The course aims to train students in immigration and asylum law, combining theoretical and hands-on approaches, according to a methodology known as learning by doing in the long-standing tradition of U.S. clinical legal education. The purpose of the course is to provide students with adequate knowledge of Italian, European, and international laws on migration and asylum, focusing on the most relevant aspects for the daily lives of migrants and asylum seekers. The lessons are practice-oriented and start from the requests from the clients of the Clinic’s legal service (sportello legale). The second module provides an introduction to the critical debate on migration and borders in order to acquire theoretical tools for the critical reflection on migration and migration policies.
Finally, the internship at the Clinic's legal service is a necessary completion of the educational experience, and it is required for students to earn university credits (CFU). The internship facilitates direct contact with clients and allows students to follow up on the case from the identification of the relevant legal issue, under the supervision of the professor and expert lawyers. The internship enables students to acquire and develop hands-on legal knowledge and practical/professional skills, as well as to deal with the law as it is applied in everyday reality and see first-hand the gap between law in action and the law in books.
Finally, the internship at the Clinic's legal service is a necessary completion of the educational experience, and it is required for students to earn university credits (CFU). The internship facilitates direct contact with clients and allows students to follow up on the case from the identification of the relevant legal issue, under the supervision of the professor and expert lawyers. The internship enables students to acquire and develop hands-on legal knowledge and practical/professional skills, as well as to deal with the law as it is applied in everyday reality and see first-hand the gap between law in action and the law in books.
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The course:
The Legal Clinic on Migration and Asylum is a complementary course (7 CFU), structured in three modules, with mandatory class attendance.
The first module (3 CFU) includes 24 hours of lessons dedicated to immigration and international protection laws, both domestic and supranational.
The second module (3 CFU), formed by 24-hour seminar lessons, provides students with an introduction to critical studies on citizenship, migration, and borders.
The third module provides an 8-hour internship at the Clinic's Legal Helpdesk, in which students are engaged in activities of legal advice to migrants and asylum seekers under the supervision of lawyers specialized in immigration law.
The project:
Founded in 2010, the Roma Tre Legal Clinic on Migration and Asylum (Clinica del Diritto dell’Immigrazione e della Cittadinanza) is one of the first clinical courses established in Italy. It combines experimental learning, research, and public engagement.
First in Italy, in 2012 the Clinic set up a public “Legal Helpdesk" where law students are directly involved in providing information and legal assistance to migrants and asylum seekers under the supervision of immigration lawyers. Each year, the Clinic’s Front Office follows up on an average of 120 asylum claims and immigration cases. Thanks to the support of private foundations and European funding, the Clinic provides annual scholarships that allow selected students to collaborate with the Clinic’s Front Office as Junior Assistants and tutors of the new students.
Since its establishment, the Clinic has carried out several research projects and advocacy activities that have had an impact at the national and international levels. Between 2014 and 2016, the Clinic coordinated the ‘Lexilium project’, a national research on judicial decisions on migrant detention. The results of the research have been quoted by the 2014 International Commission of Jurists’ report ‘“Undocumented” Justice for Migrants in Italy’. The Clinic was also heard by the Group of Experts on Trafficking of the European Council (Greta) and by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. In 2022, the Clinic engaged with the UN Special rapporteur on the situation of the human rights defenders resulting in a joint statement by three UN Special rapporteurs calling on the Italian Government to stop criminalizing solidarity with migrant people.
The Clinic is a member of the Italian Network of Law Clinics and of the European Network for Clinical Education (ENCLE), and it collaborates with several law firms, NGOs, and associations at the national and international levels.
Programme
The course:
The Legal Clinic on Migration and Asylum is a complementary course (7 CFU), structured in three modules, with mandatory class attendance.
The first module (3 CFU) includes 24 hours of lessons dedicated to immigration and international protection laws, both domestic and supranational.
The second module (3 CFU), formed by 24-hour seminar lessons, provides students with an introduction to critical studies on citizenship, migration, and borders.
The third module provides an 8-hour internship at the Clinic's Legal Helpdesk, in which students are engaged in activities of legal advice to migrants and asylum seekers under the supervision of lawyers specialized in immigration law.
The project:
Founded in 2010, the Roma Tre Legal Clinic on Migration and Asylum (Clinica del Diritto dell’Immigrazione e della Cittadinanza) is one of the first clinical courses established in Italy. It combines experimental learning, research, and public engagement.
First in Italy, in 2012 the Clinic set up a public “Legal Helpdesk" where law students are directly involved in providing information and legal assistance to migrants and asylum seekers under the supervision of immigration lawyers. Each year, the Clinic’s Front Office follows up on an average of 120 asylum claims and immigration cases. Thanks to the support of private foundations and European funding, the Clinic provides annual scholarships that allow selected students to collaborate with the Clinic’s Front Office as Junior Assistants and tutors of the new students.
Since its establishment, the Clinic has carried out several research projects and advocacy activities that have had an impact at the national and international levels. Between 2014 and 2016, the Clinic coordinated the ‘Lexilium project’, a national research on judicial decisions on migrant detention. The results of the research have been quoted by the 2014 International Commission of Jurists’ report ‘“Undocumented” Justice for Migrants in Italy’. The Clinic was also heard by the Group of Experts on Trafficking of the European Council (Greta) and by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. In 2022, the Clinic engaged with the UN Special rapporteur on the situation of the human rights defenders resulting in a joint statement by three UN Special rapporteurs calling on the Italian Government to stop criminalizing solidarity with migrant people.
The Clinic is a member of the Italian Network of Law Clinics and of the European Network for Clinical Education (ENCLE), and it collaborates with several law firms, NGOs, and associations at the national and international levels.
Core Documentation
The study of textbooks is not foreseen. The lecturer will provide students with teaching materials and documents in support of clinical-legal activities.Attendance
Mandatory attendanceType of evaluation
Oral exam, practical tests, and ongoing evaluation.