The highlight of my time with the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic was undoubtedly appearing with my client in immigration court to present her (successful!) claim for relief from removal. But in addition to that experience – my first opportunity for oral advocacy on behalf of a client – I gained so many practical skills that I now use every day in my legal practice. These range from basic skills like how to maintain a file and how to interact with a client to skills that I continue to work on seven years later, such as how to write persuasively with a specific decision-maker in mind.
Kavita Narayan, '08, Deputy County Counsel, Impact Litigation and Social Justice Section, Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara