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McGeorge School of Law - Immigration Clinic

  • Location:
    3200 5th Ave
    Sacramento, CA 95817
  • Phone:
    (916) 340-6080
  • Fax:
    (916) 739-7248
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The Immigration Law Clinic at the McGeorge School of Law provides legal services to underserved non-citizens below the poverty level.  Services include VAWA, U and T visas, SIJS, family based applications, and asylum.

Counties served: Sacramento
Detention Facilities Served: Yuba County Detention Center (CA)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Other areas of legal assistance: Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Elder Law, Homeless
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: No
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: We have students on campus that speak a range of other languages that can help when needed.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 3
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 7

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? No
Network affiliations: Immigration Advocates Network