Immigration Law Clinic

The Immigration Law Clinic of the University of Washington School of Law is operated in partnership with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), the state’s primary provider of immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and refugees.  Students work on the cases of individuals who face the possibility of deportation from the U.S. and would otherwise lack legal representation.  NWIRP screens and refers clients to the Immigration Law Clinic, and Clinic students work out of NWIRP’s downtown Seattle office.

Immigration Law Clinic News

• Signe Dortch heads up Immigration Law Clinic - UW Law Spring '08
• 2008 Immigration Law Clinic Celebrates its First Victory
  On March 11, 2008, Julieanna Elegant (’09) and Rosario Daza (’08) successfully represented their first client (at the first merits hearing for the 2008 Immigration Law Clinic) in her asylum application before the Immigration Judge. They successfully argued in open court that their client was not ineligible for asylum even though she submitted her application more than one year after the date of her entry into the U.S. (typically a bar to asylum).
• Reception Kicks off 2008 Immigration Law Clinic
  On February 4, 2008, Lane Powell hosted a reception celebrating the start of the 2008 Immigration Law Clinic.  Keynote speaker Congressman Jim McDermott reminded attendees that defending immigrants has never been more critical.  Thank you to Bailadores de Bronce for their entertaining dance tour of Mexico’s culturally rich states, and to Lane Powell and the Buck Law Group for generously providing food and wine.