Report Published by Boyd School of Law's Immigration Clinic Receives Media Coverage

The William S. Boyd School of Law's Immigration Clinic on Tuesday published a report on the conditions of immigration detainees at the Henderson Detention Center. The report is titled "The Conditions of Immigration Detention in Nevada."

The report, its release, and the demonstration that followed at the Henderson Detention Center have been covered by several media outlets. Links to the coverage are below:

8 News NOW
GlobalPost
ImmigrationProf Blog
KNPR State of Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Sun follow-up
News 3
The Henderson Press

Fatma Marouf, Co-Director of the Immigration Clinic and Associate Professor of Law, has been quoted in much of the coverage.

"In some cases, people didn't understand what they were signing. They were pressured to sign or rushed through signing forms. So, that type of either verbal or physical coercion in signing, to me, was one of the worst offenses," she said in the 8 News Now article.

The Immigration Clinic is part of the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic at the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Now Available: Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic Update

On Oct. 11, the William S. Boyd School of Law released its Fall 2013 Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic Update.

The e-newsletter included updates on: the accomplishments of faculty and students working under the Immigration, Appellate, Juvenile Justice, and Family Justice clinics; the Kids' Court School; and new hires Eric Franklin and Lydia Nussbaum.

The Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic provides students the opportunity to represent clients under close faculty supervision. Students are expected to take the lead in all aspects of client representation, including primary responsibility for developing and maintaining the attorney-client relationship; formulating case strategy; and conducting fact investigation, legal research, and trial work.

Professor Marouf in the Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to announce that Professor Fatma Marouf had her Op-Ed, "No Human Being Is 'Illegal,'" published in today's Las Vegas Review-Journal.

According to Professor Marouf, "Last Saturday, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists hosted a panel discussion on the use of the term 'illegal immigrants.' As a participant on that panel, I write to stress that the term 'illegal immigrants' - used by the Review-Journal and endorsed by The Associated Press - is inaccurate, misleading and dehumanizing."

Professor Marouf currently serves as Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Immigration Clinic at Boyd School of Law. She joined the faculty in 2010, bringing expertise in Immigration Law, International Human Rights Law, and Refugee Law. Her scholarship has appeared in prominent journals such as Yale Law and Policy Review, American Journal of International Law, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, and Harvard Human Rights Journal. Professor Marouf is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.