The American Society of International Law's International Refugee Law Interest Group (IRLIG) is pleased to announce the twelfth annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition, co-sponsored by: · American Society of International Law (ASIL) · Global Migration Centre, ASIL Academic Partner Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies · International Law
Press release from the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law SAN FRANCISCO – The California Supreme Court has upheld a lower court decision that found the University of California’s policy of barring undocumented immigrants from accessing on-campus jobs and paid research positions is
UCLA School of Law is hiring a Staff Attorney for the Immigrant Family Legal Clinic (ImmFam) to begin in Winter 2025. The position is intended for a bilingual attorney with 1-5+ years of experience (salary commensurate with experience). ImmFam is a unique partnership between the UCLA School of Law and
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (HIRCP) at Harvard Law School is accepting applications for its 2026 Summer Internship Program. HIRCP is looking for law student interns interested in working with faculty and staff on various cases and projects. Interns will commit to at least 10 weeks, with the
It was an amazing weekend. Halloween. Tricker treaters. The World Series. Beautiful fall weather. But the Halloween weekend was not so great for some members of our community. As NPR reports, heightened immigration enforcement actions in and around Chicago put a damper on Halloween and Day of the Dead celebrations.
"The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would set the lowest refugee admissions cap in U.S. history, allocating just 7,500 spots for this fiscal year, mostly for Afrikaners who it has claimed are facing racial discrimination in South Africa for being White," reports CBS. Here is
America's past time culminated the 2025 season with a star from Japan winning the World Series MVP. Yoshinobu Yamamoto's 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief earned him and the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4, 11-inning triumph in Game 7 of the World Series last night.
News from the West Coast. Federal agents in Los Angeles wearing Halloween costumes patrolled the city this week, including a mask from a horror movie and a mask related to a violent internet myth. "Harbor Area Peace Patrols, a community group that has been protesting and documenting federal immigration
The Migration & Human Rights Program (MHRP) at Cornell Law School seeks a fellow to engage in legal and policy research, support public education efforts, collaborate with the Program’s distinguished non-resident fellows. The fellow will also provide legal services on immigration and strategic litigation matters, including SIJS, asylum, detention
Georgetown Law Asylum Clinic 2026-2028 Fellowship announcement,
UC Davis Law Review is celebrating immprof co-blogger and former UC Law Dean Kevin Johnson's legacy of transformative scholarship and leadership as the longest serving dean and one of the most widely cited immigration professors in the academy with a symposium and special issue. It takes place in-person
As part of a mass removal campaign, the Trump administration has been detaining record numbers of noncitizens. The Associated Press reports on a U.S. Senate investigation that "uncovered dozens of credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers nationwide — with detainees denied insulin, left