Immigration Law Clinic Partners with UC Davis Student Affairs to Launch AB 540 and Undocumented Student Center

The Immigration Law Clinic at UC Davis School of Law, in partnership with the UC Davis Division of Student Affairs, will provide legal support, advocacy, and resources for undocumented immigrant students at UC Davis through the new AB 540 and Undocumented Student Center. This collaboration between a law school and Division of Student Affairs is the first of its kind in the UC system.

Named for the 2001 California law that exempted certain undocumented students who attended high school in California from non-resident tuition at state universities and community colleges, the Center is part of a UC Davis effort to better serve undocumented students.

Marcus Tang '14 will be the first AB 540 Post Graduate Legal Fellow. Under the direction of King Hall faculty, Tang will work with the Center, consulting with staff, offering presentations, training, legal services, and information. He will also work with the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic to provide legal representation for undocumented students and their families.

A recipient of the Law School's Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award, Tang has a strong background in public service law. As a law student, he worked as a student legal advocate with the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic, as a summer law clerk with Legal Services of Northern California and with Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, and as a judicial extern for Alameda County Superior Court Judge Delbert C. Gee, among other roles. 

"Marcus is the ideal person to undertake this fellowship, with his prior experience working at the Immigration Clinic, his first-hand knowledge of the undergraduate experience at UC Davis, and his commitment to social justice," said Andrea Gaytan, Director of the AB540 and Undocumented Student Center. "I look forward to further developing partnerships, such as this one, that will support undocumented students at UC Davis."