BIA
Celebrating National Pro Bono Week
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 11:36am — AnonymousBy: Ann Atalla*
National Pro Bono Week has arrived, and there is no better time to focus on lending a helping hand to immigrants who cannot afford legal representation. With all of the news coverage this October about the ailing economy, it goes without saying that our immigrant population suffers with the rest of the country. In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Justice calculated that up to 61% of immigrants in deportation proceedings could not afford legal representation before the nation’s immigration courts, and 23% were left to their own devices before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Thankfully, CLINIC has ample opportunities to assist this population and work on reducing these bleak statistics.
Hurricane Katrina: 5 Years Later
Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:22pm — AnonymousBy: Hiroko Kusuda, Helen Chen, and James Porter
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Southeast Louisiana ravaging parishes, towns, and cities across the Gulf Coast. When the levees broke that protected the city of New Orleans from the surrounding waterways, 80% of the city wound up under water. The city has begun to rebound with the population at 90% of its pre-Katrina numbers. This year, CLINIC had its annual convening in downtown New Orleans, and it was a major success.
