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“My experience at the Immigration Clinic this semester has genuinely been the highlight of my law school career. Something that stood out to me so far have been the responses of our clients–I have been so deeply moved by all of the gratitude that the clients have expressed to us,…Continue reading “Student Voices”

19Sep 202219 Sep 2022

Immigration Clinic Presents at Women’s Weekend

Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer and Attorney Fellow Nicole Alanko J.D. ’18 present at Women’s Weekend (Fall 2022) On Saturday, Clinic…

Immigration Clinic Participates in Local Community Wellness Fair

Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer (right) and Attorney Fellow Nicole Alanko (left) table at the Community Wellness Fair (Sept. 2022) On…

22Aug 202216 Aug 2022

Immigration Clinic Reports its Busiest Summer Yet

During the summer, the Immigration Clinic has been hard at work assisting noncitizens from across Hampton Roads on a variety…

Immigration Clinic Presents at Women’s Weekend

19 Sep 202219 Sep 2022

Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer and Attorney Fellow Nicole Alanko J.D. '18 present at Women's Weekend (Fall 2022) On Saturday, Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer and Attorney Fellow Nicole Alanko presented at…

Community Partners

Immigration Clinic Participates in Local Community Wellness Fair

Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer (right) and Attorney Fellow Nicole Alanko (left) table at the Community Wellness Fair (Sept. 2022) On Saturday, Immigration Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer and Fellow Nicole Alanko…

Clinic Victories

Immigration Clinic Reports its Busiest Summer Yet

22 Aug 202216 Aug 2022

During the summer, the Immigration Clinic has been hard at work assisting noncitizens from across Hampton Roads on a variety of immigration matters. Thanks to the diligent work of Spring…

Resilience in the Face of Hardship: One Year Since the Fall of Afghanistan

This week marks one year since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Over the last year, we have heard the harrowing stories of our clients’ escape from Kabul in…

Student Perspectives

Problematic Policies: MPP Can Now Go but Title 42 Still Needs a Way To Follow

8 Aug 20223 Aug 2022

By Francesca Babetski, J.D. Class of 2023 While certain moments in immigration policy have been especially prominent in the media in recent years,1 the debate over immigration via the United…

Fourth Circuit Strikes Down Higher Standard for Death Threats as Persecution

By J. Nicole Alanko, Esq., J.D. ’18, Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow In Sorto-Guzman v. Garland,1 the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a ruling that would not allow death…

Alumni

Our Clients’ Stories are the Stories of America

By J. Nicole Alanko, Esq., J.D. '18, Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow My family loves the Fourth of July. Every year, my family gets together at a lake in rural Georgia…

Clinic Director Presents at World Refugee Day Event

Immigration Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer presents at Commonwealth Catholic Charities' World Refugee Day event (June 2022) On Saturday, Immigration Clinic Director Stacy Kern-Scheerer presented at a World Refugee Day celebration…

Campus Partnerships

Partnership with Library Adds New Resources to Assist Afghan Asylum Seekers

6 Jun 20221 Jun 2022

The Immigration Clinic and Earl Gregg Swem Library have partnered to assist William & Mary students in their research for Afghan asylum cases. Building on the Asylum Country Conditions Research…

Student Perspectives

Afghans Living in the U.S. Deserve More Than Temporary Protected Status

31 May 202229 Apr 2022

By Mike Arnone, J.D. Class of 2022 Since the chaotic withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, more than 76,000 Afghans have been evacuated to the United States.…