Florida State University College of Law, Public Interest Law Center, Immigration and Farmworker Project

  • Location:
    425 W. Jefferson St.
    Tallahassee, FL 32301
  • Phone:
    850-644-9928
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

The Immigration and Farmworker (I/F) Project teaches law school students best practices in client-centered and trauma-informed lawyering for immigrants, farmworkers, their families and their communities. Students represent survivors of violence, people fleeing persecution, abused children and other vulnerable groups in applying for immigration relief before administrative courts and agencies. Through work on individual cases, students gain knowledge and experience in the fundamental skills of lawyering and the substantive laws related to immigration.

Counties served: Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla
Detention Facilities Served: Wakulla County Facility (FL)

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Habeas Corpus, Humanitarian Parole, Naturalization/Citizenship, P1 or P2 for Afghans, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Other areas of legal assistance: Family & Juvenile
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: French, Haitian Creole, Spanish, May provide accessing to services in other languages depending on semester
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Ashley Hamill
850-644-2272