Professor Raha Jorjani of the Immigration clinic was interviewed by COLORLINES, a national newsmagazine on race and politics, in their July/August 2008 edition, on the general treatment of immigrants in the United States. Jorjani observed that many immigrants, even those living in the U.S. legally, feel they are punished for the same mistakes time and again.
Professor Holly Cooper of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic served as a faculty member of the Open Forum and Practice Manual Review of the Executive Office of Immigration Review during the 2008 AILA conference.
The Salt Lake Tribune quoted Professor Holly Cooper of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic, and leading national immigrant rights advocate, in a story on immigrant detention in local jails.
The Daily Journal (San Francisco) quoted Raha Jorjani, a faculty member in the Immigration Law Clinic, in a story on legal providers who work with asylum-seekers and children held in immigration detention centers.
Immigration Law Clinic (ILC) students Grace Law '09, Jessica Foster '09, and Dong Zee '08 argued successfully in federal court for the release of a client from immigration detention after two years of confinement. On April 7, the students argued a motion for preliminary injunction before Judge Susan Illston, U.S.
Erin Hernandez '08 and the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic obtained cancellation of removal for a Nicaragua national who had been in detention for six months. Hernandez prepared the case and conducted the hearing in immigration court, including a compelling closing argument. The Immigration Judge granted relief, which means that the client will not be deported. Congratulations to Ms. Hernandez and the Immigration Law Clinic!
The Immigration Law Clinic continues to make a difference in the lives of immigrants. Doug Zee '08, Shay Fluharty '09, and supervising attorney Holly Cooper helped gain legal status for a young immigrant girl in foster care. In another case, Erin Hernandez '08, under the guidance of Cooper, convinced the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to rule in favor of a Chinese noncitizen in detention.
Immigration Law Clinic students Hoa Hoang '08, Jessica Zweng '09, Asha Jennings '09, and Carolyn Hsu '09 won a major victory for a Salvadoran client in detention. The students determined that the client had a viable yet complicated claim to U.S. citizenship. Professors Courtney Joslin and Carol Bruch provided legal expertise on family law and conflicts of law. The students utilized resources at the Library of Congress, the Salvadoran Consulate, the Texas Law Library, and the UC Davis Mabie Law Library.
The Immigration Law Clinic was featured in The Daily Recorder on October 16, 2007. The Clinic is celebrating 25 years of service to the community.
The Clinic takes on some of Northern California's most complex immigration law cases. "A large percentage of immigrants don't have representation," Raha Jorjani, a supervising attorney at the clinic, said in the article. "We don't have a shortage of cases."
