Camilah Hamideh is a rising 2L at Cornell Law School. In the spring of 2020, she was a member of Professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer’s 1L Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic. There, Ms. Hamideh represented immigration clients in applications for DACA, naturalization, and asylum. This summer, she worked as a student attorney for Cornell Law School’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic and as a research assistant for Professor Sandra Babcock and the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide. Ms. Hamideh graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, summa cum laude, in 2018.
The Impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on Immigrants and Immigration
Event Overview
Join Cornell Law School professors Stephen Yale-Loehr and Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, along with student attorney Camilah Hamideh, for a discussion on how the immigration system is functioning in the wake of the pandemic, including ways to advocate for those tangled in its red tape.
This event is co-sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge.
Attendees are eligible to receive 1 NY CLE (Attorneys Only) credit in the area of Professional Practice. This program is appropriate for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys.
What You'll Learn
- The executive actions on immigration issued by the current administration during the pandemic
- How COVID-19 is impacting immigration courts and detention centers
- Visa suspension issues and border closures for international workers, students, and leisure travelers
- How to engage in immigration advocacy
Speakers
Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer (Jakki) directs the 1L Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic and teaches “Lawyering” at Cornell Law. The clinic represents immigrant clients in applications for DACA, naturalization, and asylum, and also conducts public advocacy on various immigration topics. Before coming to Cornell in 2017, Professor Kelley-Widmer practiced in San Francisco at a small nonprofit, where she focused on representing immigrant youth and their families in their applications for immigration relief. She previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and clerked at the San Francisco Immigration Court. Professor Kelley-Widmer graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and Ithaca College.
Stephen Yale-Loehr is Professor of Immigration Practice at Cornell Law School and of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, New York. He also directs the Immigration Law and Policy Center at Cornell Law and is a faculty fellow for the Cornell Migrations initiative as well as a non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. Professor Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 35 years and is co-author of the leading immigration law treatise “Immigration Law and Procedure,” published by LexisNexis, as well as the co-author or editor of many other books. He is a national expert on immigration law and has often testified before Congress. Professor Yale-Loehr received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.
Camilah Hamideh is a rising 2L at Cornell Law School. In the spring of 2020, she was a member of Professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer’s 1L Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic. There, Ms. Hamideh represented immigration clients in applications for DACA, naturalization, and asylum. This summer, she worked as a student attorney for Cornell Law School’s Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic and as a research assistant for Professor Sandra Babcock and the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide. Ms. Hamideh graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, summa cum laude, in 2018.
Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer (Jakki) directs the 1L Immigration Law & Advocacy Clinic and teaches “Lawyering” at Cornell Law. The clinic represents immigrant clients in applications for DACA, naturalization, and asylum, and also conducts public advocacy on various immigration topics. Before coming to Cornell in 2017, Professor Kelley-Widmer practiced in San Francisco at a small nonprofit, where she focused on representing immigrant youth and their families in their applications for immigration relief. She previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and clerked at the San Francisco Immigration Court. Professor Kelley-Widmer graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and Ithaca College.
Stephen Yale-Loehr is Professor of Immigration Practice at Cornell Law School and of counsel at Miller Mayer in Ithaca, New York. He also directs the Immigration Law and Policy Center at Cornell Law and is a faculty fellow for the Cornell Migrations initiative as well as a non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. Professor Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 35 years and is co-author of the leading immigration law treatise “Immigration Law and Procedure,” published by LexisNexis, as well as the co-author or editor of many other books. He is a national expert on immigration law and has often testified before Congress. Professor Yale-Loehr received his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.
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