Immigration Law Clinic Continues to Impact Broader Community
The Immigration Law Clinic won another victory for a client after an Immigration Judge ordered the client removed as an aggravated felon, although the young man from Stockton, CA, had never pleaded guilty or been convicted of the crime that was alleged.
Law Student Jessica Zweng '09, working with supervising attorney Holly Cooper, wrote an appellate brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals, arguing the immigration judge had erred in removing the client for life as an aggravated felon. The Board of Immigration Appeals sustained the client's appeal, and the Clinic hopes their client will quickly be released from immigration detention.
Cooper said, "This case highlights how expeditious consideration of detained cases causes enormous room for error and how without appellate accountability, many immigrants' rights are sacrificed."
The Immigration Law Clinic is celebrating its 25th year of providing legal services to the immigrant communities in California's Central Valley. The Clinic was established in 1981 and was one of the first of its kind in the nation.
UC Davis School of Law Clinic Programs
Law Student Jessica Zweng '09, working with supervising attorney Holly Cooper, wrote an appellate brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals, arguing the immigration judge had erred in removing the client for life as an aggravated felon. The Board of Immigration Appeals sustained the client's appeal, and the Clinic hopes their client will quickly be released from immigration detention.
Cooper said, "This case highlights how expeditious consideration of detained cases causes enormous room for error and how without appellate accountability, many immigrants' rights are sacrificed."
The Immigration Law Clinic is celebrating its 25th year of providing legal services to the immigrant communities in California's Central Valley. The Clinic was established in 1981 and was one of the first of its kind in the nation.
UC Davis School of Law Clinic Programs