Student Perspectives The Most Important Lawyering Skill That No One Ever Taught You 3 May 202320 Apr 2023 By Nicole Pasho, J.D. Class of 2023 Any immigration lawyer needs to understand the Immigration and Nationality Act, relevant policy memoranda, and case law in the lawyer’s jurisdiction to be…
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 How Trauma Education Benefits Clients and Advocates 4 Apr 20221 Apr 2022 By Shelby Fuchs, J.D. Class of 2022 Discussions of trauma and trauma responses are becoming more and more ordinary and more and more understood by lawyers and the legal profession.…
Clinic Victories Clinic Wins First Asylum Case 19 Jul 2021 Jess Kraus, J.D. ‘21 with the Immigration Clinic’s Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow J. Nicole Alanko, J.D. ‘18 On July 13th, the Immigration Clinic received outstanding news: the Clinic has won…
Student Perspectives Policy to Practice: The Difficulties in Identifying Human Trafficking 7 Jun 202115 Apr 2021 By Jenna Tyrpak, J.D. Class of 2021 During my 1L summer, I interned with a USAID project in Kathmandu, Nepal, aimed at eradicating labor trafficking of Nepali migrant workers. As a result,…
Student Perspectives Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: How Google Maps and Empathy Helped Me Develop a Trauma-Informed Interview Plan 29 Mar 202129 Mar 2021 By Sophia Laster, J.D. Class of 2021 A real estate lawyer once told me that a best practice of good real estate lawyers is to “walk the land”—to visit and observe a piece of property yourself—rather than rely on documentary…
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