We prepare lawyers to serve the needs of marginalized communities by connecting law students with immigrant families in the school setting, providing direct representation, holistic services, and advocacy for better policies that will help immigrant families flourish in school and society.

The clinic is located at the RFK Community Schools, a pathbreaking complex of six pilot public schools established as a tribute to the social justice legacy of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on the site (then the Ambassador Hotel) in 1968. The RFK campus includes the UCLA Community School, a K-12 school jointly run by UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) and the Los Angeles Unified School District, with a curriculum committed to equity and access for underserved students in the neighborhood.

In the clinic, law students under supervision of expert faculty provide direct representation to immigrant clients including unaccompanied minors, asylum-seeking families and low-wage workers. In addition, through outreach workshops and individual consultations, law students provide information and counseling about immigration and related legal matters to the students, teachers and Koreatown residents.

In the course associated with the clinic, law students develop core lawyering skills, including interviewing, counseling, legal research and writing, and oral advocacy; gain exposure to additional advocacy tools and methods related to community lawyering; and draw on theoretical and interdisciplinary frameworks to contextualize the clinic's casework.

The clinic partners with other local service providers and national advocacy organizations to amplify its impact and bring a broad array of resources to the Koreatown community. Through these partnerships, students in the clinic also engage in policy research and advocacy related to immigrants' rights.