Here's a quick run down of the ILP's accomplishments for the 2008-2009 academic year:September 2008 - December 2008: Immigration Law Project takes on Asylum Case
Students Mary Chicorelli, Victoria Turner, Mark Scialdone and Olya Chervatyuk and Professor Dina Haynes meet with Bingham McCutchen attorneys (alum Jennifer Bonnetti '08) and their clients and write a final brief for immigration court.
October 24, 2008 LawMatters Event: Immigration: This Election’s Sleeping Giant - The (Un)intended Effects to November’s Election
Co-sponsored with Immigration Law Association
Anthony Drago, Jr., Esq., Chair Elect for the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
Rita Kantarowski, Director, International Rescue Committee Regional Resettlement,
November 2008: Human Trafficking Task Force
Student Stephanie Kul and Professor Dina Haynes attend Massachusetts Human Trafficking Task Force Meeting.
January - April 2009: Asylum Applicant Assistance
CLSR Fellow Susan Walton and students Evelyn Yung-Hsin, Eve Indredat and Jenny Abbott work with Professor Dina Haynes and Attorney Sam Karpel to complete asylum application and prepare clients for asylum interview.
February 2009: Human Trafficking Task Force Legal Section
CLSR Fellow Susan Walton, student Stephanie Kul, and Professor Dina Haynes summarize 2008 Reauthorization of the Trafficking Victim Protection Act and present their summary at the US Attorneys office at the first meeting of the Legal Section of the Massachusetts Human Trafficking Task Force.
February 24, 2009 LawMatters Event: Immigration Law Project Discussion
Students who worked on ILP projects throughout the semester discuss their work, its impact, and the approach to future ILP projects.
April 10, 2009 LawMatters Event: Workplace Raids: The Effect of Detention on the Family
Co-sponsored with Immigration Law Association
John Wilkshire-Carerra, Esq., Greater
Nancy Kelly, Esq., Greater
Dr. Alexandra Pineros Shields, Director of Immigrant Programs at the
May 21, 2009: Professor Haynes provides Trafficking Victim Protection Act instruction
Professor Dina Haynes provides instruction and training to area federal and local law enforcement, US Attorneys, lawyers and victim service providers on the Trafficking Victim Protection Act.