It is my hope that the Clinic will serve both the School of Law and the local community in several ways.  First, it will provide opportunities for students preparing for a career in immigration law or general practice by developing skills that are critical in legal practice through an experiential learning model.  The Clinic will also serve the local community by offering pro bono representation to people in need of legal assistance in immigration.  Further, it will continue to foster the sense of continued pro bono representation through our law students’ careers.

Professor Young has been practicing Immigration Law since her third year of law school when she joined The George Washington School of Law Immigration Clinic.  She first became interested in the dilemma of undocumented workers and immigrants during her undergraduate work in Sociology and Anthropology at Hendrix College.  After working for two years at a Court Reporting firm that focused on Workers' Compensation, Professor Young moved to Washington DC to attend GWU.  While there, she focused on International Human Rights and Immigration Law.  She attended the GW-Oxford Summer Program in International Human Rights Law and the was Executive Guide Editor of the George Washington International Law Review.  After a year of working in the Law School's Immigration Clinic, she received the Richard C. Lewis, Jr. Memorial Award for Clinical Excellence.  From law school, Professor Young worked at the San Francisco Immigration Court as an Attorney Advisor through the Department of Justice Honors Program for several years.  She then returned to GWU to become the Interim Director of the Immigration Clinic from 2007-2008.  For the past semester, Professor Young has been creating and setting up the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Arkansas.