Immigration Law Program
Immigration Justice Clinic
The Immigration Justice Clinic (IJC), one of Pace Law's flagship clinical programs, provides free representation to eligible immigrants who are facing deportation and/or seeking to regularize their legal status. Upper-level Pace Law students have the opportunity to receive academic credit for their work in the clinic, where they directly represent and advise clients under the close supervision and training of our Pace Law faculty immigration experts, including well-known immigration advocate Professor Vanessa Merton. The Immigration Justice Clinic has successfully prepared numerous students for careers in immigration law; we are also very proud that several of our clinic alums have received the prestigious Immigration Justice Corps post-graduate fellowship.
Immigration Law Faculty Experts
Immigration Justice Clinic News
Professors McDonnell and Merton publish article in Columbia Human Rights Law Review
November 22, 2019Professors Thomas McDonnell and Vanessa Merton’s article “Enter at Your Own Risk: Criminalizing Asylum Seekers,” was published by the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. The article extensively details the Trump Administration’...
Exiled Pace Immigration Justice Clinic Client Wins Governor's Pardon and a Chance to Return Home
April 4, 2019On New Year’s Eve, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo granted a full and unconditional pardon to Pace Immigration Justice Clinic (“IJC”) client Reginald Castel. Professor Vanessa Merton, Faculty Supervisor of the IJC, and the IJC...
Student Lesly Santos earns spot with the Immigrant Justice Corps
February 25, 2019Congratulations to Lesly Santos '19 , a Haub Law Immigration Justice Clinic Student Attorney, who has earned a spot with the Immigrant Justice Corps. Lesley is one of 27 graduates who were chosen from top law schools across the country to...