Clinic Projects

Each student in the Refugee and Immigrant Advocacy Clinic designs and implements a project designed to address systemic issues of poverty or delivery of legal services.  The ‘07-08 projects are:

Naturalization Training for Doctors

On-line web based training for doctors to help them understand medical forms necessary for clients with disabilities to obtain a waiver from the English and civics required of naturalization requirements.  This will be launched at a training for physicians sponsored by Harborview Medical Center, NJP, DSHS with the cooperation of  US Citizenship and Immigration.

State Interpreter Directory

Washington State Coalition for Language Access survey of interpreter and translator use to create a statewide directory of interpreters.  This project will be launched at the Washington Coalition’s conference on Oct 24, 25 in Wenatchee. Washington State Coalition for Language Access Summit

DSHS Staff Training

Collaboration with Northwest Immigrant’s Rights Project and Department of Social and Health Services training of DSHS staff around immigrant eligibility to reverse the large number of denials of welfare benefits to immigrants, especially battered immigrant women.  Students are working on both a brochure and trainings for immigrants and DSHS staff.

Human Trafficking Victim Brochure

For victims of human trafficking who may have legal cases involving family law, unpaid wages, cooperation in criminal prosecution, welfare eligibility and immigration status the legal process can seem like an incomprehensible maze.  A student is working to write a brochure that will give these vulnerable clients, many of whom are children, a sense of how the laws impact them.

Asian Elder Legal Needs Survey

In conjunction with the legal services regional planning effort to help make sure pro bono attorneys are working in the most effective ways, a student is working with Asian elders to evaluate their legal needs.  He has recruited a youth group to survey the elders, and will help design community education efforts based on that survey.   This information will be used by the Asian Bar Association and the King County Bar association to focus volunteer legal services.