Rethinking the Adversarial Family: A Restorative Approach
Restorative approaches put relationships first, helping families resolve conflict and repair harm in ways the courtroom can’t.
Immigration & Human Rights
Priced Out of Justice: Budget Cuts Pushing Families Away from Legal Aid
“The longstanding impacts on legal aid could be as severe as reducing low-income families’ access to representation and necessary resources.”
The Inefficient Gatekeeper of the U.S. Immigration Process: The Role of Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Distinctions
The United States immigration system is a quandary of forms, bureaucratic pitfalls, and redundant functions; yet, every year it successfully admits over a million legal immigrants. To function properly and efficiently, the policies that motivate bureaucratic behaviors must be commonsensical and adjusted competently and carefully under the guise of wisdom and restraint, as the credibility of the U.S. immigration policy—and its ability to balance openness with order—depends on it.
President Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order is Teed Up for the Supreme Court
President Trump’s executive order challenging birthright citizenship is teed up for consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices will likely determine whether it aligns with or contradicts the longstanding interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Environmental Groups Petition Supreme Court to Halt Construction of Border Wall
One of the most hotly politicized issues in the United States this year is whether the President has the authority
The potential demise of DACA
President Trump unexpectedly terminated an Obama-era program protecting young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. Now all eyes are on Congress to decide the fate of these “dreamers” in the next six months.
U.S. Supreme Court lays down the law on a deportation loophole
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision on May 17, 2017, in Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, in favor of a lawful Mexican immigrant on the premise that federal law was inappropriately applied in attempts to justify deportation.
A Talk on Immigration Law: The Need For Reform
Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute gave a talk on current immigration issues at Campbell Law School on November 4, 2014.
And I was like baby, baby, baby, ohhh, please don’t deport me!
What do eggs being thrown on houses, drag racing in Miami, DUIs, and being yelled at by Keyshawn Johnson all
An undocumented immigrant in California who passed the bar is barred from obtaining a law license
A case before the Supreme Court of California will decide whether an undocumented immigrant can be granted a law license.