The Clinic

This in-house clinic provides students with the opportunity to help people who are undergoing deportation (or "removal") proceedings in Tucson.  The students provide free advice and other assistance to many indigent refugees and immigrants and represent one client each in a final removal hearing.  The people we help have defenses to deportation ranging from U.S. citizenship to political asylum to humanitarian waivers for long-term legal residents.

Students receive extensive supervision and feedback from an assistant adjunct professor who directs the program (See separate web site for Lynn Marcus), and have access to secretarial assistance, office equipment, and work space at the Rogers/Rountree building adjacent to the College of Law.

Preference is given to students who have completed a course in immigration law, who are fluent in Spanish, and who are in their third year of law school.  Completion of coursework in evidence and ethics is also preferred.

Welcome to the Clinic! Clinic Administrator Bertha Fresquez aptly assists students in all four in-house clinics, scheduling appointments, reserving rooms, and surmounting logistical challenges.