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ABA Releases "Immigration Detainee Pro Bono Opportunities Guide"

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

  • By: Mike Monahan
  • Organization: ABA Commission on Immigration
The ABA Commission on Immigration has recently published its "Immigration Detainee Pro Bono Opportunities Guide". The guide is available online in .PDF format here.

The Commission directs Association efforts to ensure fair and unbiased treatment, and full due process rights, for immigrants and refugees within the United States. Acting in coordination with other Association entities, as well as governmental and non-governmental bodies, the Commission:

  1. Advocates for appropriate statutory and regulatory modifications in law and governmental practice consistent with Association policy;
  2. Provides continuing education and timely information about trends, court decisions and pertinent developments for members of the legal community, judges, affected individuals and the public; and,
  3. Develops and assists the on-going operation of pro bono programs that encourage volunteer lawyers to provide high quality, effective legal representation for individuals in immigration courts, with special emphasis on the needs of the most vulnerable immigrant and refugee populations.
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