Student Perspectives What is Harmful About the U.S. Detention Policy? 24 Oct 2022 By Nancy Rosen, J.D. Class of 2023 Asylum seekers leave their country to journey to the U.S. for a myriad of reasons; they are escaping repression by the government, sexual…
Case Comments Fourth Circuit Strikes Down Higher Standard for Death Threats as Persecution 4 Aug 2022 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…
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…
Student Perspectives H.R. 6577: It’s Time for an Independent Immigration Court 15 Apr 2022 By Dylan Abrokwa-Jassor, B.A. Class of 2024 The rights that most Americans expect when entering a courthouse are not protected in immigration court. Rights to due process and fair trials,…
Clinic Events Inaugural Fourth Circuit Asylum Law Conference Brings Together Practitioners from Law School Clinics, Non-Profits, and Private Firms 14 Mar 2022 On Friday, March 11, attorneys, professors, and students from across the country gathered on Zoom for the Inaugural Fourth Circuit Asylum Law Conference. The Conference brought attorneys from all practice…
Clinic Events Registration Begins for the Inaugural Fourth Circuit Asylum Law Conference 10 Jan 20227 Jan 2022 The William & Mary Law School Immigration Clinic, along with Immigrant Justice Corps and the William & Mary Center for Racial and Social Justice, are cosponsoring the Inaugural Fourth Circuit Asylum Law Conference.…
Clinic Victories A Tale of Two Court Appearances: The Immigration Clinic Returns to Court for the First Time Since COVID 6 Dec 20216 Dec 2021 At the end of November, students and attorneys from the Immigration Clinic returned to court for the first time since February 2020. Students appeared in Arlington before the Department of Justice’s Executive…
Clinic News The Immigration Clinic Goes to Trial This November 25 Oct 2021 Immigration Clinic students Valerie Stoneback, J.D. Class of 2022 (left) and Ian Thompson, J.D. Class of 2022 (right), with the Clinic's Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow Nicole Alanko, J.D. Class of…
Asylum… Explainer Series: Persecution 27 Sep 2021 Asylum has been in the headlines in the last several years. While it is a popular topic in the media, it often is discussed without understanding the broader legal context…
Student Perspectives A Brief Description of the One-Year Filing Deadline: Its History, Opposition, and Outcomes 2 Aug 202119 Jul 2021 By Angela Payne, Vassar College Class of 2022 As an undergrad, working in the Clinic this summer was my first real exposure to the law and, more specifically, immigration law.…
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