The Immigration Clinic is a six credit-hour graded experiential course, where second- and third-year law students learn both in the classroom and through working on real cases for non-citizens in removal proceedings. Immigration Clinic students will:

• Work directly with real clients under the Georgia Student Practice Rule and the rules of the Executive Office for Immigration Review;
• Learn practical lawyering skills that are transferable to any legal environment, including how to interview, counsel, work with interpreters, develop case theory, draft effective affidavits, conduct fact investigation, collaborate with experts and other service providers, and work with survivors of trauma in a client-centered model;
• Learn to conduct legal research, draft memoranda, motions, and briefs, compile and prepare evidentiary submissions, present arguments and elicit testimony in Immigration Court, and raise and respond to objections to build and protect the record;
• Learn to navigate the complex system of statutes, regulations, international treaty obligations, and executive actions governing the practice of immigration law;
• Understand the network of agencies, institutions, and legal systems, including civil immigration detention, encountered by non-citizens in the United States;
• Engage in project work with community partners to assist the greater immigrant community in Georgia.

• Client interviewing and working with interpreters
• Counseling
• Legal research and writing
• Fact investigation
• Case management
• Oral advocacy