During spring break, students from the Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic traveled to Harlingen, Texas, a town on the U.S./Mexico border where over 350 immigrant children are currently detained. For the last two years, the...
Clinical Professor Craig Futterman was interviewed for this Fox Chicago News story that appeared on Monday, April 30. You can watch the story below or head over to the...
It can sometimes be difficult for law students to get a sense of the kinds of sophisticated work their colleagues in the clinics are doing on a day-to-day basis. Below is the account from Irene Paik '12 on a contract negotiation she conducted along with Jeremy Press '12, on behalf of their...
Recently, Lily Becker ('12) from the Employment Discrimination Clinic argued her client's appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Here is Lily's account of that experience.
Clinical Professor Craig Futterman is featured in "Compelled Into Action: Citizens Alert’s Response to Police Torture and Brutality," part three of Peace Production’s documentary on Citizens Alert, a grassroots volunteer organization dedicated to police accountability. An excerpt of the video as...
The law throws up barriers in the paths of the most seemingly simple businesses. For example, the nonprofit organization Fresh Moves, which has converted an old CTA bus into a produce market that visits schools and neighborhoods in Chicago’s food deserts, cannot get a business license.
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights sent a delegation to Capitol Hill to push for immigration reform. What follows is the account of that trip from Young Center clinic students Cathy Yang '13 and Peter Chen '13.
