General Course Descriptions for Terms: immigration law
854 - Clinical Program: Immigrant Justice Clinic (IJC)
Student representatives in IJC will provide high-caliber representation to immigrants in particular immigrant youth and DACA recipients. Students will also participate in Community Clinics for the Center for Dreamers, a statewide program providing legal and social services to DACA recipients. Students may also have the opportunity to represent clients in other types of cases before USCIS and/or the Chicago Executive Office of Review (Immigration Court). They may also handle other matters, including visa petitions; appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) or federal courts of appeals; habeas petitions, immigrant rights cases; or nonlitigation advocacy projects. There are three components to the clinic: A. individual and collaborative work on clinic matters, including direct representation and advocacy projects; B. an interactive weekly seminar designed to teach lawyering skills, substantive immigration law, and ethical practice; and, C. a weekly case team or individual supervision meeting.
873 - Immigration Law
This course will explore many facets of U.S. Immigration Law including the policies and politics that surround it. However, the primary focus of this course is on the practice of immigration law. The goal is for students to have a good understanding of the functioning of the U.S. immigration system, including the law and procedures applicable to temporary visas, the permanent resident process through family and employment, refugee/asylum law, and citizenship.
950 - Spanish for Lawyers
Spanish for Lawyers is intended to aid fluent or highly proficient Spanish speakers develop vocabularies to facilitate more effective attorney communications with Spanish-speaking clients who possess limited English proficiency. This course is not intended for law students with beginning or intermediate Spanish language skills. The course is appropriate for law students whose Spanish proficiency is high (can speak and understand at an advanced level, even if not fluent). The course will introduce Spanish legal terminology in such areas as immigration law, criminal law, family law, and administrative law, among others. The emphasis will be on speaking and listening comprehension. Students will also be given coursework assignments, including but not limited to grammar exercises, to assist students with Spanish mastery. Class instruction will be primarily in the Spanish language and will be conducted in person. Finally, the 2-credit course will be graded on a mandatory pass-fail basis. Students interested in this course should complete the following form: https://forms.gle/X8oQQcVpbQcKPoeo9.