Asylum Law Project exists to provide a meaningful public interest opportunity for law students. First-year students travel to Florida and Texas during winter or spring breaks to provide pro bono legal assistance to organizations that work with political refugees. The project fills a substantial need for legal assistance to underrepresented political refugees seking assistance with asylum applications. It also allows first-year law students to gain practical experience in several areas, including: interviewing clients, learning current asylum law, presenting oral arguments, working with interpreters, and assisting people who may have been victims of religious or political persecution. (read less)

Asylum Law Project exists to provide a meaningful public interest opportunity for law students. First-year students travel to Florida and Texas during winter or spring breaks to provide pro bono legal assistance to organizations that work with political refugees. The project fills a substantial need for legal assistance to underrepresented political refugees seking assistance with asylum applications. It also allows first-year law students to gain practical experience in several areas,... (read more)