Clinic Panels for HLS Staff

​In an effort to highlight efforts of the clinics at HLS, HR is hosting Clinic Panels for staff. You're invited to come and hear from the Clinics first hand about what they do and the impact they are making at the Law School and beyond.

​In this session we will be joined by:

• ​Joshua McDaniel from the Religious Freedom Clinic

• ​Phil Torrey from the Crimmigration Clinic

​A short description about each of their clinics is below.

​Lunch will be provided.

​The Religious Freedom Clinic provides students a hands-on, supervised experience representing a diverse group of clients in legal matters raising First Amendment and religious liberty issues. As a pro bono program dedicated to building bridges in service to those in need, the clinic focuses on representing members of minority faiths, the vulnerable, and those who serve or support them in our pluralistic society. This includes helping the imprisoned, victims of workplace discrimination, and those facing obstacles in ministering to migrants, the poor, and their communities.

​Crimmigration Clinic provides students a chance to work on cutting-edge issues regarding the intersection of criminal law and immigration law. The content of the clinical projects will depend on the legal landscape and political climate at the time of clinical enrollment.  In the past, students have worked on administrative and federal litigation in both appellate courts and district courts concerning criminal bars to immigration relief, detention, and the crime-based grounds of removal. Students have also drafted reports concerning the funding of immigration detention in Massachusetts, and engaged in legislative advocacy on issues, including drafting sanctuary policies for municipalities around the country. Clinical students will also work with the Harvard Criminal Justice Institute to provide advice to their case teams about the immigration consequences of criminal charges.