CLI-1035: Clinic: Immigration Law

Students represent indigent clients in administrative proceedings before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, U.S. Consulates, Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Federal Court. Cases concern the immigration status of non-citizens. Students interview and counsel clients, research laws and regulations, write briefs, prepare application filings, prepare for hearings, and act as trial counsel at evidentiary hearings. Heavy emphasis is placed upon active representation of clients and cases that present novel and interesting issues of law and fact. Some required activities, such as court appearances and interviews, take place during normal business hours. This clinic may be taken for 2 or 3 credits. Registration is by consent of the instructor. Email a cover letter, resume, and unofficial law school transcript to Jennifer Dahlberg-Kowski Jennifer.Kowski@mitchellhamline.edu for preapproval. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may not drop a clinic course online later than one week prior to the start of the semester. Students may drop through the add/drop deadline by using the drop form found on the registrar's website. Students may participate remotely in this clinic. For students who participate remotely, this clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/immigration-clinic/ PreReq: LAW- 2015 & LAW- 3300 Take 1 as additional PreReq: LAW- 2000, LAW- 2002, & LAW- 2003