UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic in the News

Faced with its state's booming immigrant population, a North Carolina law school has called on UC Davis' nationally and internationally renowned Immigration Law Clinic for training and advice. North Carolina is among the states in the Midwest and Southeast that have witnessed the most rapid growth in immigrant populations. But training for immigration lawyers in the state has not kept up with demand. As a result, some students and faculty at North Carolina Central University in Durham want to create their own immigration law clinic. In March, NCCU law student Tin Nguyen and his classmates invited Professor James Smith , Director of the UC Davis Immigration Law clinic to the campus to talk about Davis' clinic and programs. Students and faculty at the clinic, one of the first of its kind in the country, provide free legal representation to some immigrants facing deportation and applying for asylum. They also dispense immigration advice to criminal defense attorneys and sponsor naturalization workshops.