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<title>Aid for asylum seekers: Elizabeth Verney donates pro bono legal services for TX spring break</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Looking to gain a deeper perspective on public interest legal work, Elizabeth Verney participated in BU Lawâ€™s Pro Bono Immigration/Asylum service trip in Harlingen, Texas. The experience not only broadened Verneyâ€™s knowledge base, but it inspired her to dedicate more of her timeâ€”and possibly her career pathâ€”to public interest law.

The South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR), where Verney and five other BU Law students volunteered, provides legal services to detainees seeking asylum in the United States. â€œThe work that they do is really amazing," said Verney. "They start by doing â€˜Know Your Rightsâ€™ presentations for all incoming detainees. Many people need representation and canâ€™t afford it, or even just need their hands held. A lot of the preliminary work is simple enough that they can represent themselves, but at the same time, the law is very intimidating. 

"Even with the very basic knowledge that we have as 1Ls, we were able to just say, 'We can help you with this application, itâ€™s not as complicated as it seems.'â€

Verney says the trip was life and career changing: â€œItâ€™s given me a taste of the power of the law, inspired me to do positive things with my legal work,â€ she says. â€œIt was very emotionally tiring but totally rewarding. I think as I move through my education here, itâ€™s something that Iâ€™ll certainly consider as a future career path.â€

-Reported and produced by Nora Dunne
May 21, 2010

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