Immigration Law

1.5 units

This is an introductory course designed to expose students to a wide variety of topics related to immigration law, policy, and practice. Students will learn about nonimmigrant (temporary) and immigrant (permanent) visas and status, as well as immigration court and relief from removal. We will also discuss humanitarian immigration such as asylum law, as well as citizenship and naturalization. We will use hypothetical potential clients to analyze how we might best help them as counsel. Our later sessions will be dedicated to current events, and the corresponding immigration law and policy. The class will be graded on a modified pass/fail basis.