In the Immigrants' Rights Clinic, students litigate cases on behalf of migrant clients, involving human rights abuses, child welfare, and release from detention. Students, working in pairs, assume the primary responsibility for multiple clients' complex cases, from start to finish. Students conduct client interviews, track down witnesses, speak with experts, develop documentary and testimonial evidence, write legal briefs, and ultimately conduct full hearings in court--in Boston's Immigration Court, as well as the Family and Probate Court. Students may also participate in "Know-Your-Rights" visits at local jails/detention centers. IRC professors prepare students for their cases through a weekly seminar class that integrates casework; weekly supervision meetings; and a mock hearing in the days before the real trial. Students will primarily work in clinic space at the BU Tower, and also have the opportunity to work at office space downtown at Greater Boston Legal Services. PRE-REQUISITE/CO-REQUISITE : If you have not already done so, you must take Evidence during the first semester to satisfy the student practice rule. NOTE: This clinic satisfies the upper-class professional skills requirement, and will be counted towards the International as well as Litigation and Dispute Resolution Concentrations.