Sentences with phrase «noncitizen clients»

Criminal / Immigration Defense Clinic - Students represent noncitizen clients in both criminal and immigration court, including applicants for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

First, Padilla attorneys work in close collaboration with BDS criminal defenders to avoid or minimize the negative immigration consequences of their noncitizen clients» criminal cases, and to ensure clients are fully advised of those consequences pursuant to our obligations under the Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky.

Internships are also available with the BDS Immigration Practice in three focus areas: Padilla, where attorneys work closely with BDS criminal defenders to avoid or minimize negative immigration consequences of their noncitizen clients» criminal cases pursuant to our obligations under the Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky; the Youth and Communities Project providing BDS clients and Brooklyn residents with affirmative immigration benefits and removal defense; and the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP), a first - in - the - nation program that provides legal representation for indigent New Yorkers in detained removal proceedings.

Often, the most serious concern for a noncitizen client is the impact a criminal disposition will have on his immigration status.

Additionally, the Immigration Impact Unit provides attorneys within all divisions with training, litigation support and advice in individual cases regarding immigration consequences for noncitizens clients.

But «[w] hen the law is not succinct and straightforward..., a criminal defense attorney need do no more than advise a noncitizen client that pending criminal charges may carry a risk of adverse immigration consequences.»