Immigration Law - Course Syllabus

and Assignments

Spring 2007

Prof. Richard A. Boswell, Rm 376, 200 McAllister Street  - Tel: 565-4633, email address: boswellr@uchastings.edu or boswellr@pacbell.net 

Class: Mondays 11:40 - 1:30 and Thursdays 12:40 - 1:30 Classroom A

Office Hours: Due to the fact that my office is located in the federal building at UN Plaza the best way for us to talk will be to set up an appointment to come over or to talk at another location.

Course Materials:  Immigration and Nationality Law: Cases and Materials (3d ed. 2000) and the 2007 to the casebook are available at the bookstore.  Recommended buy not required for the class is Essentials of Immigration Law (2006) which is also available in the bookstore.   I will provide you with the statutory materials or you can easily find them on the internet.  Throughout the semester, there will be additional handouts.  Therefore, you should regularly check the course web pages for updates.   I will try my best to post the handouts and updates in  Wordperfect or Adobe Acrobat formats.  Therefore it will be very helpful for you to go to the following site to download a free copy of Adobe http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html. 

Outline of the Course

Introduction (Chapter 1) 

The Rights of Immigrants in the Social Context (Chapter 2)

Admissibility and Removal (Chapter 3) 

Removal After Admission (Chapter 4)

Protection from Persecution (Chapter 5)  

Persons Coming Temporarily -- Nonimmigrants (Chapter 6)

Immigrants -- Family-based (Chapter 7)

Immigrants -- Employment-based (Chapter 8)

Permanent Residence for Persons Already in the U.S. (Chapter 9)

Relief from Removal and Amelioration of Removal Grounds (Chapter 10)

Citizenship (Chapter 11)

Judicial and Administrative Review (Chapter 12)

Additional Breakdown of Syllabus*

In some instances I have marked certain cases or articles that you should read with special care.

Where the designation"additional readings" is used I have included them, for while they are not required I thought that you might find them helpful in gaining a better of understanding of the subject which we will be covering

Make sure that you read the materials from the Casebook Supplement as this has additional material.

8/23 - Continue with introductory materials.  As a follow-up to our discussion on immigration reform, consult the "Handout" page for an article which appeared in the Washington Lawyer magazine in February, 2007.

8/27 - No Class on August 27

Module 1 – The Rights of Citizens v. Nonimmigrants – Aug. 30, Sept. 7

8/30 Read pp. 45-49, 60-74

Suggested additional readings: 19-22 (Essentials)

No Class on September 3 (Labor Day)

9/7 Read pp. 74-99
Suggested additional readings: To be distributed


Module 2 -- Inadmissibility, Deportability and the Removal Process – September 10, 13, 17 and 21

9/10  -- The power to control admissions and the procedure used to admit persons [Chapter 3]

In this class we will work through a problem exercise. The exercise will be posted on TWEN on Friday (September 7). In working through the problem you will find it helpful to consult some of the materials on the pages noted below. 

Resources:

Casebook: 101 - 26; 148 - 159; see charts on pp. 177 and 178
Essentials (pp. 23-36) 

9/13 - Comparative Admission Process [Chapter 3]

Post to the class using TWEN a summary of how your adopted country treats applicants for admission, with special attention if available on the rights and procedures available to persons in the admission process, i.e. right to counsel, hearing, whether it is an administrative or judicial process.

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