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Migrants' Rights: Law and Policy Clinic

The Migrants’ Rights Clinic is a final year optional module. The module combines providing advice to real clients and using evidence from these real cases to argue for a change in policy. In groups, students will produce written advice letters for clients with questions relating to migrants’ access to public services in the UK including access to work, housing, welfare, healthcare and education.

The clinic does not have capacity to provide immigration advice.

We may not be able to assist in every case but if we can, we will. It is important to note that the Clinic provides written advice only. We are unable to take cases beyond this stage unless we specifically confirm, in writing, that we can.

Students then undertake an analysis of the legal and administrative obstacles faced by migrants’ living in the UK. Through ‘legal action research’, utilising evidence from the cases they have worked on, students will prepare a briefing on a potential change to law or policy that could alleviate some of these issues. The module therefore encourages students to develop a complex and critical understanding of the impact of the rules on migrant access to public services and how these can be challenged.

For more information please contact: law-clinic@york.ac.uk

For more information on the types of cases we can help with please see The EU Rights and Brexit Hub Referral webpage.