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Suffolk Law School - Immigration Law Clinic

  • Location:
    120 Tremont St
    Suite 150
    Boston, MA 02108
  • Phone:
    (617) 573-8644
  • Fax:
    (617) 742-2139
  • Contact methods:
    Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

The Immigration Law Clinic at Suffolk University Law School provides student representation to non-citizens who are facing deportation from the United States and seeking to redress misconduct by Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents.

Counties served: Middlesex, Suffolk
Detention Facilities Served: Bristol County House of Corrections (MA)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas
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: Community Development, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR)
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Depends on student attorneys in any given year.
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Serves detained clients primarily.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 1
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: 8

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? No
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Detention Watch Network, Immigration Advocates Network, National Immigration Project, Massachusetts Immigration Coalition