Areas of Focus

Immigration Law

With esteemed scholars, impactful clinics and innovative courses on a range of pressing issues, UCLA Law resides in a diverse city as a hub of immigration law and policy.

UCLA Law's immigration faculty features eminent legal leaders who teach courses in the doctrine and theory of global migration and oversee dynamic experiential opportunities. Through the Center for Immigration Law and Policy and initiatives including the Immigrant Family Legal Clinic at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Los Angeles, students make a meaningful difference in the community while gaining an unparalleled view of the key issues that drive immigration law today.

Our robust educational programs include the Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic, which partners with Public Counsel's Immigrants' Rights Project to help immigrants in the heart of Los Angeles. Students also travel throughout California and the nation, volunteering on the front lines by offering timely assistance to immigrants, including helping detained families who seek asylum.

Summer and post-graduate work opportunities include a robust slate of fellowships and public-interest service positions that allow students and recent graduates to gain the experience they need to join our faculty and alumni at the leading edge of immigration law.

Centers of Excellence
Centers of Excellence

Center for Immigration Law and Policy

A hub for immigration scholarship and advocacy, engaging community organizations, practitioners, lawmakers and experts in the field.

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Centers of Excellence

Criminal Law and Policy Consortium

The Consortium brings together the faculty, students, programs, research initiatives, and student organizations at UCLA Law with an interest in criminal legal topics.

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Centers of Excellence

David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law & Policy

The David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy believes a more just world is possible and supports students and alumni in pursuit of that goal.

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Our Faculty

Khaled M. Abou El Fadl

Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law

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Ahilan Arulanantham

Professor from Practice
Faculty Co-Director, Center for Immigration Law & Policy

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Joseph Berra

Human Rights in the Americas Project Director

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Ingrid Eagly

Professor of Law
Faculty Co-Director, Criminal Law & Policy Consortium

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Hiroshi Motomura

Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law
Faculty Co-Director, Center for Immigration Law and Policy

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Nina Rabin

Clinical Professor of Law
Director of Clinical Education
Director, Immigrant Family Legal Clinic

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