Inmigracion En Espanol (LAW-795ES-001)
Jayesh Rathod
Meets: 05:30 PM - 06:20 PM (Th) - Warren - Room N102
Enrolled: 16 / Limit: 40
Notices
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: Must have completed or currently enrolled in Law-655, Immigration Law.
Description
This one-credit course is designed to prepare students to be effective bilingual (Spanish-English) practitioners of U.S. immigration law. Students who enroll must have conversational Spanish language ability, as the course is taught primarily in Spanish. The immigration law survey course (LAW 655-001) is a co-requisite or prerequisite. In other words, you may enroll if you have already taken immigration law or if you plan to take it concurrently in fall 2019. The content of the course will include the following: (1) discussion of, and practice in articulating substantive immigration law, and relevant legal procedures, to Spanish-speaking clients; (2) discussion of, and practice in counseling Spanish-speaking clients with immigration-related legal concerns; (3) ongoing discussion, in Spanish, of issues and questions raised by the assigned course readings; and (4) review of Spanish language vocabulary needed to communicate with clients about immigration law. More broadly, during the course we will consider challenges inherent in bilingual lawyering, along with different approaches to bilingual lawyering scenarios. In short, this is not simply a “Spanish for immigration lawyers” course, but rather a more rigorous effort to prepare you for the practice of immigration law in both English and Spanish.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
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Syllabus
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