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Third-year student Grace Zipperer is the University of Virginia School of Law’s first recipient of the Immigrant Justice Corps’ Justice Fellowship, through which she will advocate for asylum-seeking children.

Two clinic students at the University of Virginia School of Law succeeded in a federal court appeal, allowing their client to remain in the U.S. after facing deportation to Ukraine.

During the past year, students in clinics at the University of Virginia School of Law won asylum for a transgender immigrant, negotiated reduced charges for juveniles and helped localities reform their government operations, among other accomplishments. Virginia’s 24 legal clinics , many of which

Molly Keck, a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, shares her experiences in educating immigrants of their rights while working in agriculture.

Liz Espín Stern ’86, a University of Virginia School of Law alumna, reflects on her path from diplomat’s daughter to immigration attorney to managing partner.

The University of Virginia School of Law has named new faculty directors to lead some of the 23 centers and programs that shape the school’s intellectual life.

Experts will discuss the world’s immigration laws at the 33rd Sokol Colloquium on International Law at the University of Virginia School of Law on Aug. 11-12.

University of Virginia School of Law clinic students gained hands-on experience and notched new successes during the past year.

Amanda Frost, an expert in immigration and citizenship law, constitutional law and federal courts, will join the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law.

With help from students in the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, an Afghan national who had been imprisoned for three years on a misdemeanor charge was recently freed on bond.

University of Virginia School of Law students are supporting an effort to help Afghans who helped the U.S., by working on bringing their family members to safety.

University of Virginia School of Law faculty discuss news-making rulings from the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court term.

Kunchok Dolma, a graduating University of Virginia School of Law student, discusses wanting to become a lawyer to help immigrant communities such as hers.

Incoming professor Jay Butler of the University of Virginia School of Law has won an award for his paper on enforcing international law, among other recent accolades for the UVA Law community.

El Salvador native Ana Tobar-Romero ’21, a student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses her family’s story and work as an advocate for fellow immigrants.

Several University of Virginia School of Law professors reacted to one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most awaited decisions this term, on the Muslim travel ban cases.

Camilo Sánchez will join the University of Virginia School of Law as an associate professor and director of the International Human Rights Clinic.

Third-year University of Virginia School of Law students Jonathan Babcock and Keyawna Griffith helped secure bond for an undocumented immigrant facing deportation.

The annual International Law Symposium, “Immigration and Ideology: International Responses to Migration,” will be held Feb. 20 at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Though it has so far received less attention than the Trump administration’s “travel ban,” another executive order seeking to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities is also facing legal challenges, one of them filed by Seattle City Attorney Peter Holmes ’84 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.