Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinic
HIRCP litigates issues at the forefront of immigration and asylum law and at the intersection of criminal law and immigration, while also engaging students in policy advocacy, community outreach, and direct representation.
HIRCP is comprised of four different initiatives: (1) the Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Clinic, (2) the Crimmigration Clinic, (3) the HLS Immigration Project, a student-practice organization, and (4) the Harvard Representation Initiative, a project funded by the University to provide representation to undocumented and DACAmented members of the Harvard community. HIRCP supervises, trains, and mentors over 150 law students each year.
The Clinical Instructor’s docket will include cases and clients for both clinics housed within the program: the Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Clinic and the Crimmigration Clinic. The Clinical Instructor will engage in district court and appellate litigation as well as direct representation of individuals seeking immigration relief, defense against deportation, and release from immigration detention.
The precise shape of the Clinical Instructor’s docket will be based on community priorities, student lawyering opportunities, and close consultation with community stakeholders and others. The Clinical Instructor will work closely with HIRCP’s faculty and with other members of HIRCP’s legal and social service team.
As a Clinical Instructor you will:
- supervise HLS clinical students on strategic litigation, policy advocacy, and deportation defense to advance immigrants’ rights.
- expand the program’s strategic litigation and advocacy docket, including pursuing litigation and advocacy strategies to combat harmful immigration enforcement and detention policies and discriminatory practices, among other initiatives.
- form relationships and pursue collaborative projects with community organizations, service providers, and advocacy groups, among others.
- handle the operational and administrative tasks involved in expanding the docket, including outreach to law students and potential partners and matching students to clinical projects.
- teach students a broad range of lawyering skills including research and writing, legal and policy analysis, problem-solving, and oral advocacy.
- provide support for other HIRCP-related projects and initiatives, as needed.
Basic Qualifications
JD and 3 or more years of related legal practice. Admission to a state bar (with eligibility to obtain MA Bar).
Additional Qualifications
We are looking for people who have:
- experience advancing immigrants' rights and a strong understanding of its intersectionality with other areas of law, including criminal law, constitutional law, and administrative law.
- experience advocating on behalf of immigrants and asylum seekers in a variety of settings, including in federal district court and before the federal courts of appeals, as well as before administrative agencies and in immigration court.
- experience working with a diverse client population and using a client-centered, trauma-informed approach.
- superior research and writing skills, and a strong commitment to public interest lawyering.
- outstanding interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
- flexibility, a sense of humor, and ability to and interest in working on an interdisciplinary team.
- an interest in and demonstrated aptitude for supervising and advising students, as well as a demonstrated interest in teaching and proven capacity to work as a team member.
- Second language capability and clinical teaching experience are an asset.
Additional Information
This is a term appointment, starting as soon as possible and currently expected to extend to December 31, 2024.
Please apply directly at:
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