Summer 2017 Service Trip Application Available!

The Immigration Advocacy Project (IAP) is currently accepting applications for the Summer 2017 Dilley Volunteer Trip! The trip will take place the week of August 20th, just before the start of the Fall 2017 semester. This week was selected in hopes of accommodating as many interested applicants as possible. On the service trip, student volunteers provide Read More …

Faculty & IAP Featured in Fordham Lawyer

In the Spring 2017 issue of Fordham Lawyer, IAP’s esteemed faculty advisors—Professors Jennifer Gordon and Gemma Solimene, and Executive Director of the Feerick Center for Social Justice Dora Galacatos—were featured in a cover story for their tireless work in advocating for immigrants. Former IAP co-chairs Emerson Argueta (’18) and Alex Mintz also appear in an online audio feature that relates Read More …

Spring Break 2017 in Dilley, Texas

Ten Fordham Law Students Travel to a Texas Detention Center for Spring Break During Spring Break 2017, 10 Fordham University Law School students will travel to Dilley, Texas to spend a week volunteering at the South Texas Family Residential Center (STFRC). The STFRC is an immigration detention facility that exclusively holds recently arrived asylum-seeking mothers Read More …