In August, the California Supreme Court ruled that a defendant had not been properly advised of the immigration consequences before pleading guilty to two drug offenses in 2013.
UC Davis School of Law’s Immigration Law Clinic had filed an amicus brief in the case; Professor and Clinic Co-director Holly S. Cooper called the high court’s decision an important victory for immigrants.
The Unity Bar of Yolo County will present the Group Advocacy Award to UC Davis School of Law's Immigration Law Clinic for its detention advocacy. Professor and Immigration Law Clinic Co-director Holly S. Cooper will accept the award on behalf of the clinic at the association's third gala in November.
The UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic reached landmark settlements on behalf of children held in immigration custody.
Along with the National Center for Youth Law, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, and Cooley LLP, the clinic arrived at settlements in the 2018 Lucas v. Becerra case regarding detained children with disabilities; psychotropic medications; and access to counsel.
Immigration Law Clinic students helped write a comprehensive practice advisory on a recent nationwide preliminary injunction the clinic won in the Lucas R. v. Becerracase.
The UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic attained a crucial victory Aug. 30 when U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Dolly Gee ordered the federal government to provide more robust procedural protections for detained migrant children.
Professor Holly Cooper spoke to NPR about Judge Dolly Gee's ordering Immigration and Customs Enforcement to free migrant children held in its family detention centers for more than 20 days by July 17, citing COVID-19 concerns.
On Nov. 1, Immigration Law Clinic staff attorney Daisy Ocampo Felt spoke on a panel at the 2019 Immigration Law Forum at the University of Minnesota Law School.
