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LAW CLINIC
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ship between the University of
Michigan Law School and the
Legal Services of South Central
Michigan - which offers free
legal services to individuals like
the undocumented women from
Mexico. Services include legal
consultation on issues such as
foreclosure, immigration rights,
family law, consumer law and
elder law.
The MIRC has been part of
the program for several years,
according to Carolyn Krieger, an
attorney in the clinic who worked
with the undocumented woman.
Krieger is an Equal Justice Works
AmeriCorps Legal fellow and one
of the two fellows in the MIRC.
Lorray Brown, co-manager
and consumer law attorney of
MPLP, said the poverty law clinic
- which began in 1997 - receives
federal funding to provide pro
bono legal services to underprivi-
leged populations. MPLP clients
must meet an income eligibil-
ity guideline and have an income
that falls below the national pov-
erty threshold.
"We're providing the same
kind of services that ageneral law
firm would, except the service is
for free, so poor people can come
to us and be able to get good rep-
resentation," Brown said.
The program also handles
cases involving systemic issues
that have a broader impact on
certain communities, Brown said.
"We wouldn't necessarily rep-
resent the individual person or
run into court to stop an eviction,
but if there's a policy or they're
shutting down an entire rental
unit of an entire subsidized apart-
ment building because of some
bad policy, we would get involved
in it because the decision would
result in very broad impacts,"
Brown said.
There are about similar pro-
grams similar to the MPLP
located throughout Michigan.
Brown said the Ann Arbor office
provides resources and support
for other field programs, which
include training, research and
litigation support.
Krieger said she operates a
project in the Ann Arbor office
that works specifically with
immigrants who are victims
of domestic violence or sexual
assault. Krieger said she helps her
clients to pursue U Visas, which
she said are for "undocumented
victims of crimes who are coop-
erative with the police."
Krieger said she also handles
cases involving issues with the
Violence Against Women Act for
instances in which women typi-
cally would petition to gain legal
status but are unable to do so
because of abuse.
"It gives the abuse victim a
path to basically petition for her-
self and getcherself a Green Card,"
Krieger said.
The MIRC also allows Law
School students to volunteer in
the center to gain knowledge and
experience with immigration law.
Katie Kersh, a first-year Law
School student, has been volun-
teering at the MIRC this semes-
ter. She said she decided to go to
law school because she wants to
pursue alegal career dealingwith
immigration issues.
To prepare for her future work
as a lawyer, Kersh works with
Krieger in the office and assists
clients in the process of filing
applications for U Visas.
"By helping (clients) with the
process, they can feel safe and
also they can not worry about
their abuser because they're
helping to put him in jail," Kersh
said. "And then also they can feel
a sense of security because they
have a visa now."
Using her proficiency in Span-
ish, Kersh said she is able to facil-
itate communication with clients
to get their account of a situation.
She, added that the process of
obtaining documents like police
reports can be difficult because
clients are sometimes afraid to
speak to the police since they're
undocumented.
"Sometimes it takes a lot for
them to get the courage to go
down to the police station," she
said.
Kersh, who is also a member of
an organization on campus called
Michigan Immigrant and Labor
Law Association, said her work
in this group and the MIRC has
helped broaden her understand-
ing of the human side of law.
"(The MIRC) has provided
not only that real life experience,
but it's also made me feel like I'm
really helping people instead of
just reading cases all day," she
said.
For the undocumented
woman, who said she wasn't
arrested because her two chil-
dren were born in the United
States, the MIRC has been help-
ful in answering her questions
and explaining the paperwork
necessary to become a legal resi-
dent or citizen, she said.
The client said though she
hasn't yet gone to court to obtain
documentation, she's met with
immigration officers in Detroit.
She added that she hopes her case
will be able heard in court this
month and that she is grateful to
have the clinic's services.
"(Krieger is) helping me for
free, and I started to see results
here and there, and I'm very con-
fident of her work," the client
said.
Krieger explained that the
MIRC is valuable for those on
both ends.
"Helping these women obtain
legal immigration status for the
first time in their lives is incred-
ibly rewarding," Krieger wrote
in an e-mail interview. "It's life
changing for them in a greater
way than really any other legal
outcome."
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