Organization
The IUC Clinical program is an initiative of the Institute for the study of Political Economy and Law operating under the remit of the International University College of Turin (IUC). The Directors of the Institute are Gunther Teubner and Joseph Halevi. The Clinical program coordinator is Ulrich Stege.
Purpose
Drawing upon scholars and students from around the globe, the IUC's Human Rights & Migration clinical program attempts to bridge the gap between classroom education and the reality of professional practice, emphasizing the sensitization of students as future professionals to the problems of social justice and to foster a sense of social responsibility.
Already well established in other countries, clinical legal education is an effective tool in providing students with an opportunity to learn about the law in action. In this spirit, the clinical program has two primary objectives: first, to encourage students throughout their clinical experience to envision how legal institutions and practices can be reformed and reorganized to provide the best service and secondly, to provide the much-needed pro bono legal assistance to under-represented individuals and organizations within Turin, complementing the already existing support provided by local organizations working locally for the benefit of migrants.
2011-2012 Clinical Program
This coming 2011-2012 academic year, the IUC Clinical program consists of three parts: Coursework, Placement (in Local Organizations & Law Firms handling cases in the field of human rights & migration) & Research
Coursework
- National, International and European Migration law
- Human Rights
- Social Science Methodology in the Field of Migration
Student Placement
- Legal aid offices for migrants of Non-Profit Organizations/ Unions (Students will assist the office staff providing legal service to migrants and will prepare and connect individual legal cases to Immigration law firms or individual attorneys).
- Research Institutes (Second year students who have completed the first year clinical program will be able to assist the organizations in their research activities in the field of migration. They offer experience in the field and the knowledge gained from their first year course work).
Research
- First year students will gather data about cases they encounter in their clinical placement and work on the establishment of a database of typical migrations law problems
- Second year students awarded an IUC-Research fellowship will issue papers analyzing the data collected in light of the EU and International Law dimensions
For more details, see the following sections:
Value of the IUC Clinical Program
Pilot Clinical Program (academic year 2010-2011)
Interested IUC Clinical Program Partners
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