Immigration Law and Policy
The Immigration Law and Policy Clinic (ILPC) provides legal services at the intersection of criminal and immigration law. Students in the ILPC explore systemic problems in the immigration enforcement system, such as racial and economic bias, law enforcement and accountability, hyper-incarceration and access to justice.
As part of the clinic, our student attorneys get hands-on, live-client experience in immigration removal cases and criminal cases with potential immigration consequences. They meet face to face with clients who are looking at a variety of legal, social and economic problems, as well as learn the resources that are (or are not) available. Many students are presented with the opportunity to litigate constitutional issues and questions of the remedies available for constitutional violations.
As a leader in practical experience training, the Immigration Clinic offers classroom learning, as well as supervision sessions with faculty, the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Contract Detention Facility run by the GEO Group in Aurora, and the immigration courts in the detention facility and in Denver.