Immigration Law Clinic students Emily Wilson, '13, Stephanie Platenkamp, '14, Anita Mukherji, '14, and Nienke Schouten, '14 spent several days in Mississippi last week offering free legal aid to immigrant workers.
UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic students Laura Gavilan '14 and Osman Mohammed '13, working under the direction of clinic Staff Attorney Holly Cooper and with help from Rachel Prandini '10, have succeeded in obtaining legal permanent resident status for a teenaged client.
Margeaux Pelusi '14 and Marcus Tang '14 have secured a grant of asylum on behalf of a UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic client who had been held in immigration detention since August 2012.
Raha Jorjani, Staff Attorney and Lecturer in the Immigration Law Clinic at the UC Davis School of Law, won an impressive victory on behalf of a clinic client in a recent unpublished decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Raha Jorjani gave a presentation on Advanced Deportation Defense as part of a Minimum Continuing Legal Education event at Golden Gate University School of Law on November 16.
UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic students Anna von Herrmann '14 and Laurance Lee '14 have successfully secured their client's release from immigration detention.
Raha Jorjani commented for the Oakland Tribune on how the possibility of deportation figures into the Alameda District Attorney's plea agreement negotiations in cases involving noncitizens accused of low-level crimes.
Retired California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno visited King Hall on October 25, attending a luncheon with faculty and students and speaking on appellate advocacy to students from the King Hall clinical programs.
Raha Jorjani conducted a training session on "Contesting Removability Based on Alleged Criminality" and served as faculty for the National Immigration Project's Annual Continuing Legal Education "Criminal and Due Process Issues in Removal Hearings" program presented as part of the National Lawyers Guild's Annual Convention held in Pasadena, California on October 10.
UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic students have succeeded in obtaining a U visa for a client facing deportation, effectively providing the legal basis for him to remain in the United States with his wife and three U.S. citizen children.
