characteristic, gender discrimination Professor: Ms. Jacqueline Bhabha persecution." Comparative and the meaning of politics, and Description: This course deals with gender violence as a core human materials, including case law, from the impact of globalization of the United States, Europe, rights abuse. The seminar will different aspects of childhood, and , and Africa are used to critically examine not only specific

doctrines in the field, but the work to Present course. Most clinical placements of domestic and international NGOs will be at the Hale and Dorr Legal in advocating for the rights of Professor: Mr. Kenneth Mack Services Center or at the Harvard women refugee claimants. Student Legal Aid Bureau (for members). A Description: Between the onset of work for the seminar will entail limited number of alternative Reconstruction and the close of the clinical projects with NGOs, or clinical placements can be arranged twentieth century, Americans papers examining the relationship in advance through the Office of transformed the legal contours of between doctrine, institutions and Clinical Programs. Clinical public life, creating both national advocacy generally. Students who citizenship and a centralized federal students with a placement at the wish to enroll in this course with a Hale and Dorr Center must also state. This course will consider clinical component must do so enroll in the one-credit Clinical how and why this happened, taking through the Office of Clinical Workshop. in changes in labor law, Programs. Students who wish to enroll in the immigration law, race relations, class with a clinical component and women's rights, the , as well as the rise must do so through the Office of Refugee and Asylum Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. of corporate capitalism and the

Law: Clinical administrative state. Substantial Workshop time will be devoted to discussing alternative historical methodologies Human Rights and competing interpretations of the Professor: Ms. Deborah E. Anker social and of the Advocacy: Seminar Description: This period. Class format consists of seminar/workshop, which is both discussion, where student Professors: Mr. James Cavallaro attended by all participants at the participation will be important, and and Ms. Binaifer Nowrojee Harvard Immigration and Refugee lecture components. The readings Description: In the space of fifty Clinic (HIRC), addresses will be taken from multisided years, human rights advocates have substantive national and materials consisting of both primary transformed a marginal utopian ideal international refugee law along with and secondary historical sources. into a central element of global issues of credibility and , discourse, if not practice. This institutional context, and advocacy course examines the actors and skills including preparation of cases Housing Law and Policy organizations behind this and client testimony. Specific remarkable development. What are seminar topics have included: Professor: Mr. David A. Grossman the origins of the human rights Partnering Voices (Preparing Client Description: This course will movement and where is it headed? Testimony and Affidavit Writing), provide an introduction to housing What does it mean to be a human Establishing and Assessing Witness law and policy through an analysis rights activist? What are the main Credibility, Expert Testimony, of issues facing practitioners who challenges and dilemmas facing Human Rights Research and represent low and moderate income those engaged in rights promotion Documentation, Institutional Actors tenants. We will discuss various and defense? (The Asylum Office and government policies, including This seminar introduces students to Immigration Court), Advocacy in issues around public housing, human rights advocacy through the Refugee Field, and Impact subsidies, code enforcement, and participation in supervised projects, Litigation, Domestic and rent control; the processes of as well as readings, class International Advocacy on Refugee abandonment and gentrification; and discussion, role-playing and Issues. HIRC constantly refers to, how these policies and processes do participatory evaluation of advocacy and draws heavily for instructional or should affect the case-taking strategies. The clinical projects examples from, current clinical priorities and strategies employed will involve work individually or in experiences of students (and their by attorneys striving for effective small groups in collaboration with actual cases and clients) in order to intervention in the lower income human rights NGOs and/or before enhance substantive housing market. The class will intergovernmental bodies. and deepen the clinical experience. draw on students' experiences in In addition to the primary clinical Enrollment for this course is clinical placements (and elsewhere) component, this course will expose through the Office of Clinical and as well as on the perspectives of a students to some of the practical Pro Bono Programs only. variety of players in the housing manifestations of the main debates market--among them, developers, and dilemmas within the human tenants, organizers, lobbyists, rights movement. These will Related Topics judges, and a variety of practicing include several of the ethical and lawyers--who will appear as guest strategic issues that arise in the Legal History: Law, panelists. Students may--and are course of doing fact-finding and encouraged to--elect a practice advocacy and balancing the often Society, and American component of 2, 3, or 4 clinical differing agendas of the western Constitutionalism, 1865 credits in conjunction with the international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and their Seminar format or in small group meetings counterparts in the (frequently non- with the professor to discuss western) developing world. Professor: Ms. Lani Guinier assigned readings and student work. Students will be admitted by Description: Lawyers who advocate Class sessions will focus on permission of the professor and only for the disadvantaged and under- analysis of advocacy from the recent if they have taken the course The represented and thus for a more history of the human rights Responsibilities of Public Lawyers equal, sustainable, and participatory movement, but will also include or the seminar Critical Perspectives society are practicing in a new role-playing sessions and student- context today. These lawyers use on the Law. Students will have the led discussions of their clinical option of signing up for one or two different techniques and play projects. Students who wish to additional independent writing different roles than those of the enroll for this course with a clinical credits with the instructor's litigation impact lawyers of the component must do so through the permission. 1960s or 1970s. In this year-long Office of Clinical Programs. Students who wish to enroll in the seminar, we will take an in-depth look at new lawyering practices. We seminar with a clinical component must do so through the Office of Human Rights will build on the critique of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs, traditional lawyering models Research: Seminar after obtaining the instructor's presented in the Responsibilities of permission. This course will not be Public Lawyers course, and further Professor: Mary Ann Glendon available through the online Description: This seminar will engage with theories of race, gender, and power as developed in the Clinical Lottery. consist of supervised research and Critical Perspectives seminar, to writing on the following search for roles, sites, and practices contemporary human rights issues: of public education and legal human rights and national advocacy that build ethical sovereignty; roles of NGOs in human rights; human rights and relationships, enhance learning and motivate emancipatory action. The foreign aid; and foreign and goal of the seminar is to move international norms in national beyond critique, to engage with courts. actual lawyering models and

pedagogical projects that seek to realize transformative aspirations in Theory and Practice of down-to-earth ways. Students will meet in a workshop Public Lawyering:

Extracurricular Activities at HLS

Activities

Harvard Immigration Project Human Rights Journal http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/h www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj

International Law Society International Law Journal www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/intl_law_society www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/il

Clinics

Immigration and Refugee Clinic Legal Aid Bureau www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/irc www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hlab

Human Rights Program Program www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hmp

Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc

Contacts

Please see www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory for more information on these lecturers and professors.

Deborah Anker Pound 408 Gerald Neuman Greater Boston Legal Services Griswold 507 197 Friend St., Boston, MA 0211 5-9083 5-5912 [email protected] [email protected] Roberto Unger Jacqueline Bhabha Areeda 226 Eliot 201A 5-3156 6-4950 [email protected] [email protected] Lucie White Ryan Goodman Griswold 511 Griswold 506 5-4633 4-8158 [email protected] [email protected]

Fellowships

Description: The Immigrants’ Areas of Specialization: Civil Rights Project is a national project ACLU IMMIGRANTS’ rights, Immigration of the ACLU. Using targeted impact RIGHTS PROJECT Types of Advocacy: Impact litigation, advocacy and public litigation, Public Education outreach, the Fellow will help FELLOWSHIP — Special Qualifications: Check protect the rights and liberties of CALIFORNIA website for current postings and immigrants. The caseload focuses qualifications. on challenging laws that deny 405 14th St., Ste. 300 Number of Fellows: 1 immigrants access to the judicial Oakland, CA 94612 Term: 1 year, renewable system, impose indefinite and (510) 625-2010 ext. 240 Stipend: ACLU scale, excellent mandatory detention and deny Fax: (510) 622-0050 health and welfare benefits. fleeing refugees the right to a fair [email protected] Application Process: Submit asylum-application process. The www.aclu.org resume, names and phone numbers Project is leading many of the Description: The Immigrants’ of three references and legal writing ACLU challenges to post-9/11 Rights Project is a national project sample. practices and policies that deny of the ACLU. Using targeted impact APPLICATION DEADLINE: See equal rights to non-citizens in the litigation, advocacy and public website. U.S. outreach, the Fellow will help Areas of Specialization: Civil protect the rights and liberties of rights, Immigration immigrants. The caseload focuses ACLU IMMIGRANTS’ Types of Advocacy: Impact on challenging laws that deny RIGHTS PROJECT litigation immigrants access to the judicial Special Qualifications: Check FELLOWSHIP system, impose indefinite and website for current postings and mandatory detention and deny — NEW YORK qualifications. fleeing refugees the right to a fair Sarah Weiss, Legal Assistant Number of Fellows: 1 asylum-application process. The 125 Broad St. Term: 1 year, renewable Project is leading many of the New York, NY 10004 Stipend: ACLU scale, excellent ACLU challenges to post-9/11 (212) 549-2660 health and welfare benefits practices and policies that deny Fax: (212) 549-2654 Application Process: Submit equal rights to non-citizens in the [email protected] resume and names and phone U.S. www.aclu.org numbers of three references and legal writing sample. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Rolling. See website.

Co-Chair APPLICATION DEADLINE: APPELLATE LITIGATION University of California, Boalt Hall Late January 2007. Contact School of Law Simon Hall, Rm. organization. CLINIC TEACHING 385 FELLOWSHIP Berkeley, CA 94720 Appellate Litigation Clinic, (510) 642-1738 CENTER FOR APPLIED Georgetown University Law Center Fax: (510) 642-9125 LEGAL STUDIES (CALS) [email protected] Professor Steven H. Goldblatt, TEACHING FELLOWSHIP Director www.boalt.org/blf Center for Applied Legal Studies, Description: The Foundation is a 111 F St., NW, Rm. 123 Georgetown University Law Center nonprofit organization that provides Washington, D.C. 20001-1522 Philip G. Schrag, David A. grants to individual attorneys (202) 662-9555 Koplow, Directors undertaking public interest projects Fax: (202) 662-9052 111 F St., NW to serve the poor or other legally [email protected] Washington, D.C. 20001-2095 www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics disadvantaged or underrepresented (202) 662-9565 groups. Recent grants have /fellowships.html Fax: (202) 662-9539 supported work on welfare, Description: Fellows draft briefs [email protected] immigration, homelessness and and argue appeals in the United www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics/fel AIDS. BLF seeks to fund projects States Court of Appeals for the lowships.html that will include the following District of Columbia and Fourth Description: Emphasis is on Circuit and in the District of components: legal advocacy, clinical supervision and classroom community education and/or policy Columbia Court of Appeals. instruction of law students in change in areas affecting people who Fellows also supervise third-year practice and lawyering skills. are denied access to the legal students who are litigating appeals Fellows also participate directly in system. The organization prefers to before these courts and preparing agency hearings, court litigation and award grants as seed money for petitions for writ of certiorari for other legal proceedings. Since 1995, filing in the United States Supreme projects that will continue to CALS has been specializing in provide legal services for many Court. Cases usually involve political asylum cases representing years. challenges to federal and state asylum seekers in removal Areas of Specialization: AIDS, criminal convictions or challenges proceedings before the Immigration Children’s Rights, Civil Rights, to the conditions of confinement. Court and in asylum claims Consumer, Criminal, Disability Fellows and the director jointly adjudicated by Asylum Officer. teach a weekly Appellate Litigation Rights, Education, Elderly, Fellows enroll in LL.M. program. Environment, Family, Gay/Lesbian Clinic seminar. Fellows are also Areas of Specialization: Human Rights, Health, Homelessness, enrolled in the LL.M. program. The Rights, Immigration, Asylum Only Housing, Human Rights, position starts in summer 2007. Types of Advocacy: Immigration, International, Labor, Areas of Specialization: Civil Administrative, Individual Women’s Rights Rights, Criminal, Disability Litigation, Teaching Clinic Rights, Environment, Immigration, Types of Advocacy: Special Qualifications: Fellow Grassroots/Organizing, Individual Prisoner Litigation must be a member at the start of Litigation, Policy, Public Types of Advocacy: Individual and the Fellowship period. Fellows Education Impact Litigation, Clinical must complete a paper of Special Qualifications: Preference Teaching publishable quality in order to given to recent law school graduates Special Qualifications: Applicant obtain the LL.M. degree. must have at least one year of and new lawyers. Applicants with experience in Number of Fellows: 1-3 relevant experience beyond J.D. immigration law will be given Term: 1 year degree. D. C. Bar membership or preference. Stipend: Approximately $30,000 eligibility for membership required. Number of Fellows: 1 Application Process: Submit eight Number of Fellows: 1 Term: 2 years copies of grant proposal that must Term: 2 years Stipend: $46,155 Stipend: At least $46,155 include cover or title page, one-page Application Process: Submit summary of the project, description Application Process: Submit resume, an official or unofficial law of the project (under ten pages), resume, writing sample, law school school transcript, a writing sample budget form for the overall budget, transcript and cover letter. and detailed statement of interest timetable for accomplishment of APPLICATION DEADLINE: (approximately 5 pages). See tasks and materials supporting the December 1, 2006. website. proposal such as letters of BERKELEY LAW APPLICATION DEADLINE: recommendation and background on December 1, 2006. FOUNDATION (BLF) PUBLIC any sponsoring organization. INTEREST LAW GRANTS CENTER FOR HUMAN Khari Tillery, Grants Committee RIGHTS AND

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW meetings and social functions at the Number of Fellows: 1 firm. Term: A contractual appointment FELLOWSHIP Areas of Specialization: for up to two years with an option Center for Human Rights and Children’s Rights, Criminal, for a one-year renewal, beginning Family, Housing, Immigration, April 1, 2007. Peter Schey, Director Labor, Women’s Rights Stipend: $50,000 for year 1; 256 S. Occidental Blvd. Types of Advocacy: $53,000 for year 2. Los Angeles, CA 90057 Administrative, Individual Application Process: Submit letter (213) 388-8693 ext. 104 Litigation, Public Education of interest and resume to Professor Fax: (213) 386-9484 Special Qualifications: 3Ls with Gilman. [email protected] outstanding law school credentials. APPLICATION DEADLINE: www.centerforhumanrights.org Number of Fellows: 1 February 15, 2007. Description: The Center was Term: 18 months established to protect and promote Stipend: Varies according to firm CLINICAL FELLOW FOR the legal and civil rights of scale, plus benefits immigrants, refugees, minorities Application Process: Similar to IMMIGRANT RIGHTS and indigenous peoples, in addition general firm application process. PROJECT to the observance of international APPLICATION DEADLINE: University of Baltimore School of human rights. The Fellowship is October 15, 2006. Law designed to provide Fellows with Robert Rubinson, Professor and intensive exposure to the fields of CLINICAL FELLOW FOR Director of Clinical Education domestic impact litigation, 40 W. Chase St. international human rights law and CIVIL ADVOCACY Baltimore, MD 21201-5779 children’s rights. University of Baltimore School of (410) 837-5706 Areas of Specialization: Law Fax: (410) 333-3053 Children’s Rights, Human Rights, Michele Gilman, Assistant [email protected] Immigration, International Professor of Law and Director, Civil www.law.ubalt.edu/clinics/fellows.h Types of Advocacy: Individual and Advocacy Clinic tml Impact Litigation 40 W. Chase St. Description: The Fellow’s duties Special Qualifications: Baltimore, MD 21201-5779 include direct supervision of clinic Proficiency in Spanish highly (410) 837-5709 students representing clients who recommended. Fax: (410) 333-3053 have immigration law issues and Number of Fellows: 1 [email protected] clinic classroom teaching in Term: 1 year, beginning January www.law.ubalt.edu/clinics/fellows.h coordination with clinic faculty. Stipend: $35,000 plus health and tml Fellows also pursue professional dental benefits. Description: Duties include direct goals in conjunction with his/her Application Process: Submit supervision of casework by clinic clinic director, including resume, two writing samples and students and clinic classroom opportunities for scholarship. two references. teaching in coordination with clinic Areas of Specialization: APPLICATION DEADLINE: faculty. Fellows also pursue Immigration Fellowship may not be offered in professional goals in conjunction Types of Advocacy: Individual 2007. See website. with his/her clinic director, Litigation, Legislative/Lobbying, including opportunities for Public Education, Policy, Research, scholarship. CHADBOURNE & PARKE AT Teaching Areas of Specialization: Civil Special Qualifications: Excellent THE DOOR LEGAL SERVICES Rights, Disability Rights, Elderly, oral and written communication Housing, Immigration CENTER FELLOWSHIP skills; at least two years of Chadbourne & Parke LLP Types of Advocacy: Individual experience as a practicing lawyer Litigation, Legislative/Lobbying, Jana Peters, Director of Legal primarily in the area of immigration Public Education, Policy, Research, Personnel law; a strong academic record and/or Teaching 30 Rockefeller Plaza other indications of high Special Qualifications: Excellent New York, NY 10112 performance ability; a commitment oral and written communication (212) 408-5338 to work for low income clients and Fax: (212) 247-0873 skills; at least two years of a lively interest in teaching. experience as a practicing lawyer [email protected] Number of Fellows: 1 primarily in litigation; a strong www.chadbourne.com Term: A contractual appointment academic record and/or other Description: Fellows, after for up to 2 years with an option for indications of high performance orientation at Chadbourne, work for a 1-year renewal. Term begins on or ability; commitment to work for at least a year at The Door Legal about July 1, 2007. Services Center, reporting regularly low income clients and a lively Stipend: $50,000 for year 1; interest in teaching. to Chadbourne and attending $53,000 for year 2.

Application Process: Submit letter at least 3 references; and law school 2120 L St., NW, Ste. 450 of interest and resume to Professor transcript. Washington, D.C. 20037 Rubinson. APPLICATION DEADLINE: See (202) 466-3686 ext. 202 APPLICATION DEADLINE: website. Fax: (202) 466-3686 March 1, 2007. [email protected] COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT www.equaljusticeworks.org CLINICAL TEACHING Description: Fellowships provide CLINIC FELLOWSHIP entry-level openings for graduating FELLOWSHIP IN HUMAN University of Baltimore School of law students and attorneys who RIGHTS Law propose projects in the areas of civil Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, Robert Rubinson, Professor and litigation or other forms of advocacy Stanford Law School Director of Clinical Education on behalf of individuals, groups or Jayashri Srikantiah, Associate 40 W. Chase St. interests that are currently Professor and Clinic Director Baltimore, MD 21201-5779 underrepresented by our legal 559 Nathan Abbott Way (410) 837-5706 system. Emphasis is on projects Stanford, CA 94305-8610 Fax: (410) 333-3053 that are designed to impact a large (650) 724-2442 [email protected] number of people in under-served Fax: (650) 723-4426 www.law.ubalt.edu/clinics/fellows.h areas, that can be replicated in other [email protected] tml communities or that create lasting www.law.stanford.edu/clinics/irc/ Description: The fellow’s duties institutions. Timeline for project Description: The Fellowship include direct supervision of required with application. Public provides applicants with the casework of clinic students and interest experience helpful. opportunity to learn to teach law in clinic classroom teaching in Areas of Specialization: a clinical setting while working on coordination with clinic faculty. AIDS/HIV, Children’s Rights, individual cases representing non- Fellows also pursue a personal Civil Rights, Community citizens in a variety of proceedings. learning plan negotiated with the Economic Development, Consumer, After a training period, the Fellow clinic director and are encouraged to Criminal, Death Penalty, Disability will supervise law students enrolled pursue a scholarly agenda. Rights, Domestic Violence, in the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic. Areas of Specialization: Disability Education, Elderly, Environment, Areas of Specialization: Human Rights, Elderly, Housing, Family, Gay/Lesbian Rights, Rights, Immigration Immigration Health, Homelessness, Housing, Types of Advocacy: Individual Types of Advocacy: Individual Human Rights, Immigration, Litigation, Teaching Clinic Litigation, Legislative/Lobbying, Labor, Prisoners’ Rights, Women’s Special Qualifications: Applicants Public Education, Policy, Research, Rights must have 2-5 years experience Teaching Types of Advocacy: practicing law and must have Special Qualifications: Excellent Administrative, represented non-citizens in oral and written communication Grassroots/Organizing, Impact immigration court for at least 1-2 skills; at least two years of Litigation, Individual Litigation, years. Individuals with language experience as a practicing lawyer; a Legislative, Policy, Public capacity in an Asian language strong academic record and/or other Education (Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, indications of high performance Special Qualifications: Candidate Tagalog, etc.) or Spanish are ability; commitment to work for must be 3Ls or graduates of 2006- particularly encouraged to apply. low income communities; and a 2007 Equal Justice Works member Applicants must have strong lively interest in teaching. schools. See their website for a academic credentials. Number of Fellows: 1 complete list of such schools. Prefer Number of Fellows: 1 Term: Up to 2 years, beginning candidate with demonstrated or Term: 2 years July 1, 2007. stated commitment to public Stipend: Competitive with other Stipend: $50,000 for year 1; interest law and with an interest in public interest fellowships, $53,000 for year 2. the community in which s/he is commensurate with experience. Application Process: Submit letter planning to work. Applicants may Application Process: Submit: of interest and resume to Professor not have worked as a full-time, short personal statement describing Rubinson. permanent employee with the host prior experience in providing legal APPLICATION DEADLINE: organization within a year of services to non-citizens, other March 1, 2007. applying for the Fellowship. public interest experience, Number of Fellows: 50 aspirations for future public interest EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS Term: 2 years, beginning September and/or clinical legal education work FELLOWSHIPS Stipend: Up to $37,500 and LRAP and information relevant to the Equal Justice Works / formerly the Application Process: Contact law applicant’s potential for clinical National Association for Public school career services offices or the supervision and teaching; resume; Interest Law (NAPIL) Equal Justice Works website to writing sample (10-15) pages; list of Program Assistant

receive application guidelines. three references and transcripts. Assistance Fund Applicants must develop a project APPLICATION DEADLINE: Cynthia Mark that meets Equal Justice Works’ Fellowship not offered in 2007. P.O. Box 6204 selection criteria and must identify a Contact organization. Boston, MA 02114 nonprofit public interest (617) 603-1809 organization to host the project. FELLOWSHIP ON WOMEN Fax: (617) 371-1222 Applications must be completed www.gbls.org online. AND PUBLIC POLICY Description: Fellows work as full- APPLICATION DEADLINE: Women’s Research and Education time staff attorneys with the Asian September 19, 2006 at 5 pm EST. Institute Outreach Unit of Greater Boston Susan Scanlan, President Legal Services on specific projects 3300 North Fairfax Dr., #218 FELIX VELARDE-MUNOZ supported by grants. Arlington, VA 22201 Areas of Specialization: Civil LITIGATION FELLOWSHIP (703) 812-7990 Rights, Family, Immigration, Legal Aid Society Employment Fax: (703) 812-0687 Poverty, Asian Outreach Law Center (LAS-ELC) [email protected] Types of Advocacy: Howard Chen, FVM Fellowship www.wrei.org Administrative, Hiring Committee Description: This Fellowship is Grassroots/Organizing, Individual 600 Harrison St., Ste. 120 designed to train women as Litigation, Legislative/Lobbying, San Francisco, CA 94107 potential leaders in public policy Public Education (415) 864-8848 formation. Fellows work in Special Qualifications: Applicants Fax: (415) 864-8199 Congressional offices as legislative with language abilities in Chinese, [email protected] aides on issues affecting women. Vietnamese, or Khmer and sound www.las-elc.org The program is administered by understanding of Asian culture and Description: The Fellow works on WREI, a nonpartisan organization immigrant experiences preferred. impact cases with responsibilities that provides information and Number of Fellows: 1 for case and , case research to members of the Term: 1-2 years development, legal research, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Stipend: Depends on experience (in pleading preparation, depositions, Issues and other members of past years, the stipend was $30,000) court appearances, discovery, , Congress. Application Process: settlement negotiations and Areas of Specialization: APPLICATION DEADLINE: appellate and amicus brief writing. Children’s Rights, Civil Rights, Contact organization. Fellowship The Fellow also works with the Consumer, Disability Rights, may not be offered in 2007. Workers’ Rights Clinic and Education, Elderly, Environment, performs community education and Family, Health, Human Rights, outreach work. Immigration, Labor, Women’s HUNTON & WILLIAMS PRO Areas of Specialization: Civil Rights BONO FELLOWSHIP Rights, Disability Rights, Types of Advocacy: Hunton & Williams Gay/Lesbian Rights, Immigration, Legislative/Lobbying, Policy Lynne A. Maher, Legal Recruiting Labor/Employment, Women’s Special Qualifications: Applicants Administrator Rights, National Origin must be enrolled in or have recently 951 East Byrd St. Discrimination, Language Rights completed a master’s or doctoral Richmond, VA 23219 Types of Advocacy: program and must take a year off to (804) 788-8527 Administrative, Impact Litigation, complete Fellowship, if necessary. Fax: (804) 788-8218 Individual Litigation, Law or medical degree also [email protected] Legislative/Lobbying, Policy, qualifies. www.hunton.com Public Education Number of Fellows: 7 Description: The law firm of Special Qualifications: Must have Term: 8 months, beginning January Hunton & Williams seeks qualified practiced for two years or less, Stipend: $1,343/mo. individuals for a pro bono excluding judicial clerkships. Application Process: Submit Fellowship position in its Member of California Bar. This application form plus three copies Richmond office. The position will requirement may be waived for a and supporting material. involve representing clients for the reasonable period of time at the Application available at website. firm’s Church Hill neighborhood discretion of the LAS-ELC to allow APPLICATION DEADLINE: pro bono office in Richmond and a new hire to take and pass the Bar May 19, 2007. clients at the Central Virginia Legal Exam. Aid Society in Richmond, VA. Number of Fellows: 1 HARRY H. DOW MEMORIAL Areas of Specialization: Domestic Term: 2 years Violence, Family, Housing, Application Process: Submit LEGAL ASSISTANCE Immigration detailed cover letter explaining FELLOWSHIP Types of Advocacy: Individual interest, resume, writing samples, Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Litigation, Public Education

Special Qualifications: Applicants Application Process: Send resume Fax: (973) 642-5939 should be motivated toward a career and cover letter. [email protected] in public interest law and expect to APPLICATION DEADLINE: http://law.shu.edu/csj be licensed by the Virginia State Rolling. Contact organization. Areas of Specialization: Bar at the time of employment. Civil Rights, Consumer, Education Number of Fellows: 1 INITIATIVE FOR PUBLIC Types of Advocacy: Impact Term: 2 years, beginning October Litigation, Individual Litigation Stipend: Competitive entry-level INTEREST LAW AT YALE Special Qualifications: Applicants salary for legal aid attorneys; GRANTS must be members of a state Bar, standard associate benefits Grant Selection Committee should have a strong academic Application Process: Submit a P.O. Box 200100 record and excellent writing and oral resume and transcript together with New Haven, CT 06520-0100 communication skills. Preference a letter explaining their interest in (203) 432-4877 will be given to applicants with the position. [email protected] clinical experience or other public APPLICATION DEADLINE: www.yale.edu/initiative interest service during law school Fellowship not offered again until Description: Recipients design and/or have relevant post-graduate 2008-2010 term. Next deadline in their own one-year programs, which legal experience, including a late 2007. Contact organization. address issues or seek to aid groups clerkship. However, applications are that have received inadequate welcome from new attorneys. IMMIGRANT JUSTICE representation from others. Projects Number of Fellows: 1 can involve, but are not limited to Term: 2 years PROJECT FELLOWSHIP litigation in the public interest, Stipend: $75,000, plus benefits, Southern Poverty Law Center assisting/organizing people in the including medical insurance Mary Bauer exercise of their legal rights and Application Process: Submit 400 Washington St. writing handbooks designed to resume and letter of interest at the Montgomery, AL 36104 promote the rights of victims of above address to Grace M. Lozito. (334) 956-8200 discrimination. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Fax: (334) 956-8483 Areas of Specialization: Civil Next fellowship term 2008-2010. [email protected] Rights, Consumer, Criminal, Contact organization. Description: Seeks an attorney/law Education, Environment, Family, fellow to join its Immigrant Justice Gay/Lesbian Rights, Housing, MALDEF FRIED FRANK Project. The Center’s current Labor, Women’s Rights projects are in the areas of Types of Advocacy: FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM immigrant rights, juvenile justice Grassroots/Organizing, Individual Mexican American Legal Defense and education. The Immigrant Litigation, Policy, Public and Education Fund (MALDEF) Justice Project focuses on the Education and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver employment and civil rights of Number of Fellows: 2-5 and Jacobson LLP. migrant farmworkers and other low- Term: 1 year, beginning September Nicole Cambridge, Coordinator wage immigrant workers and brings Stipend: $5,000-25,000 1 New York Plaza high-impact cases in nine states in Application Process: Submit 25 New York, NY 10004 the Southeast. The attorney will be copies of proposal (one-page (212) 859-8177 expected to develop and handle summary) and three copies of full Fax: 212) 859-8588 cases—particularly wage and hour grant proposal (format can be [email protected] cases—on behalf of immigrant obtained from the Initiative in the www.friedfrank.com workers throughout the South. fall), three letters of support and Description: Fried Frank, a Substantial travel will be required. indication of ability to visit New prominent international law firm, Areas of Specialization: Haven for discussion. handles matters such as mergers and Education, Labor, Immigration APPLICATION DEADLINE: acquisitions, private , capital Types of Advocacy: Impact Contact organization. markets, financing, securities Litigation, Policy regulation, litigation, Special Qualifications: Applicants and restructuring, employee benefits should have a strong commitment INTERNATIONAL HUMAN and executive compensation, real to immigrant rights and excellent RIGHTS/ and tax. MALDEF is a writing skills. Competency in leading Latino litigation, advocacy FELLOW Spanish is required. Members of and educational outreach institution. Seton Hall University School of minority groups are encouraged to Fellows will spend two years as Law apply. litigation associates in Fried Grace M. Lozito, Administrative Number of Fellows: 1 Frank’s New York office and then Director Term: Two years two years at MALDEF’s Los 833 McCarter Highway Stipend: Dependent upon Newark, NJ 7102 Angeles regional office, unless there experience. Contact organization. are compelling reasons that would (973) 642-8307

require placement at another census, immigrant rights, language Types of Advocacy: regional office. access and voting rights. The Grassroots/Organizing, Impact Areas of Specialization: Civil Fellow’s project will focus on Litigation, Legislative/Lobbying, Rights, Criminal, Education, AAJC’s language access/rights Policy, Public Education, Housing, Immigration, Labor program with an emphasis on access Entrepreneurship Types of Advocacy: Impact to healthcare and the courts. Special Qualifications: Most Litigation, Legislative/Lobbying, Areas of Specialization: Civil Fellows will have completed an Public Education Rights, Human Rights, undergraduate or graduate degree or Special Qualifications: 3Ls or Immigration, Asian American have equivalent education and recent law school graduates who communities experience. Sponsoring will have completed judicial Types of Advocacy: organization’s budget must be clerkships by the fall of 2006 may Grassroots/Organizing, Impact above $100,000 but below $5 apply. Candidates who are fluent in Litigation, Legislative/Lobbying, million. English and Spanish are highly Policy, Public Education Number of Fellows: 15 desirable. Fellows are selected under Special Qualifications: Candidate Stipend: $35,000 salary, plus similar criteria as other law school should be a 3L, recent law graduate $6,000 loan forgiveness graduates applying for associate (not more than 1 year out) or Application Process: Forms on the positions at Fried Frank and judicial clerk with a commitment to website. MALDEF. public interest and Asian Pacific APPLICATION DEADLINE: Number of Fellows: 1 American issues. Contact organization. Term: 4 years (2 years at Fried Number of Fellows: 1 Frank and 2 years at MALDEF) Term: 2 years, beginning PAUL AND DAISY SOROS Stipend: Fellows will be September compensated the same as any other Stipend: $42,500, with full FELLOWSHIPS FOR NEW attorney at Fried Frank and medical, dental and related benefits AMERICANS MALDEF respectively Application Process: Application Paul and Daisy Soros Charitable Application Process: Submit is available on website: Trust complete application form, resume, APPLICATION DEADLINE: Carmel Geraghty, Program Officer law school transcript, 2 letters of Contact organization. Fellowship 400 W. 59th St. recommendation, legal writing offered again in 2008-2009. New York, NY 10019 sample and a 500 word essay on (212) 547-6926 why you want to be a MALDEF NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP Fax: (212) 548-4623 Fried Frank Fellow. [email protected] APPLICATION DEADLINE: PROGRAM www.pdsoros.org October 16, 2006. Academy for Educational Description: Supports graduate Development education for new Americans. 1825 Connecticut Ave., NW Fellows are expected to gain NAPABA PARTNERS Washington, D.C. 20009 admission to and remain successful COMMUNITY LAW (202) 884-8051 in graduate programs. They also [email protected] must attend two fall conferences and FELLOWSHIP www.aed.org/newvoices Asian American Justice Center write a report at the end of the Description: Fellows are offered Fellowship. They are encouraged to Vincent A. Eng, Deputy Director grants to develop projects in 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. keep in contact with one another international and U.S. based through dinners hosted during the 1200 organizations devoted to human Washington, D.C. 20036 Fellowship and through the rights and international cooperation. newsletter and website after (202) 296-2300 ext. 121 Fellows must apply in conjunction Fax: (202) 296-2318 completion. with a sponsoring organization. Areas of Specialization: [email protected] Eligible projects will address issues www.advancingequality.org Foundations/Grants, Education, in the fields of international human Graduate Support for New Description: Works to advance the rights, women’s rights, racial human and civil rights of Asian Americans justice, migrant and refugee rights, Types of Advocacy: Graduate Americans through advocacy, public peace and security, foreign policy policy, public education and Study and/or international economic Special Qualifications: Applicants litigation. Focuses its work to cooperation. promote civic engagement, to forge must be new Americans (resident Areas of Specialization: AIDS, aliens, naturalized citizens, or strong and safe communities and to Civil Rights, Disability Rights, create and inclusive society in children whose parents are both Foundations/Grants, Gay/Lesbian naturalized citizens) who retain communities on a local, regional Rights, Homelessness, Human and community including: loyalty and commitment to their Rights, Immigration, International, country of origin but regard the affirmative action, anti-Asian Women’s Rights violence prevention/race relations, U.S. as their principal residence and

focus of national identity. Education, Elderly, Family, culture, education and social justice. Applicants must have bachelor’s Gay/Lesbian Rights, Health, Areas of Specialization: degrees or be in the final year of Homelessness, Housing, Human Children’s Rights, Civil Rights, undergraduate study and cannot be Rights, Immigration, Women’s Education, Environment, in the third or subsequent year of Rights Foundations, Health, graduate study. They also must not Types of Advocacy: Homelessness, Housing, Human be older than 30 at the application Administrative, Impact Litigation, Rights, Immigration deadline. Candidate must Individual Litigation, Policy, Types of Advocacy: demonstrate relevance of graduate Public Education Grassroots/Organizing, education to long-term career goals Special Qualifications: Grants Legislative/Lobbying, Policy, and potential to enhance made to sponsoring organizations Public Education contribution to society. Success only. Before final application, a Special Qualifications: Self- depends upon possession of at least public interest organization that will direction, demonstrated interest in two of the following three attributes: sponsor the applicant must be nonprofit service, strong written, creativity, originality and initiative; identified. Sponsoring organization communication and verbal skills. commitment to and capacity for must be a legal service organization Computer and word processing accomplishment; and commitment serving the disadvantaged and its proficiency, including Windows and to the values expressed in the U.S. principal office must be in one of Word. Volunteer and/or work and Bill of Rights. five counties in or around experience in one of the Number of Fellows: 30 Philadelphia. Foundation’s program areas. Term: 2 years of graduate study Number of Fellows: 3-4 Ability to maintain quality work Stipend: $20,000, plus half tuition Term: 1 year, subject to one-year standards with high volume of Application Process: Submit renewal work. Master’s degree in a relevant application form, two essays, Stipend: $40,000 plus benefits and area or equivalent experience resume, three recommendation loan repayment preferred. letters (including one academic and Application Process: Submit an Number of Fellows: 5 one work-related), an institutional original and ten copies of the Term: 2 years, beginning May status form, undergraduate and following documents in the order Stipend: $39,520-44,720 current transcripts, documentary presented: application form, resume, depending on experience evidence of qualification as a new official law school transcript, two Application Process: Submit American and graduate aptitude test letters of recommendation (one from resume and cover letter, including results. Selective interviews. a law school advisor and one from a statement of interest and specific APPLICATION DEADLINE: former employer), commitment program area of interest. November 1, 2006. letter from sponsoring organization, APPLICATION DEADLINE: 501(c) (3) from sponsoring Spring 2007. Contact organization. PUBLIC INTEREST LAW organization and benefits worksheet. APPLICATION DEADLINE: SHARTSIS FRIESE PUBLIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM October 11, 2006. Independence Foundation INTEREST FELLOWSHIP Joanne A. Baker, Consultant for East Bay Community Law Center Public Interest Law Initiatives SAN FRANCISCO and Shartsis Friese LLP Offices at the Bellevue, 200 S. FOUNDATION Deborah Moss-West, EBCLC Broad St., Ste. 1101 MULTICULTURAL Deputy Director Philadelphia, PA 19107-3493 3130 Shattuck Ave. (215) 985-4009 or (610) 975-9457 FELLOWSHIP Berkeley, CA 94705 Fax: (215) 985-3989 San Francisco Foundation (510) 548-4040 ext. 314 [email protected] Jamillah Washington-Weaver, Fax: (510) 548-2566 www.independencefoundation.org Fellowship Coordinator www.ebclc.org Description: Fellowships provide 225 Bush St., Ste. 500 Description: The Fellow provides support for those who want to work San Francisco, CA 94104 direct legal assistance to welfare in public interest for a Philadelphia (415) 733-8500 recipients, with an emphasis on area organization that qualifies as a Fax: (415) 477-2783 serving Southeast Asian clients 501 (c)(3) organization and provides [email protected] with disabilities and languages legal services to individuals who are www.sff.org access needs. Work includes client disadvantaged. The Foundation is Description: The Multicultural interviews, fact investigation, specifically interested in addressing Fellowship provides young counseling, representation before the need for legal aid and assistance professionals of color with welfare caseworkers and to the poor. challenging work experiences and judges and Areas of Specialization: AIDS, opportunities in the areas of grant outreach to the Southeast Asian Children’s Rights, Civil Rights, making and community building in Community. Consumer, Disability Rights, the Bay Area. There are three Areas of Specialization: Civil different program areas: arts and

Rights, Disability Rights, Fellowships have two tracks. Track Secretary/Recruitment Immigration. I supports new and emerging Administrator Types of Advocacy: advocates with between two and six 131 Stuart St., Ste. 400 Grassroots/Organizing, Individual years of advocacy experience. Track San Francisco, CA 94105 Litigation, Policy, Public II supports seasoned leaders with a (415) 543-9444 Education minimum of ten years experience in Fax: (415) 543-0296 Special Qualifications: Fellow their fields and five years of [email protected] must be a member of the California advocacy experience. The Media www.lccr.com Bar or sitting summer 2007. Fellowships support mid-career and Description: Fellows work on Commitment to direct legal veteran print and radio journalists, impact litigation and policy services, experience in public filmmakers and individuals with advocacy in civil rights law. Duties benefits assistance, ability to work unique voices proposing to write include case analysis, court effectively with a diverse range of books or complete other writing appearances, trials, appellate groups, public speaking skills, projects. strategy, drafting of legal flexibility and bilingual ability in Areas of Specialization: Civil documents, meetings with client Vietnamese or Cambodian are rights, Children’s Rights, organizations and public education. preferred. Criminal, Foundations, The Fellow will participate fully in Number of Fellows: 1 Gay/Lesbian Rights, Government, all office activities, including staff Term: 1 year Health, Human Rights, and litigation meeting. Stipend: $38,000 Immigration Areas of Specialization: Civil Application Process: Submit cover Types of Advocacy: Rights, Human Rights, letter, resume, three references and a Grassroots/Organizing, Impact Immigration, Research short writing sample to East Bay Litigation, Individual Litigation, Types of Advocacy: Community Law Center, Attn: Policy, Public Education Administrative, Shartsis Fellowship Committee at Special Qualifications: See Grassroots/Organizing, Impact the address above. website for details. Litigation, Policy, Public APPLICATION DEADLINE: Number of Fellows: 6 Track I, 6 Education March 30, 2007. Check website for Track II Special Qualifications: The changes. Term: 18 months Fellowship is designed for recent Stipend: For 18 months- Track I: law school graduates and attorneys SOROS JUSTICE ADVOCACY $68,000; Track II: $75,000. Health with no more than five years of insurance, travel, technical post-law-school work experience. FELLOWSHIPS resources. Candidate will be evaluated on Open Society Institute’s Justice Application Process: Provide 5 demonstrated commitment to the Fund copies of the application form, rights of the poor and people of Nidia Cordova Vazquez, Program proposal and all supporting color, knowledge of and Assistant materials. Submit proposals in 12- demonstrated interest in civil rights 400 W. 59th St. point type, single-spaced, with one- law and oral and written New York, NY 10019 inch margins and print or type your communication skills. (212) 548-0600 name in the upper right-hand corner Number of Fellows: 1 Fax: (212) 548-4666 of each page. Describe the proposal Term: 1 year [email protected] in 1,500 words, addressing each Stipend: $42,000 www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/fo aspect in the following order: the Application Process: Submit cover cus_area/justice_fellows need for the project, goals, project letter, resume, list of three references Description: The Soros Justice activities, type of supervision that and writing sample to the Lawyers’ Fellowships support outstanding the sponsoring organization will Committee care of the Fellowship individuals, including lawyers, offer and how you will measure your Committee. No phone calls. advocates, grassroots organizers, effectiveness. Applicants proposing APPLICATION DEADLINE: activist academics, journalists and international projects must also November 1, 2006. filmmakers, to implement address, in an additional section, innovative projects that address one their proposal’s relevance to cross- or more of the criminal justice WELLSTONE FELLOWSHIP border information exchange. Families USA priorities of OSI’s U.S. Justice APPLICATION DEADLINE: Fund. Working across the country Melissa Rosenblatt, Director, September 13, 2006 at 5 pm EST. Internship and Fellowship Program for local, state and national criminal justice reform. The Soros Justice 1201 New York Ave., NW, Ste. Fellowships fund individuals THURGOOD MARSHALL 1100 through two programs: the Soros CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP Washington, D.C. 20005 Justice Advocacy Fellowships and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil (202) 628-3030 the Soros Justice Media Rights Fax: (202) 347-2417 Fellowships. The Advocacy Silvia Contreras, Legal [email protected] g

www.familiesusa.org and international human rights interest or pro bono work. Description: The Fellowship hopes issues. The Fellow will have the Number of Fellows: 1 to expand the pool of social justice opportunity to gain experience in Term: 2 years, beginning summer advocates from underrepresented the human rights field through fact- Stipend: $40-45,000 racial and ethnic minority groups, finding, research, education and Application Process: Submit letter particularly the African-American, advocacy. of interest, resume and three names Latino and American Indian Areas of Specialization: Criminal, of reference. Mail to Jon Bauer at communities. The Fellow will be Human Rights, Immigration, above address. engaged in health care advocacy International, Research, Death APPLICATION DEADLINE: work and will learn about Medicare, Penalty Fellowship not offered in 2007. Medicaid, efforts to achieve Types of Advocacy: Policy, Public Contact organization. universal coverage and other Education important health policy issues. Special Qualifications: Candidate WOMEN’S LAW AND PUBLIC Specifically, the Fellow will be must possess solid organizational engaged in outreach to and and communication skills, have POLICY FELLOWSHIP mobilization of communities of familiarity with Microsoft Office Georgetown University Law Center color. applications, be comfortable Julia L. Ernst, Director of Women’s Areas of Specialization: Civil working with diverse groups of Law and Public Policy Fellowship Rights, Health, Immigration people and have an interest in Program Types of Advocacy: human rights, social justice and 600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Ste. Administrative, international affairs. Proficiency in a 334 Grassroots/Organizing, Impact foreign language is desirable. Washington, D.C. 20001-2095 Litigation, Individual Litigation, Number of Fellows: 1 (202) 662-9650 Policy, Public Education Fax: (202) 662-9539 [email protected] Special Qualifications: Candidate WILLIAM R. DAVIS must demonstrate commitment to www.wlppfp.org contribute to social justice work CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP Description: The Fellowship following their year as a Fellow and The University of Connecticut Law enables law graduates with an also must be interested in health School interest in women’s rights to work care. Preference will be given to Jon Bauer, Clinical Professor of in Washington, D.C. for a year on applicants who have experience or Law legal and policy issues affecting demonstrate a keen interest in 65 Elizabeth St. women. Selected Fellows work at working with communities of color. Hartford, CT 06105-2210 nonprofit organizations, A college degree is preferred. (860) 570-5165 governmental agencies, Number of Fellows: 1 Fax: (860) 570-5195 congressional offices and the Term: 1 year, beginning September [email protected] Georgetown University Law Center Stipend: Approximately $35,000 www.law.uconn.edu Domestic Violence Clinic. Fellows Application Process: See website Description: Fellowship will work are supervised by experienced for application form and further primarily in the Asylum & Human attorneys and work exclusively on instructions. Rights Clinic, which represents women’s rights issues, including APPLICATION DEADLINE: clients seeking political asylum in reproductive rights, economic February 2, 2007. proceedings before the Bureau of stability, domestic violence, Citizenship & Immigration Services international human rights and the and the Immigration Court. Fellows rights of women with disabilities. WELLSTONE FELLOWSHIP will also supervise clinic student’s Areas of Specialization: AIDS, Minnesota Advocates for Human casework and help plan and teach Children’s Rights, Civil Rights, Rights classes. Consumer, Criminal, Disability Jennifer Prestmoldt, Deputy Areas of Specialization: Human Rights, Education, Elderly, Family, Director Rights, Immigration, Research, Gay/Lesbian Rights, Health, 650 Third Ave. S., Ste. 550 Teaching Homelessness, Housing, Human Minneapolis, MN 55402 Types of Advocacy: Rights, Immigration, Women’s (612) 341-3302 ext. 111 Administrative, Individual Rights Fax: (612) 341-2971 Litigation, Policy, Public Types of Advocacy: Impact [email protected] Education Litigation, Individual Litigation, www.mnadvocates.org Special Qualifications: Practicing Legislative/Lobbying, Policy Description: The Fellowship Attorney for at least three years or Special Qualifications: Must hold provides a recent law school equivalent experience; strong a J.D. degree from a U.S. law graduate or lawyer pursuing a new written and oral communication school by the beginning of the course of his or her career to work skills; an interest and aptitude for Fellowship. Preferred, but not for a year in human rights. The supervision and teaching; required, that Fellows have a Fellow works on a variety of demonstrated commitment to public background in women’s rights projects related to emerging U.S.

issues. Excellent oral and Administrative, communication skills and must be Grassroots/Organizing, Policy, admitted to the Bar. Public Education Number of Fellows: 4 Special Qualifications: Recent Term: 1 year, beginning September law school graduate committed to Stipend: $37,500 furthering economic justice in New Application Process: Application York City. Ability to work with a forms and additional information diverse team. Spanish preferred, but can be obtained on our website. not required. Women and people of APPLICATION DEADLINE: color are encouraged to apply. October 15, 2006. Number of Fellows: 1 Term: 2 years WORKERS’ RIGHTS Stipend: $38,000 Application Process: Submit FELLOWSHIP resume, transcript (original is not New York Jobs With Justice necessary), one letter of Carrie Brunk recommendation and a brief writing 50 Broadway, 24th Fl. sample. New York, NY 10004 APPLICATION DEADLINE: (212) 631-0886 August 4, 2006. Contact Fax: (646) 452-5636 organization. [email protected] Description: The Fellow will primarily direct the involvement of the Workers’ Rights Board, a group of community leaders who advocate for workers’ rights and greater economic equality, in grassroots campaigns for economic justice. The Fellow will also research innovative policies and practices relating to workers’ rights as well as organize a fundraiser to support the Worker’s Rights Fellowship. Areas of Specialization: Immigration, Labor, Research, Economic Development Types of Advocacy:

Selected Organizations

ASYLUM PROGRAM OF from persecution or torture and Pacific immigrant and refugee SOUTHERN ARIZONA individuals with claims to U.S. communities in Santa Clara County. citizenship. Areas of Specialization: Poverty, Tim A. Janes, Executive Director Areas of Specialization: Prisoner Immigration/Refugee, 1036 N. 1st Ave. Issues, Immigration/Refugee, Homelessness/Housing, Family, Tucson, AZ 85719 Government Accountability/Legal Elderly, Domestic Violence, (520) 623-4555 Fax: (520) 623-4884 Reform/Whistleblowers, Education, Disability www.asylumarizona.org Criminal, Civil Rights/Liberties Types of Advocacy: Policy, Intake 2007 Openings Salary Types of Advocacy: Research and and Referral, Innovative Advocacy, 2 1L vol./stip. Publications, Pro Se Clinics, Legal Individual Cases, Factual 2 2L vol./stip. Writing, Individual Cases, Client- Investigation, Community Outreach, 2 3L vol./stip. based, Administrative Advocacy Community Organizing, Community Description: Legal aid organization 2006 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys Education, Client-based, that provides legal assistance to (1M, 8F, 1OG) Administrative Advocacy immigrants fleeing persecution who Deadline: Rolling 2006 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys seek political asylum but are unable Split Summers: Yes, either half (1M, 4F, 5A-A) to hire attorneys to represent them Deadline: February 28 before the Immigration and Split Summers: No Naturalization Service (INS), the AMERICAN CIVIL USCIS, and the Immigration Court. Areas of Specialization: LIBERTIES UNION CATHOLIC CHARITIES’ Immigration/Refugee, Civil (ACLU) — NATIONAL Rights/Liberties IMMIGRATION LEGAL Types of Advocacy: Intake and IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS SERVICES (CCIS) Referral, Innovative Advocacy, PROJECT — Renee Cummings, Hiring Attorney Individual Cases, Community 901 SE Oak St., Ste. 105 Outreach, Community Education CALIFORNIA Portland, OR 97214 2006 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys 405 14th St., Ste. 300 (503) 542-2855 Fax: (503) 542-2062 Deadline: beg. of preceding semester Oakland, CA 94612-9987 www.catholiccharitiesoregon.org (1L/3L) beg.of preceding semester (510) 625-2010 2007 Openings Salary (2L) [email protected] 1 1L vol. Split Summers: Yes, either half www.aclu.org 1 2L vol. 2005 Openings Salary 1 3L vol. ... 2L/3L vol./stip. Description: Provides immigration FLORENCE IMMIGRANT 1 Lateral ACLU Scale legal services to low-income Description: Addresses national AND REFUGEE RIGHTS immigrants and refugees, and engages issues concerning the fundamental in public education, training and PROJECT (FIRRP) civil liberties and civil rights of community outreach. Focuses on Victoria Lopez, Executive Director immigrants. Protects the rights and family reunification, and assistance to P.O. Box 654 liberties of non-citizens through the most vulnerable immigrants, 2601 N. Hwy 79 strategic litigation, public education, including domestic violence victims, Florence, AZ 85232-0654 and advocacy. crime victims, refugees, and certain (520) 868-0191 Fax: (520) 868-0192 Areas of Specialization: persons needing deportation and [email protected] Immigration/Refugee, Civil removal defense. www.firrp.org/ Rights/Liberties Areas of Specialization: 2007 Openings Salary Types of Advocacy: Policy, Impact Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, ... 1L/2L/3L vol. Litigation, Community Education Poverty, Immigration/Refugee, Human ... Entry ... 2006 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys Rights, Education, Domestic Description: Represents indigent (2M, 6F, 1B, 2H, 2A-A, 1OG) Violence, Criminal, Civil non-citizens detained at remote, rural Deadline: Rolling Rights/Liberties Immigration and Customs Enforcement Split Summers: Sometimes Types of Advocacy: Legal Writing, Center in Arizona. Those served Individual Cases, Community include long-term legal permanent Outreach, Community Education residents who face exile from their ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE 2006 Office Comp.: 4 attorneys families for violating the law, long- Richard Konda, Executive Director (3M, 9F, 4H, 3A-A) term undocumented residents who 184 E. Jackson St. Deadline: ongoing have developed deep ties in the U.S., San Jose, CA 95112-5153 Split Summers: No individuals from around the world (408) 287-9710 seeking protection [email protected] www.asianlawalliance.org CENTRAL AMERICAN Description: Focuses on the legal needs of recently arrived Asian and RESOURCE CENTER

(CARECEN) — LOS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS ANGELES HUMANE IMMIGRANT CLINIC — STANFORD Daniel Sharp, Legal Director RIGHTS (CHIRLA) LAW SCHOOL 2845 West 7th St. 2533 W. 3rd St., Ste. 101 Jayashri Srikantiah, Professor Los Angeles, CA 90005 Los Angeles, CA 90057 Stanford Law School/Crown (213) 385-7800 Fax: 213 385 1094 (213) 353-1333 Quadrangle/559 Nathan Abbott Way [email protected] [email protected] Stanford, CA 94305 www.carecen-la.org 2005 Openings Salary www.publicinterestlaw.stanford.edu 2007 Openings Salary ... 1L/2L ... Description: The clinic represents 1 1L vol./ws Description: Works to advance the individual non-citizens in a variety of 8 2L vol./ws human and civil rights of immigrants matters including naturalization Description: Provides legal services and refugees in Los Angeles and proceedings, immigration court and educational resources to low- contribute to positive human hearings, and applications to secure income immigrants in immigration and relations in the city of Los Angeles. citizenship for survivors of domestic asylum claims, civic participation, and violence. Also conducts legal advocacy training of immigrants and advocacy on behalf of a number or new residents. Also provides EL RESCATE LEGAL immigration rights organizations. education services (tutoring, after Areas of Specialization: Domestic school activities) for neighborhood SERVICES Violence, Immigration/Refugee children and youth. 1313 W. 8th St., Ste. 200 Types of Advocacy: Administrative Areas of Specialization: Los Angeles, CA 90017 Advocacy, Client-based, Impact Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, (213) 387-3284 Litigation Civil Rights/Liberties 2005 Openings Salary Split Summers: No Types of Advocacy: Lobbying, 3 1L vol. Individual Cases, Impact Litigation, Description: Provides legal services Community Organizing, Community for indigent Central American refugees INTERNATIONAL Education, Appellate in political asylum cases, including 2006 Office Comp.: 1 attorney representation before the U.S. INSTITUTE OF SAN (11M, 18F, 24H, 3OG) Immigration and Naturalization FRANCISCO Deadline: April 30 Service. Handles consumer in Margi Dunlap, Executive Director Split Summers: No immigration cases and files legal 657 Mission St. complaints before international San Francisco, CA 94105 bodies for human rights violations by (415) 538-8100 CENTRO LEGAL DE LA Central American governments. 2005 Openings Salary Areas of Specialization: Economic RAZA ... 2L/3L vol. Development, Domestic Violence, Patricia Loya, Executive Director Description: Administers Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights 1001 Fruitvale Ave., Fl. 2 immigration, deportation and political Types of Advocacy: Community Oakland, CA 94601 asylum cases. Education, Individual Cases, (510) 437-1555 Areas of Specialization: Criminal, Lobbying, Legislative, Pro Se Clinics www.centrolegal.org Domestic Violence, 2004 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys (2F, Description: Mission is to create a Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights 1H) fair and just society by protecting and Types of Advocacy: Community Deadline: April 1 Rolling upholding the rights of low-income, Education, Community Organizing Spanish-speaking, and immigrant 2004 Office Comp.: 1 attorney (1F) communities. Provides free and low- IMMIGRANT LEGAL Deadline: Rolling cost legal services, counseling, and referrals, conducts community RESOURCE CENTER outreach and education and supports Shari Kurita, Assistant Director INTERNATIONAL community organizing. 1663 Mission St., Ste. 602 INSTITUTE OF THE EAST Areas of Specialization: San Francisco, CA 94103 Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, (415) 255-9499 Fax: (415) 255-9792 BAY Poverty, Homelessness/Housing, [email protected] Staff Attorney poisition Health/Medical, Family, Education, www.ilrc.org International Institute of the East Bay Domestic Violence, Consumer, Civil 2006 Openings Salary 449 15th St., Ste. 201 Rights/Liberties, Business/Economic 1 1L ... Oakland, CA 94612 Issues 1 2L ... (510) 451-2846 Types of Advocacy: Teaching, Description: Provides legal support www.iieb.org Research and Publications, Non- services on immigration law and Description: Devoted to helping legal, Legal Writing, Individual policy. newcomers to the United States. The Cases, Impact Litigation, Community Areas of Specialization: Institute helps thousands of Outreach, Community Organizing, Immigration/Refugee immigrants become self-sufficient and Community Education, Civil Types of Advocacy: Training, participate fully in the affairs of Litigation Teaching, Research and Publications American society. 2006 Office Comp.: 1 attorney 2005 Office Comp.: 6 attorneys (3M, Areas of Specialization: Split Summers: No 3F, 2A-A) Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, Split Summers: Sometimes Family, Children/Youth

Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, modifications in law and www.ayudainc.org Community Outreach, Community governmental practice consistent with 2007 Openings Salary Organizing, Community Education ABA policy, provides continuing ... 1L vol. Split Summers: No education and timely information ... 2L vol. about trends, court decisions and Description: Provides legal and pertinent developments for members of social services, advocacy, NATIONAL the legal community, and develops empowerment, and educational IMMIGRATION LAW and assists the operation of pro bono services for low-income Latin programs that encourage volunteer American and other foreign-born CENTER lawyers to provide legal persons in the Washington, D.C. Monica Dunahee, Human Resources representation for individuals in metropolitan area. 3435 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2850 immigration proceedings, with a Areas of Specialization: Los Angeles, CA 90010 special emphasis on the needs of the Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, (213) 639-3900 most vulnerable immigrant and refugee Family, Domestic Violence [email protected] populations. Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, wwww.nilc.org Areas of Specialization: Prisoner Community Outreach, Community Description: Provides back-up Issues, Immigration/Refugee, Human Education, Client-based assistance on issues affecting aliens. Rights, Farm/Migrant Worker, 2006 Office Comp.: 9 attorneys (9F, Areas of Specialization: Civil Children/Youth 1H) Rights/Liberties Types of Advocacy: Research and Deadline: Rolling Types of Advocacy: Administrative Publications, Regulatory Reform, Split Summers: No Advocacy Policy, Lobbying, Innovative Split Summers: No Advocacy, Community Outreach, Community Education, CATHOLIC CHARITIES Administrative Advocacy OF THE ARCHDIOCESE ROCKY MOUNTAIN 2006 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys (2F) IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY Deadline: Rolling OF WASHINGTON — Split Summers: Yes, either half IMMIGRATION LEGAL NETWORK (RMIAN) Mekela Goehring SERVICES 2785 N. Speer Blvd., Ste. 346 AMERICAN Jeanne Atkinson, Program Director Denver, CO 80301 IMMIGRATION LAW 924 G St., NW www.rmian.org/ Washington, DC 20001 Description: The organization is FOUNDATION — LEGAL (202) 772-4300 involved in removal defense in ACTION CENTER [email protected] immigration and citizenship law. www.catholiccharities.com 918 F St., NW Areas of Specialization: 2006 Openings Salary Washington, DC 20004 Immigration/Refugee 4 1L vol. Fax: (202) 742-5619 Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases 4 2L vol. www.ailf.org Split Summers: No 4 3L vol. Description: Mission is to increase Description: Offers professional public understanding of immigration immigration legal services to low- law and policy, to promote public AMERICAN BAR income clients from all over the world. service and professional excellence in Represents clients in the following ASSOCIATION (ABA) — the immigration law field, and to matters: asylum, removal proceedings, advance fundamental fairness, due COMMISSION ON self petitions for victims of domestic process, and basic constitutional and violence, employment and family IMMIGRATION human rights in immigration law and based petitions. Irena Lieberman, Director administration. The Legal Action Areas of Specialization: 740 15th St., NW, 9th Fl. Center is the legal and litigation arm Immigration/Refugee Washington, DC 20005 of the American Immigration Law Types of Advocacy: Administrative (202) 662-1005 Fax: (202) 638-3844 Foundation. Advocacy [email protected] Areas of Specialization: 2005 Office Comp.: 7 attorneys (2M, www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigrati Immigration/Refugee 10F, 3H, 1A-A) on/home.html Types of Advocacy: Research and Split Summers: No 2007 Openings Salary Publications, Policy, Impact 1 1L vol. Litigation, Community Education, 1 2L vol. Client-based CENTRAL AMERICAN 1 3L vol. 2007 Office Comp.: 4 attorneys Description: Directs ABA efforts to (1M, 3F) RESOURCE CENTER ensure fair and unbiased treatment and Split Summers: No (CARECEN) full due process rights for immigrants Kathryn M. Doan, Director, Legal and refugees within the United States. Department Acting in coordination with other AYUDA 1459 Columbia Rd., NW Association entities, as well as Mauricio Vivero, Executive Director Washington, DC 20009 governmental and non-governmental 1736 Columbia Rd., NW (202) 328-9799 Fax: (202) 328-0023 bodies, the Commission advocates for Washington, DC 20009 [email protected] statutory and regulatory (202) 387-2870 x33

www.dcarecen.org Types of Advocacy: Research and 3000 Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 400 Description: Provides immigration Publications, Policy, Lobbying, Miami, FL 33137-4129 services to Central Americans, mainly Administrative Advocacy (305) 573-1106 x12 in the areas of family petitions, 2006 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys www.fiacfla.org adjustment of status, citizenship and Deadline: April 1 2006 Openings Salary assistance in deportation/removal Split Summers: Sometimes ... 1L vol. proceedings. ... 2L vol. Areas of Specialization: 1 Entry ... Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, U.S. SENATE — Description: Protects and promotes Civil Rights/Liberties COMMITTEE the basic human rights of immigrants Types of Advocacy: Lobbying, of all in Florida through Community Organizing, Community — SUBCOMMITTEE ON direct legal services and impact Education, Administrative Advocacy IMMIGRATION, BORDER advocacy efforts. Deadline: February 15 Areas of Specialization: Split Summers: No SECURITY AND Immigration/Refugee CITIZENSHIP Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Impact Litigation, Community Reed O’Conner, Republican Majority DEVELOPMENT Education Chief Counsel 2006 Office Comp.: 13 attorneys PROJECT SD 518 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. (3M, 10F) 740 15th St., NW Washington, DC 20510 Split Summers: No District of Columbia, DC 20005- (202) 514-2000

1019 Description: United States Senate www.abanet.org/immigprobono subcommittee that handles questions CATHOLIC SOCIAL Description: Funds bar associations of immigration and refugee affairs. SERVICES, INC. — to develop or expand pro bono Split Summers: No projects for immigrants and refugees. IMMIGRATION Produces articles on and answers AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICES queries from lawyers about pro bono Susan H. Colussy, Director programs serving newcomers. Works SERVICE COMMITTEE — 680 W. Peachtree St., NW to increase the visibility of IMMIGRANT SERVICES Atlanta, GA 30308 immigrants’ legal needs with the Angie L. Kemp, Staff Attorney (404) 881-6571 organized bar. Oversees 10700 Caribbean Blvd., Ste. 301 www.csatlanta.com implementation of new detention Miami, FL 33189 2006 Openings Salary center standards. (305) 252-6441 ... 1L vol. Areas of Specialization: www.afsc.org/miami/default.htm ... 2L vol. Immigration/Refugee Description: Provides legal ... 3L vol. Types of Advocacy: Research and representation to indigent clients of Description: Provides pro bono/low Publications, Legal Writing all nationalities, with a focus on cost immigration assistance in 2006 Office Comp.: (2M, 1F) Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and Split Summers: No Haitians. Works with cases of asylum, South Carolina. HRIFA (Haitian Refugee Immigration Areas of Specialization: U.S. COMMITTEE FOR Fairness Act), and NACARA Immigration/Refugee (Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, REFUGEES AND American Relief Act), domestic Community Education, IMMIGRANTS violence, and workers’ rights. Administrative Advocacy Areas of Specialization: Domestic Split Summers: No Gregory Chen Violence, Civil Rights/Liberties, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. Children/Youth, Farm/Migrant 200 Worker, Immigration/Refugee, CENTRO ROMERO Washington, DC 20036 Labor/Employment Frank Melone (202) 797-2105 Types of Advocacy: Research and 6216 N. Clark St. www.refugees.org Publications, Non-legal, Legal Chicago, IL 60660 2006 Openings Salary Writing, Intake and Referral, (773) 508-5300 6 1L $1,000 Individual Cases, Community [email protected] (stip.) Outreach, Community Organizing, www.centroromero.org 6 2L $1,000 Community Education, Client-based, 2006 Openings Salary (stip.) Civil Litigation, ... 1L vol. 6 3L $1,000 Administrative/Management ... 2L vol. (stip.) 2006 Office Comp.: 1 attorney (1M, ... 3L vol. Description: Defends the rights of all 3F, 1B, 2H) Description: Community center uprooted people regardless of their Split Summers: Yes, either half providing educational and social nationality, race, religion, ideology, services to Chicago residents in the or social group. neighborhoods of Edgewater, Rogers Areas of Specialization: FLORIDA IMMIGRANT Park and Uptown. Provides Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, immigration and family law assistance Government Accountability/Legal ADVOCACY CENTER to Latino immigrants. Reform/Whistleblowers Sharon Ginter

Areas of Specialization: NUEVA ESPERANZA OF Boston, MA 02111 Immigration/Refugee, Domestic 617-451 7979 Fax: 617-629 5768 Violence THE SIOUXLAND UNITED www.ccab.org Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, METHODIST 2007 Openings Salary Community Outreach, Client-based, ... 1L vol. Administrative Advocacy MINISTRIES ... 2L vol. 2006 Office Comp.: 1 attorney (1M) Judy Kading ... 3L vol. Deadline: Rolling 1319 W. 5th St. Description: Handles all types of Split Summers: No Sioux City, IA 51103 immigration matters, including (712) 234-0418 Asylum screening and referral, family ILLINOIS COALITION Description: Provides legal services based immigration status, immigration to clients who need help with removal appeal, application, FOR IMMIGRANT AND defense, asylum applications, family- employment authorization REFUGEE RIGHTS (ICIRR) based visa petitions and other application, adjustment, immigration-related matters. refugee/asylum adjustment, 36 S. Wabash, Ste. 1425 naturalization, temporary protected Chicago, IL 60603 status, special immigrant application, (312) 332-7360 ECUMENICAL religious workers, VAWA, NACRA, [email protected] consular processing, and other Description: Membership coalition of IMMIGRATION immigration related matters. Has more than 90 organizations and SERVICES immigration information line. agencies, advocating on behalf of 821 General Pershing St. Operates weekly, walk-in immigration immigrants and refugees throughout New Orleans, LA 70115 clinic. Clients originate from all over Illinois. Description: Offers legal counseling the world, including Africa, Asia, Areas of Specialization: Civil to Central American refugees and Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East, Rights/Liberties, representation before the Immigration North and South America. Immigration/Refugee, Women’s Issues and Naturalization Service. Areas of Specialization: Types of Advocacy: Community Immigration/Refugee Outreach, Lobbying, Policy, Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Legislative, Regulatory Reform CASA OF MARYLAND Client-based 2004 Office Comp.: 1 attorney (1M, Steve Smitson 2006 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys 1B, 1A-A) 734 East University Blvd. Split Summers: Yes, either half Deadline: Rolling Silver Spring, MD 20903 (301) 431-4185 NATIONAL IMMIGRANT www.casademaryland.org CENTER FOR Description: The mission of CASA is IMMIGRANT AND JUSTICE CENTER to improve the economic and social Mary McCarthy, Director well-being of the low-income Latino REFUGEE COMMUNITY 208 S. LaSalle St., Ste. 1818 community by facilitating the self- LEADERSHIP AND Chicago, IL 60604-1156 development, organization, and (312) 660-1326 Fax: (312) 660-1505 mobilization of its members. Provides EMPOWERMENT www.immigrantjustice.org/ legal representation, education, and (CIRCLE) 2006 Openings Salary advocates on behalf of low-wage, Sally Habana-Hafner, Director ... 1L vol. mainly immigrant workers. Clients 470 Hills South, School of Education, ... 2L vol. contribute between 10 and 20 hours University of Massachusetts ... 3L vol. of their time, depending on the Amherst, MA 01003 1 Entry ... complexity of their claims, in exchange (413) 545-2933 Description: Provides immigration- for legal representation. [email protected] related legal services to low- and Areas of Specialization: www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~amcircle/ moderate-income immigrants in the Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, Description: Activities are grounded upper Midwest. Labor/Employment, and integrated in the academic world Areas of Specialization: Women’s Immigration/Refugee, Criminal of students through community- Issues, Immigration/Refugee, Human Types of Advocacy: Innovative oriented course offerings for graduate Rights, Advocacy, Individual Cases, and undergraduate students. Students Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Community Outreach, Community experience community life of Issues, Domestic Violence Organizing, Community Education, immigrants and refugees and become Types of Advocacy: Innovative Civil Litigation engaged in community-based learning Advocacy, Individual Cases, Impact Split Summers: No projects. In turn, newcomer youth and Litigation, Community Outreach, leaders participate in leadership Community Education, Client-based, training and education for community Advice-only Phone Line, CATHOLIC CHARITIES development. Administrative Advocacy OF BOSTON — REFUGEE Areas of Specialization: 2006 Office Comp.: 14 attorneys Immigration/Refugee, Racial/Ethnic Deadline: March AND IMMIGRATION Justice/Cultural Rights Split Summers: No SERVICES Types of Advocacy: Community Vivienne Hsu Education, Community Organizing, 75 Kneeland St., 8th Fl. Community Outreach

Split Summers: No Ali Noorani, Executive Director 105 Chauncy St., 9th Fl. INTERNATIONAL Boston, MA 02111 CENTRO PRESENTE INSTITUTE OF BOSTON (617) 350-5480 Jessica Durrum, Legal Department [email protected] Monica Modi Khant, Directing 54 Essex St. www.miracoalition.org Attorney Cambridge, MA 02139-2699 Description: Advocates for the rights 1 Milk St. (617) 497-9080 Fax: (617) 497-7247 of immigrants and refugees and Boston, MA 02109 [email protected] provides information, education and (617) 695-9990 Fax: (617) 695-9191 www.cpresente.org training on issues affecting [email protected] 2006 Openings Salary immigrants, refugees and the www.iiboston.org 1 1L vol. communities that receive them. 2006 Openings Salary 1 2L vol. Areas of Specialization: 2 1L vol. 1 3L vol. Immigration/Refugee, Education, 2 2L vol. Description: Provides legal Civil Rights/Liberties Description: Provides representation assistance to Central and Latin Types of Advocacy: Training, to indigent and low-income, foreign- American immigrants living in the Teaching, Research and Publications, born persons on a minimal fee or no fee Greater Boston area. Policy, Legislative, Legal Writing, basis, exclusively in matters related to Areas of Specialization: Community Organizing, Community the immigration status of the clients. Labor/Employment, Education Clients are from around the world Immigration/Refugee Split Summers: No with the majority from the West Types of Advocacy: Lobbying, Indies, Central and South America, the Individual Cases, Community Middle East, Africa and Asia. Organizing, Community Education Areas of Specialization: 2006 Office Comp.: 1 attorney (1F, Immigration/Refugee NATIONAL 1H) Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Split Summers: Sometimes IMMIGRATION PROJECT Community Outreach Dan Kesselbrenner, Director 2005 Office Comp.: 6 attorneys (1M, 14 Beacon St., Ste. 602 5F, 1A-A) GREATER BOSTON Boston, MA 02108-3715 Deadline: March (617) 227-9727 Fax: (617) 227-5495 LEGAL SERVICES — Split Summers: No [email protected] HARVARD www.nationalimmigrationproject.org IMMIGRATION AND MASSACHUSETTS 2007 Openings Salary 1 1L ... REFUGEE CLINIC ALLIANCE OF 1 Lateral ... Debbie Anker PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS Description: Network of legal 197 Friend St. workers who work to end unlawful Paulo Pinto, Executive Director Boston, MA 20114 immigration practices and to expand 1046 Cambridge St. (617) 603-1808 the civil and human rights of all Cambridge, MA 02139 www.gbls.org/ immigrants regardless of their status (617) 864-7600 Description: Represents people in the United States. www.maps-inc.org/ehome.htm fleeing persecution in their own Areas of Specialization: Description: Outreach, advocacy, countries, undocumented battered Immigration/Refugee education, health, social services, and women and undocumented Types of Advocacy: Research and broad representation of Portuguese unaccompanied minors to help them Publications, Regulatory Reform, speaking migrants living in eastern obtain legal status from the Policy, Legislative, Innovative Massachusetts. Immigration and Naturalization Advocacy, Advice-only Phone Line Areas of Specialization: Service and to defend them in 2005 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, proceedings to remove them from the Deadline: January 15 Poverty, Immigration/Refugee, U.S. Also provides advice, referrals Split Summers: Sometimes Health/Medical, Elderly, Education, and information on a wide range of Children/Youth other immigration questions through Types of Advocacy: Policy, its intake clinics. POLITICAL Lobbying, Legal Writing, Intake and Areas of Specialization: Women’s Referral, Innovative Advocacy, ASYLUM/IMMIGRATION Issues, Reproductive Issues, Individual Cases, Community Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, REPRESENTATION Outreach, Community Organizing, Government Accountability/Legal Community Education PROJECT (PAIR) Reform/Whistleblowers, Family, Split Summers: Yes, either half Sarah Ignatius, Executive Director Domestic Violence, Civil 14 Beacon St., Rm. 804A Rights/Liberties Boston, MA 02108-3704 Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, MASSACHUSETTS (617) 742-9296 Fax: (617) 742-9385 Client-based [email protected] Split Summers: Sometimes IMMIGRANT AND www.pairproject.org REFUGEE ADVOCACY 2007 Openings Salary COALITION (MIRA) ... 1L/2L/3L vol.

Description: Recruits and trains [email protected] CENTRAL AMERICAN attorneys to represent refugees and www.aclu.org immigrants in political asylum cases 2007 Openings Salary REFUGEE CENTER and advises people in INS detention ... 1L vol. (CARECEN) — NEW matters. 3 2L vol. Areas of Specialization: 3 3L vol. YORK Immigration/Refugee Description: Addresses national Patrick Young, Legal Director Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases issues concerning the fundamental 91 N. Franklin St., Ste. 211 2006 Office Comp.: 3 attorneys (3F, civil liberties and civil rights of Hempstead, NY 11550-3003 1A-A) immigrants. Protects the rights and (516) 489-8330 Deadline: Rolling liberties of non-citizens through [email protected] Split Summers: No strategic litigation, advocacy, and 2005 Openings Salary public education. *vol. accepted Areas of Specialization: Description: Works with indigent IMMIGRATION AND Immigration/Refugee, Civil Central American refugees on issues HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL Rights/Liberties ranging from discrimination to Types of Advocacy: Policy, Impact asylum. SERVICES — CENTER Litigation, Community Education Areas of Specialization: FOR MULTICULTURAL 2006 Office Comp.: 4 attorneys Children/Youth, Deadline: August 1/December 1/Jan Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights HUMAN SERVICES 31 (2L) Aug 1/Dec 1/Jan 31 (3L) Types of Advocacy: Community (CMHS) Split Summers: No Organizing, Impact Litigation, Individual Cases Dr. Partha Banerjee, Executive 2004 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys (2F) Director CATHOLIC LEGAL New Jersey Immigration Policy Network IMMIGRATION HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST 89 Market St., 7th Fl. NETWORK Newark, NJ 07102 — HUMAN RIGHTS Donald Kerwin, Executive Director www.cmhsweb.org/programs/immig.h CLINIC, FDR Station, P.O. Box 1390 ASYLUM PROGRAM tml New York, NY 10150-1390 Asylum Program Coordinator Description: Seeks to provide (212) 826-6251 333 7th Ave., 13th Fl. services traditionally associated with [email protected] New York, NY 10001-5108 low-cost legal providers, including www.cliniclegal.org (212) 845-5200 assisting recent immigrants with Description: Subsidiary of the United www.humanrightsfirst.org asylum applications and family based States Catholic Conference. Seeks to Description: Focuses on long-term immigration petitions, and also meet the legal needs of indigent and institutional changes to ensure the provide an enhanced, holistic low income immigrants through local protection of human rights. Also representation for clients fleeing immigration programs which operate participates in the regular sessions of persecution, and conflict settings. in diocesan offices. Provides international human rights The program offers training, legal representation and advocacy for monitoring bodies like the UN internships, professional detained immigrants. Commission on Human Rights, the development, and collaborative Areas of Specialization: Inter-American Commission on opportunities for attorneys, law Immigration/Refugee Human Rights and the Africa students, and . It also Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Commission on Human and Peoples reaches out to the medical, social Administrative Advocacy Rights. service, and mental health Split Summers: No Areas of Specialization: communities, Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights Areas of Specialization: Types of Advocacy: Research and Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, CATHOLIC MIGRATION Publications, Policy, Legal Writing, Health/Medical Law Reform, Community Education Types of Advocacy: Research and OFFICE 2006 Office Comp.: (2M, 2F) Publications, Legal Writing, Client- Ronald T. Marino, Director Split Summers: No based, Administrative/Management 1258 65th St. Split Summers: No Brooklyn, NY 11219 (718) 236-3000 IMMIGRATION [email protected] AMERICAN CIVIL catholicmigration.org EQUALITY LIBERTIES UNION 2004 Openings Salary Rachel B. Tiven, Executive Director 1 1L vol. 350 West 31st St., Ste. 505 (ACLU) — NATIONAL Description: Large nonprofit New York, NY 10001 IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS immigration law firm. (212) 714-2904 Areas of Specialization: www.immigrationequality.org PROJECT — NEW YORK Immigration/Refugee Description: Advocates for equality Omar Jadwat, Staff Counsel Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases under the immigration law for lesbian, 125 Broad St., 18th Fl. Split Summers: No gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) New York, NY 10004 and HIV-positive individuals. Runs a (212) 549-2660 pro bono asylum project to assist

LGBT and HIV-positive asylum LEGAL SERVICES Court, before BIA, and in the federal seekers to find free or low-cost legal court system. representation. Provides technical PROGRAM Areas of Specialization: assistance to attorneys who are Wan Yong Austin, Supervising Immigration/Refugee working on sexual orientation, Attorney Types of Advocacy: Administrative transgender identity, HIV status- 308 W. 46th St., 3rd Fl. Advocacy, Advice-only Phone Line, based asylum applications, or other New York, NY 10036 Appellate, Client-based, Community immigration applications where the (212) 265-2070 Education, Community Outreach, clients’ LGBT or HIV-positive 2007 Openings Salary Individual Cases, Innovative identity is at issue in the case. ... 1L vol. Advocacy, Policy, Research and Areas of Specialization: ... 2L vol. Publications Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, ... 3L vol. 2005 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys (5F, Immigration/Refugee, Description: Provides immigration 1B) Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender services to asylum seekers, refugees Deadline: January 25 (1L/2L) Issues and immigrants. January 15 Rolling (3L) Types of Advocacy: Innovative Areas of Specialization: Split Summers: Yes, either half Advocacy, Community Outreach, Immigration/Refugee Community Education, Civil Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Litigation Community Organizing, Community NATIONALITIES Split Summers: No Education SERVICE CENTER 2006 Office Comp.: (1M, 1F) 1300 Spruce St. Deadline: February 1 Philadelphia, PA 19107-5812 INTERNATIONAL Split Summers: No (215) 893-8400 RESCUE COMMITTEE — 2006 Openings Salary RESETTLEMENT NEW YORK 1 1L vol. 1 2L vol. PROGRAM ASSOCIATION FOR NEW Description: Active in immigration Louise Shea AMERICANS (NYANA) law, particularly immigration based 122 E. 42nd St. on family reunification and asylum. Jeanine Scott, Staff Attorney New York, NY 10168 Areas of Specialization: 17 Battery Pl., 9th Fl. (212) 551-3000 Immigration/Refugee New York, NY 10004-1101 www.theirc.org Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, (212) 425-2900 Description: Helps people fleeing Appellate www.nyana.com racial, religious and ethnic 2006 Office Comp.: 4 attorneys 2004 Openings Salary persecution as well as those uprooted (3M, 2F, 1H) ... 1L vol. by war and violence, resettles many Deadline: March 15 Rolling (1L) ... 2L vol. refugees who qualify for entry into the March 15 (2L) ... 3L vol. United States and cannot safely return Split Summers: No Description: Assists the foreign-born to their countries and provides direct to achieve economic self-sufficiency, financial assistance to cover the social integration and naturalization PENNSYLVANIA initial cost of housing, food, clothing in the shortest possible time. and transportation to those refugees IMMIGRATION Areas of Specialization: Domestic resettling in another country. IRC staff Violence RESOURCE CENTER members and volunteers also offer Types of Advocacy: Community Kristen Uhler, Executive Director counseling, job placement, Education 50 Mt. Zion Rd. translation, community orientation, 2003 Office Comp.: 3 attorneys York, PA 17402 school referral and other direct Deadline: February 15 (717) 600-8099 Fax: (717) 600-8044 services. Through training, education Split Summers: No [email protected] and income-generating programs, IRC www.pirclaw.org helps refugees acquire new self- 2007 Openings Salary sufficient skills. HIAS AND COUNCIL 1 1L ... (ws.) Areas of Specialization: Judith Bernstein-Baker, Executive 3 2L ... (ws.) Security/Defense/Arms Control, Director 3 3L ... (ws.) Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, 2100 Arch St. ... Entry $34,000 Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, Philadelphia, PA 19103 ... Lateral $40,000 Civil Rights/Liberties (215) 832-0900 Description: Assists migrants and Types of Advocacy: Research and [email protected] asylum seekers detained by Publications, Policy, Non-legal, www.hiaspa.org Department of Homeland Security Legislative, Community Outreach, 2004 Openings Salary with information and access to legal Administrative Advocacy 2 1L ws. services. Develops and operates Split Summers: Sometimes 2 2L ws. projects addressing critical needs of 2 3L ws. detained immigrants. LUTHERAN SOCIAL Description: Provides law-related Areas of Specialization: immigration services on behalf of Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, SERVICES OF NEW individuals in U.S. Immigration Prisoner Issues, Immigration/Refugee, YORK — IMMIGRATION Human Rights, Domestic Violence,

Disability, Criminal, Civil Civil Rights/Liberties, Areas of Specialization: Rights/Liberties, Children/Youth Children/Youth Immigration/Refugee, Civil Types of Advocacy: Pro Se Clinics, Types of Advocacy: Policy, Rights/Liberties, Children/Youth Legal Writing, Intake and Referral, Individual Cases, Impact Litigation, Types of Advocacy: Training, Individual Cases, Community Community Outreach, Class Action, Teaching, Research and Publications, Outreach, Client-based, Appellate Regulatory Reform, Non-legal, Legal Administrative/Management 2006 Office Comp.: 6 attorneys Writing, Intake and Referral, 2006 Office Comp.: 3 attorneys (2M, 1F, 1B, 1H, 1A-A, 1OG) Individual Cases, Community (1M, 2F) Deadline: April 1 Outreach, Community Organizing, Deadline: Rolling Split Summers: No Community Education, Client-based Split Summers: No Split Summers: Sometimes POLITICAL ASYLUM CASA DE PROYECTO PROJECT OF AUSTIN TAHIRIH JUSTICE LIBERTAD Edna Yang, Coordinating Attorney CENTER Rogelio Nunez, Executive Director 314 E. Highland Mall Blvd., Ste. 501 Layli Miller Bashir, Founder, Legal 113 N. 1st St. Austin, TX 78752 Advisor Harlingen, TX 78550 (512) 478-0546 Fax: (512) 476-9788 6066 Leesburg Pike, Ste. 220 (210) 425-9552 [email protected] Falls Church, VA 22041 www.proyectolibertad.org www.main.org/papa/ (703) 575-0070 2006 Openings Salary 2007 Openings Salary [email protected] ... 1L vol. 3 2L vol. www.tahirih.org ... 2L vol. Description: Nonprofit organization 2005 Openings Salary ... 3L vol. that provides direct legal ... 2L/3L vol. Description: Works on immigration representation and advocacy on behalf Description: Pro bono legal services cases for all nationalities. Assists of indigent immigrants throughout for women and girls seeking undocumented people with specific Central Texas. PAPA represents immigration help. legal problems, advises and trains pro asylum seekers, victims of domestic Areas of Specialization: Women’s bono legal workers on immigration violence, trafficking and other violent Issues, Reproductive Issues, law, documents and litigates INS crimes, and detained immigrants before Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, abuses, educates immigrants and the Citizenship and Immigration Domestic Violence refugees about their rights and Service, and in removal proceedings Types of Advocacy: Policy, advocates for human rights. before the Office of the Immigration Innovative Advocacy, Individual Areas of Specialization: Judge, the Board of Immigration Cases, Impact Litigation, Community Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights Appeals, and the 5th Circuit Court of Outreach, Client-based Types of Advocacy: Community Appeals. 2004 Office Comp.: 3 attorneys (3F) Outreach, Community Organizing, Areas of Specialization: Deadline: May 10 Administrative Advocacy Racial/Ethnic Justice/Cultural Rights, Split Summers: No Deadline: Rolling Poverty, Immigration/Refugee, Split Summers: No Domestic Violence Types of Advocacy: Intake and NORTHWEST Referral, Individual Cases, Client- IMMIGRANT RIGHTS LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE based FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 2006 Office Comp.: 4 attorneys PROJECT (3M, 7F, 3H, 2A-A, 1OG) Neha Chandola, Legal Director UNDER LAW OF TEXAS Deadline: Until Filled 909 8th Ave. Javier Maldonado, Executive Director Split Summers: No Seattle, WA 98104 601 Howard, Ste. 502 (206) 587-4009 San Antonio, TX 78212 [email protected] (210) 736-1503 SOUTH TEXAS PRO 2004 Openings Salary 2006 Openings Salary BONO ASYLUM 1 2L ws. ... 1L vol. 2 3L ws. ... 2L vol. REPRESENTATION 1 Lateral $38,000 ... 3L vol. PROJECT (PROBAR) Description: Provides representation Description: Provides pro bono legal in deportation and asylum, and Meredith Linsky, Coordinator representation to immigrants whose representation for affirmative 301 E. Madison Ave. civil rights have been violated. Also applications for detained and non- Harlingen, TX 78550 handles major law reform cases as well detained immigrants in Washington (956) 425-9231 as legal actions on behalf of state. Offices are in Seattle and near Description: Provides pro bono individuals and provides legal Yakima, WA. representation to indigent asylum support to immigrant groups and Areas of Specialization: seekers and immigrants detained by advocates. Delivers legal education Immigration/Refugee, Domestic ORR in South Texas, near the U.S.- programs and training to immigrants, Violence, Disability Mexico border. ProBAR is a joint social service agencies, and the legal Types of Advocacy: Administrative project of the ABA, the State Bar of community across the state of Texas. Advocacy Texas, and the AILA. Areas of Specialization: 2003 Office Comp.: 9 attorneys (2M, Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, 7F, 3B, 1H, 3A-A)

Deadline: Rolling Description: Represents the interests 2007 Openings Salary Split Summers: No of migrant and seasonal farm workers. 1 1L vol. 1 2L vol. 1 Entry $38,000 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE Areas of Specialization: 1 Lateral $50,000 FOR RURAL STUDIES Labor/Employment, Description: Public interest law firm Immigration/Refugee, Health/Medical representing migrant farm workers in (CIRS) Types of Advocacy: Policy, Impact major employment, civil rights and Ron Strochlic, Executive Director Litigation, Community Outreach, housing litigation throughout 221 G St., Ste. 204 Community Education, Florida. Also engages in extensive Davis, CA 95616 Administrative Advocacy policy work on behalf of farm workers. (530) 756-6555 Fax: (530) 756-7429 2006 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys Principal areas of practice are labor [email protected] (3M, 8F, 1B, 4H, 1D, 1OG) and employment law and civil rights. www.cirsinc.org Deadline: Rolling Areas of Specialization: Description: Conducts applied Split Summers: No Labor/Employment, Farm/Migrant research on issues including farm Worker, Civil Rights/Liberties labor, sustainable food systems and Types of Advocacy: Policy, rural poverty. CIRS is working MIGRANT LEGAL Lobbying, Law Reform, Innovative towards the sustainable development ACTION PROGRAM Advocacy, Impact Litigation, Class of rural California based on the Action, Civil Litigation, Appellate, Roger C. Rosenthal, Executive principles of environmental balance, Administrative Advocacy Director economic viability, and social justice. 2006 Office Comp.: 3 attorneys 1001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 915 Areas of Specialization: (2M, 1F) Washington, DC 20036 Labor/Employment, Deadline: April 1 (202) 775-7780 Immigration/Refugee, Health/Medical, Split Summers: Yes, either half [email protected] Farm/Migrant Worker, Civil 2007 Openings Salary Rights/Liberties 1 1L vol. Types of Advocacy: Research and GEORGIA LEGAL 2 2L vol. Publications, Policy Description: A national support and SERVICES PROGRAM — Split Summers: No advocacy center providing legal FARMWORKER DIVISION representation to indigent migrant Dawson Morton, Staff Attorney and seasonal farm workers in a variety COLORADO LEGAL 1100 Spring St., Ste. 200-A of areas pertaining to farm worker Atlanta, GA 30309-2824 SERVICES — MIGRANT living and working conditions. (404) 206-6525 Areas of Specialization: FARM WORKER [email protected] Labor/Employment, www.glsp.org DIVISION Immigration/Refugee, 2007 Openings Salary Patricia Medige Homelessness/Housing, 3 1L ... (ws.) 1905 Sherman St., Ste. 400 Health/Medical, Farm/Migrant 2 2L ... (ws.) Denver, CO 80203-1811 Worker, ... 3L vol. (303) 866-9366 Environment/Energy/Utilities, 1 Entry $36,500 www.coloradolegalservices.org Education, Civil Rights/Liberties, Description: Provides free legal Description: Works to educate and Children/Youth representation to farmworkers in the empower migrant farm workers in Types of Advocacy: Policy, state of Georgia. Colorado through policy and Lobbying, Individual Cases, Areas of Specialization: outreach. Community Education, Labor/Employment, Farm/Migrant Areas of Specialization: Administrative Advocacy Worker Labor/Employment, 2006 Office Comp.: 1 attorney (2M, Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Immigration/Refugee, Farm/Migrant 2F, 1H) Impact Litigation, Factual Worker, Education Deadline: January 31 Investigation, Community Outreach, Types of Advocacy: Research and Split Summers: No Community Education, Client-based Publications, Legal Writing, Intake 2006 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys and Referral, Individual Cases, Factual (2M, 3F, 1H) Investigation, Community Outreach, FLORIDA LEGAL Deadline: February 1 Rolling (1L) Community Organizing, Community SERVICES — MIGRANT November 1 Rolling (2L) Rolling Education, Client-based (3L) Split Summers: No FARM WORKER JUSTICE Split Summers: Yes, first half PROJECT FARMWORKER JUSTICE Gregory S. Schell, Managing Attorney ILLINOIS MIGRANT Virginia Ruiz, Staff Attorney 508 Lucerne Ave. 1010 Vermont Ave. NW, Ste. 915 LEGAL ASSISTANCE Lake Worth, FL 33460-3819 Washington, DC 20005 (561) 582-3921 Fax: (561) 582-4884 PROJECT (IMLAP) (202) 783-2628 Fax: (202) 783-2561 [email protected] Vincent H. Beckman, Supervisory [email protected] www.floridalegal.org Attorney www.fwjustice.org 407 S. Dearborn St., Ste. 350

Chicago, IL 60604 34276 52nd St. Fax: (312) 427-0381 Bangor, MI 49013 2004 Openings Salary (269) 427-1622 Fax: (269) 427-2862 FARMERS LEGAL ... 1L/2L ws. [email protected] ACTION GROUP (FLAG) Description: Nonprofit legal services www.farmworkerlaw.org 360 N. Robert St. organization which provides pro Description: Statewide legal services St. Paul, MN 55101-1109 bono legal assistance to migrant farm program providing civil legal services (651) 223-5400 Fax: (651) 223-5335 workers. to indigent migrant and seasonal farm [email protected] Areas of Specialization: Civil workers and their dependents. Serves www.flaginc.org/ Rights/Liberties, Farm/Migrant a primarily Latino client population. Description: A public interest law Worker, Health/Medical, Areas of Specialization: Poverty, firm dedicated to providing legal Homelessness/Housing, Labor/Employment, services to family farmers and their Immigration/Refugee, Immigration/Refugee, rural communities. FLAG serves Labor/Employment Homelessness/Housing, financially distressed family farmers Types of Advocacy: Administrative Farm/Migrant Worker, Domestic and ranchers, working on issues such Advocacy Violence as credit, disaster relief, sustainable 2003 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, agriculture, corporate concentration, Deadline: March 1 Factual Investigation, Community farming, race discrimination, Split Summers: Sometimes Outreach, Community Education, genetically modified crops, and Client-based, Civil Litigation, organics. Provides legal education Administrative Advocacy and farmer-friendly publications, INDIANA LEGAL 2006 Office Comp.: 6 attorneys support to advocates and attorneys (3M, 3F, 1H) SERVICES — MIGRANT serving family farmers, impact Split Summers: No FARMWORKER PROJECT litigation on key issues, and legislative and administrative Norman Metzger, Executive Director technical assistance services to its 151 N. Delaware St., Ste. 1640 MICHIGAN MIGRANT client organizations. Indianapolis, IN 46204 LEGAL ASSISTANCE Areas of Specialization: (317) 631-9410 Farm/Migrant Worker www.indianajustice.org/Home/Publi PROJECT Types of Advocacy: Research and cWeb Teresa Hendricks-Smitley Publications, Legislative, Legal Description: Nonprofit law firm that 648 Monroe Ave. NW, #318 Writing, Impact Litigation, provides free civil legal assistance to Grand Rapids, MI 49503-1453 Community Education, eligible low-income people in (616) 454-5055 Administrative Advocacy Indiana. Helps clients who are faced [email protected] 2005 Office Comp.: 6 attorneys (2M, with legal problems that harm their www.mmlap.com 4F, 1N) ability to have such basics as food, 2007 Openings Salary Split Summers: No shelter, income, medical care or 1 Entry $35,500 personal safety. Most cases relate to 1 Lateral $40,000 family law, domestic violence, Description: Provides free legal MIGRANT LEGAL housing, consumer law, access to services to indigent, migrant farm health care, and access to government workers and their families throughout SERVICES benefits. ILS does not handle any the state of Michigan. Jennifer Stohl, Supervising Attorney criminal matters. The Migrant Areas of Specialization: 700 Minnesota Bld. Farmworker Law Center provides Labor/Employment, St. Paul, MN 55101 legal services specifically to migrant Immigration/Refugee, (651) 291-2837 farmworkers who travel to Indiana to Homelessness/Housing, Government Description: A nonprofit legal work in agriculture during the Accountability/Legal services office providing free legal agricultural season. The most common Reform/Whistleblowers, services to migrant farm workers in legal issues addressed by the MFLC Farm/Migrant Worker, Education, Minnesota and North Dakota. are housing and working conditions, Domestic Violence, Consumer, Civil Areas of Specialization: immigration, public benefits, and Rights/Liberties Labor/Employment, workers compensation. MFLC staff is Types of Advocacy: Research and Immigration/Refugee, bilingual (English/Spanish). Publications, Regulatory Reform, Pro Homelessness/Housing, Areas of Specialization: Poverty, Se Clinics, Policy, Lobbying, Farm/Migrant Worker, Civil Homelessness/Housing, Family, Legislative, Innovative Advocacy, Rights/Liberties Elderly, Disability, Consumer, Individual Cases, Impact Litigation, Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Children/Youth Enforcement, Community Outreach, Community Outreach, Community Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Community Education, Class Action, Education, Administrative Advocacy Impact Litigation Alternative Dispute Resolution, Deadline: March 1 2006 Office Comp.: (8M, 24F) Administrative Advocacy Split Summers: No Split Summers: Sometimes 2006 Office Comp.: 6 attorneys (2M, 2F, 2H) Split Summers: Sometimes FARMWORKER LEGAL FARMWORKER LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW SERVICES OF MICHIGAN YORK Susan Reed, Attorney

James F. Schmidt, Executive Director Areas of Specialization: Split Summers: No 80 St. Paul St., Rm. 620 Farm/Migrant Worker, Rochester, NY 14604 Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, (585) 325-3050 Labor/Employment LEGAL ACTION OF [email protected] Types of Advocacy: Client-based, WISCONSIN — 2005 Openings Salary Community Education, Impact ... 1L/2L/3L ... Litigation, Individual Cases MIGRANT PROJECT *vol. accepted 2003 Office Comp.: 3 attorneys (1M, Kevin Magee, Migrant Project Description: Provides legal services 2F, 1D) Director to 80,000 migrant and seasonal farm Deadline: November 15 31 S. Mills St. workers. Madison, WI 53715 Areas of Specialization: Civil (608) 256-3304 Fax: (608) 256-0510 Rights/Liberties, LEGAL AID SERVICES OF [email protected] Environment/Energy/Utilities, OREGON — www.badgerlaw.net Immigration/Refugee, Human Rights, 2007 Openings Salary Labor/Employment FARMWORKER PROJECT ... 1L/2L $3,250 Types of Advocacy: Community Janice Morgan, Director of Description: Represents migrant Organizing, Impact Litigation, Farmworker Program Individual Cases 230 NE 2nd Ave., Ste. A farm workers throughout Wisconsin, focusing on Hillsboro, OR 97124 (503) 648-7163 Fax: (503) 648-0513 employment-related problems and LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF www.lasoregon.org public benefit issues. MID-NEW YORK — 2007 Openings Salary Areas of Specialization: Civil 1 1L vol. Rights/Liberties, Farm/Migrant FARMWORKER LAW 1 2L vol. Worker, Labor/Employment, PROJECT 1 3L vol. Poverty. Description: Specializes in Charlotte Sibley, Managing Attorney Types of Advocacy: representing migrant and seasonal 52 S. Manheim Blvd. Administrative Advocacy, Civil farmworkers primarily in employment, New Paltz, NY 12561 housing and civil rights issues. Litigation, Community Outreach, (845) 256-9096 Many cases involve unpaid wages, Impact Litigation, Individual Cases [email protected] poor working conditions, unsafe 2005 Office Comp.: 1 attorney 2005 Openings Salary housing, discrimination and (1M) ... 1L/2L ... retaliation for exercise of legal rights. Deadline: April 1 Rolling Description: Nonprofit law firm Areas of Specialization: Poverty, funded by the Legal Services Split Summers: No Labor/Employment, Corporation. Representation of Homelessness/Housing, migrant and seasonal farm workers Farm/Migrant Worker, Civil throughout New York state. Rights/Liberties Areas of Specialization: Civil Types of Advocacy: Individual Cases, Rights/Liberties, Farm/Migrant Impact Litigation, Factual Worker, Labor/Employment Investigation, Community Outreach, Types of Advocacy: Administrative Community Education, Client-based, Advocacy, Community Education, Civil Litigation, Appellate, Community Outreach, Impact Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Individual Cases Administrative Advocacy 2004 Office Comp.: 2 attorneys (2F) 2006 Office Comp.: 5 attorneys Deadline: March 15 Rolling (1M, 7F, 3H) Deadline: Rolling LEGAL AID OF NORTH Split Summers: Yes, either half CAROLINA — FRIENDS OF FARM FARMWORKER UNIT Mary Hall, Managing Attorney WORKERS P.O. Box 26626 Karen Detamore, Executive Director Raleigh, NC 27611 924 Chery St., 4th Fl. (919) 856-2150 Philadelphia, PA 19107-2411 [email protected] (215) 733-0878 www.legalaidnc.org/fwu [email protected] 2004 Openings Salary www.friendsfw.org ... 2L $300/wk. Description: Legal services program Description: Provides legal which was formed to provide assistance to migrant farmworkers in assistance to poor migrant and North Carolina, primarily with labor, seasonal farm workers. safety, and compensation issues that Areas of Specialization: face them. Farm/Migrant Worker, Poverty Types of Advocacy: Client-based

Selected Websites and Publications

Books

Serving the Public: A Job Search Guide, Vol. I – U.S. 17th Edition

Serving the Public: A Job Search Guide, Vol. II – International. 7th Edition

Immigration Detainee Defense Initiative Directory American Bar Association

Directory of Nonprofit Agencies that Assist Persons in Immigration Matters National Immigration Law Center

Websites

Harvard Immigration Project http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hip

International Law Society www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/intl_law_society

Human Rights Journal www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj

International Law Journal www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/ilj

Immigration and Refugee Clinic www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/irc

Legal Aid Bureau www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hlab

Human Rights Program www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp

Mediation Program www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hmp

Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc