Immigration Clinic Secures Major Victory
Clinicals were a favorite part of the time I spent at HLS. This story caught my eye as a great example of the type of impact you can have by getting really involved in a clinic. Here, an HLS student helped obtain asylum status for a parent and two children whose family members were singled out for torture and murder in El Salvador by a notoriously violent gang. Apparently, the case was really on the cutting edge of the law, as courts typically don’t grant asylum in this type of situation.
Read more here: http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/clinical-practice/30_clinic.html
