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288.44 sec. 001 - U.S. Asylum Law in Practice (Spring 2025)
Instructor: Tilman David Jacobs (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
Th 10:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Location: Law 111
From January 16, 2025
To April 24, 2025
Course End: April 24, 2025
Class Number: 32966
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 7
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 20
As of: 11/23 11:55 PM
This applied learning course will introduce students to the legal frameworks for noncitizens in the U.S. seeking protection against refoulement (forced repatriation). Students will learn the elements of eligibility for asylum in the U.S. and experience the asylum process from beginning to resolution, through simulations, role plays, and analysis of real-world scenarios.
Using adaptations of actual asylum cases, students will practice essential advocacy skills, including interviewing clients, eliciting testimony, developing legal theories, composing and delivering oral arguments, recognizing ethical pitfalls, and navigating evidentiary norms, in the unique context of the U.S. immigration system. The course will also highlight various related topics, including alternative forms of protection, unaccompanied minors, gender- and LGBTQ-based claims, and immigrant detention.
By the semester's end, students will understand the legal landscape facing asylum seekers in the U.S., recognize the eccentricities of asylum adjudications in our legal system, and feel more confident about their ability to manage uncertainty in these complex and peculiar processes. Class participation will be an integral part of this simulation course, in conjunction with a final legal brief based on the record of one of the cases we study over the course of the semester.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
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Exam Notes: (P) Final paper
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: International and Comparative Law
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Race and Law
Social Justice and Public Interest
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