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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”

8Aug 20223 Aug 2022

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

By Francesca Babetski, J.D. Class of 2023 While certain moments in immigration policy have been especially prominent in the media…

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…

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,…

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.…

Student Perspectives

How Immigration Attorneys Can Bridge the Trauma Gap

23 May 202212 May 2022

By Brian Touna, J.D. Class of 2022 In my fourth week of Immigration Clinic, Dr. Craig Cashwell, Ph.D., from the W&M School of Education spoke to Clinic on trauma and…

The Class of 2022: A Class of Superlatives

16 May 202216 May 2022

Immigration Clinic II, Spring 2022 The William & Mary Class of 2022 was superlative in almost every measure. This year, more students than ever before enrolled in Immigration Clinic I…

Student Perspectives

“Bad Immigrants”: Disability, Addiction, Eugenics, and Immigration Exclusions

9 May 202221 Apr 2022

By Elena Pruett-Fiederlein, J.D. Class of 2022 Many of us have heard variations of the “good immigrant” myth, or the popular notion that some immigrants to the United States––whether through…

Student Perspectives

Zigging with the Zags: The Importance of Rolling with the Punches in Immigration Practice

2 May 202218 Apr 2022

By Thummim Park, J.D. Class of 2022 The sky is blue. The grass is green. The immigration field is constantly changing. No two clients are the same. These are facts…