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Center for Justice Reform Clinic – Vermont Law and Graduate School

  • Location:
    126 College Street
    Burlington, VT 05402
  • Phone:
    (802) 831-1552
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    No

The Center for Justice Reform Clinic seeks to repair harms caused by the punitive criminal and immigration legal systems through legal interventions and systems advocacy. The Clinic handles a range of humanitarian immigration matters, prioritizing cases in removal proceedings. The Clinic also provides criminal legal support for Vermonters through pre-sentencing mitigation reports and petitions for post-conviction relief.

State served: Vermont

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Habeas Corpus, 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
Other areas of legal assistance: Prisoners
Non-legal services: Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national)
Populations served: 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: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Some services are only available as incident to other services.