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Immigration Law

Current Offerings

Immigration Law (7026): This survey course provides a foundation in the constitutional principles and statutory framework governing the regulation and rights of noncitizens and the immigration admission and removal process. The course also explores selected contemporary issues related to immigrants' rights and immigration reform. These may include topics such as asylum and refugee protection, due process safeguards, border enforcement, immigration detention, immigrant workers' rights, state citizenship status discrimination, judicial review by Article III courts, and current policy debates. The course draws on the instructor's decades of experience litigating constitutional and civil rights cases on behalf of noncitizens as founding director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project and his senior positions in the Biden and Obama administrations at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Guest speakers may be invited for some topics. No prior course or background in immigration law is expected. Elements used in grading: Class participation and attendance (15%), final exam (85%).

Sections

Immigration Law | LAW 7026 Section 01 Class #1106

  • 3 Units
  • Grading: Law Honors/Pass/Restrd Cr/Fail
    • 1L: Winter Elective (Open to First-Year JD Students)
  • Exam:
    • One-Day Take-Home Exam
  • Exam:
      • Details to come
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO1 - Substantive and Procedural Law
    • LO2 - Legal Analysis and Reasoning
  • Course Category:
    • Criminal Justice
    • Public Law

  • 2023-2024 Winter ( )
  • Tue, Thu
  • Room: LAW 190

Past Offerings

Immigration Law (7026): This survey course provides a foundation in the constitutional principles and statutory framework governing the regulation and rights of noncitizens and the immigration admission and removal process. The course also explores selected contemporary issues related to immigrants' rights and immigration reform. These may include topics such as asylum and refugee protection, due process safeguards, border enforcement, immigration detention, immigrant workers' rights, state citizenship status discrimination, judicial review by Article III courts, and current policy debates. The course draws on the instructor's decades of experience litigating constitutional and civil rights cases on behalf of noncitizens as founding director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project and his senior positions in the Biden and Obama administrations at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Guest speakers may be invited for some topics. No prior course or background in immigration law is expected. Elements used in grading: Class participation and attendance (15%), final exam (85%).

Sections

Immigration Law | LAW 7026 Section 01 Class #1124

  • 3 Units
  • Grading: Law Honors/Pass/Restrd Cr/Fail
  • 2022-2023 Winter
    Schedule No Longer Available
    • 1L: Winter Elective (Open to First-Year JD Students)
  • Exam:
    • One-Day Take-Home Exam
  • Exam:
      • Remote: Details to come
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO1 - Substantive and Procedural Law
    • LO2 - Legal Analysis and Reasoning
  • Course Category:
    • Criminal Justice
    • Public Law

  • 2022-2023 Winter
    Schedule No Longer Available

Immigration Law (7026): This survey course provides a foundation in the constitutional principles governing the regulation and rights of noncitizens, the immigration statutes and regulations that govern the admission and removal of noncitizens, and citizenship acquisition. As relevant, the course will explore contemporary issues related to immigrants' rights and immigration reform, including the areas of border enforcement and asylum rights, immigration detention, the intersection of criminal and immigration law, state and local regulation of immigrants, and constitutional limits on 'alienage' discrimination. Guest speakers may be invited for some topics. No prior course or background in immigration law is expected. Elements used in grading: Class participation and attendance (10%), final exam (90%).

Sections

Immigration Law | LAW 7026 Section 01 Class #1161

  • Pratheepan Gulasekaram
  • 3 Units
  • Grading: Law Honors/Pass/Restrd Cr/Fail
  • 2021-2022 Autumn
    Schedule No Longer Available
  • Exam:
    • One-Day Take-Home Exam
  • Exam:
      • Remote: Details to come
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO1 - Substantive and Procedural Law
    • LO2 - Legal Analysis and Reasoning
  • Course Category:
    • Criminal Justice
    • Public Law

  • 2021-2022 Autumn
    Schedule No Longer Available
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