Immigration Clinic

Our Mission

The UNLV Immigration Clinic offers law students real world experience providing pro bono deportation defense and is a community leader in protecting children and families in Nevada. It includes the Bernstein Children's Rights Program, which defends unaccompanied children fleeing violence.

Launching University Legal Services for Immigrants at UNLV

Expanding Immigration Legal Services on Campus -- Now at UNLV and CSN!

A Salute to Martha Menendez

06/19/2021 - By Michael Kagan Our Senior Bernstein Fellow Martha Menendez is leaving her current role the Immigration Clinic. She will be taking a new job as legal manager for Justice in Motion, an international migrant rights... read more

Salute to Paloma Guerrero, Nevada Pioneer in Immigrant Legal Defense

04/02/2021 - By Michael Kagan Today is the last day in our clinic for Paloma Guerrero, who has been our first Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) Fellow since 2019, and was a student attorney before that. In her role at the UNLV... read more

UNLV Immigration Clinic Files Public Comment Opposing Major Rule Restricting Asylum

07/16/2020 - Yesterday the UNLV Immigration Clinic filed a public comment condemning a Trump Administration proposal to restrict asylum for persecuted people as "contrary to the principles of asylum and refugee protection that the... read more

Free DACA Assistance

We can now assist people with FIRST TIME DACA APPLICATIONS if they are students or staff at the College of Southern Nevada or UNLV (or members of their families). Unfortunately, because our capacity is limited, our assistance with new DACA applications is currently limited to people in the CSN and UNLV communities.
For DACA RENWALS we can assist any Nevada resident. If you have already had DACA and it expired, or if your DACA permit will expire soon we can help you apply for renewal.

For more information, call the Immigration Clinic at (702) 895-2080 or make an appointment through our online system.

The UNLV Immigration Clinic assists with the preparation of DACA forms FREE of charge. Assistance will be provided by volunteers at the William S. Boyd School of Law, under the supervision of the clinic's attorneys. Unfortunately, although our assistance is free, there is no waiver for the government (USCIS) fee for the DACA application, so beneficiaries must pay the $495 application fee.

For information on whether you might be eligible to apply for DACA and for guidance on the documents you will need, this DACA checklist is a useful resource.