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Apr 23, 2025

IRAP’s Fifth Annual Pro Bono Appreciation Week Celebrates Impact of Volunteer Network

For IRAP’s fifth annual Pro Bono Appreciation week, we are honoring pro bono attorneys, law students, student fellows, and volunteers from our network for their vital contributions to amplifying the reach and impact of IRAP’s legal services, legal resources, and advocacy. Thank you to all of the honorees and our entire pro bono and volunteer network for all that you do to ensure that everyone has a safe place to live and a safe way to get there.

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Mar 20, 2025

Law School Chapters Across the United States Advocate for Protections and Humanitarian Commitments for Refugees

“We believe everyone should have a safe place to live and a safe way to

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Mar 10, 2025

Climate Displacement in the Americas: Journeys to Safety Amid Hardened Borders

Helen Morejón, Karina Estrada, and Emilia Tapia Jimenez are law students at Rutgers Law School

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Mar 1, 2024

Law School Chapters Across the United States Advocate to Improve Protections for Forcibly Displaced People

By the end of 2022, 108.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced. That number

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Mar 15, 2023

“We Were Robbed”: Advocates React to Afghan Humanitarian Parole FOIA Findings

The results of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and American Immigration Council (AIC) show that the United States effectively abandoned Afghan HP applicants, even while it profited from their application fees. 

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Mar 7, 2023

Law School Chapters Urge Congressional Offices to Support Displaced People During IRAP Advocacy Week

From February 22 to 24, 74 students from 22 IRAP law school chapters came together

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Jan 31, 2023

Law Students Convene to Discuss Refugee Advocacy During IRAP Student Summit

IRAP hosted 51 law students from 21 law schools across the United States and Canada for its annual Student Summit.

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Jul 13, 2022

Creating Method from Madness: How Law Students Tracked Pandemic-Related Court Disruptions

The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on cracks within a system fraught with foundational defects. Recognizing a need for data collection and observation in this moment, IRAP, consulting with members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), mobilized nearly 100 law students at fifteen of its law school chapters to track and keep record of EOIR’s actions.

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Feb 28, 2022

Law School Chapters Meet with Congressional Offices During IRAP Advocacy Week

From February 16 to 18, 71 students from 21 IRAP law school chapters came together

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May 27, 2021

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: George Najjar

Meet George Najjar former member of the IRAP chapter at Columbia Law School, and current Corporate Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

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Beneel Babaei, an alumnus of an IRAP Law School Chapter, smiles, looking slightly past the camera. He wears a blue suit and has brown hair, brown eyes, and short facial hair. He poses against unobstructed windows in an office setting.

Aug 25, 2020

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Beneel Babaei

This is the 16th installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students who have become strong advocates and leaders in their fields of practice.

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Mar 2, 2020

IRAP’s Advocacy Day Brings 60 Students to the Hill

On Friday the 21st of February, IRAP held its annual Advocacy Day where

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