National Immigration Legal Services Directory

St. Mary's University School of Law - Center for Legal and Social Justice

  • Location:
    2507 N.W. 36th St.
    San Antonio, TX 78228
  • Phone:
    (210) 431-5714
  • Toll-free:
    1-800-267-4848
  • Fax:
    (210) 431-5700
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

At St. Mary's Center for Legal and Social Justice, students engage in advocacy and represent clients before EOIR and USCIS under the supervision of clinical faculty.

Counties served: Bexar, Maverick, Travis, Webb
Detention Facilities Served: Karnes County Correctional Center (TX), South Texas Detention Facility (TX), South Texas Family Residential Center [Dilley] (TX)

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 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
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, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No