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University of Virginia law professor Kerry Abrams , an expert in issues where family and immigration law intersect, has won the Law School's Carl McFarland Prize, a biennial award given to a junior faculty member for outstanding research. "Kerry's work breaks down the boundaries between family law

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is "redefining" its approach to enforcing the nation's immigration laws by targeting its efforts at specific groups of illegal immigrants — most notably those with a criminal record, ICE Director John Morton said Monday at the University of

John Morton '94, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will speak Feb. 6 at the University of Virginia School of Law. John Morton In his talk, "Defining the Face of Immigration Enforcement," Morton will address the Obama administration's efforts

When the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law took on Shanteny Calvin's case, the clinic's students were skeptical. Calvin, a Richmond mother of three who emigrated from Costa Rica 10 years ago, wanted to live in the U.S. permanently, but she had a history of criminal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to rule on the federal government's challenge to Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law. David Martin , a University of Virginia law professor and one of the nation's leading experts in immigration law, said the outcome of the case, Arizona v. United

Mila Versteeg , a comparative law scholar who has applied quantitative methods to studying the world's constitutions, is joining the Law School faculty this summer as an associate professor of law. Mila Versteeg will join the Law School faculty this summer. Mila will add to our existing complement

Students in the International Human Rights Clinic recently helped develop an extensive report examining Iraqi law and how it relates to women's rights. Erin Houlihan '11, left, in Iraq with the Baba Sheik of the Yazidis, an Iraqi minoirty group, and William Spencer, right. The report, " Women and

Malawi's widespread poverty cripples its legal infrastructure and is an obstacle to protecting human rights, according to law students in the Human Rights Study Project who traveled to the African nation in January. Now in its ninth year, HRSP is a student-run organization at the Law School

Nearly four years after a family from El Salvador came to the University of Virginia Law School's Immigration Law Clinic for help, the eldest son has rejoined his family legally in the United States.

Rising third-year law student Phil Storey saw some of the Immigration Law Clinic's work firsthand before he came to law school. He had helped his El Salvadoran friend, Gabriel Rivas, study for his naturalization interview, and the clinic took Rivas and his son Ernesto on as clients in 2006. Rivas

Law School alumna Mary Bauer’s message to students at the Conference on Public Service and the Law last Saturday was not one of personal sacrifice, but of personal fulfillment. She encouraged students to choose a career path that will truly make them happy—and earning loads of money is no substitute

The recent enactment of legislation designed to fund a fence across the southern U.S. border has not stalled lawmakers and immigrant rights’ advocates who are seeking alternate improvements to the nation’s immigration policies, said a panel of experts Oct. 25. The event launched the Law School’s new Immigration Program.

Virginia's foreign-born population increased almost 83 percent from 1990 to 2000, from about 311,000 to 570,000, a group whose needs legal aid and community services organizations are struggling to meet.

When the International Rescue Committee's Charlottesville office opened in 1998, their first two years helping refugees settle in America involved mainly Yugoslavians. Their clientele has since diversified.

The Bush administration's recently proposed immigration plan will only add to the problems facing immigration officials and could depress U.S. workers' wages if approved by Congress, said law professor David Martin .

After graduating from the Law School in 1983, Janet Napolitano packed everything she owned into her two-door Honda and puttered out to Arizona in the August heat. She may not have known it then, but she was heading for her future as well.