In Re Supporting Noncitizens in Vermont: Vermont Poverty Law Fellow Update

• Jurisdiction: Vermont,United States
• Citation: Vol. 49 No. 2
• Publication year: 2023
• topic: Civil Rights,Immigration Law

Supporting Noncitizens in Vermont: Vermont Poverty Law Fellow Update No. Vol. 49 No. 2 Pg. 23 Vermont Bar Journal June, 2023

by Maya Tsukazaki, Esq.

Supporting Noncitizens in Vermont: Vermont Poverty Law Fellow Update

I remember the surprise on the faces of many of my mentors and peers in Washington, D.C. when I told them that I would be moving to Vermont to practice immigration law. Flatlanders, as well as many Vermonters, do not think of immigration legal services as a high need in the state of Vermont. However, very soon after beginning my role in the immigration clinic at Vermont Law and Graduate School as the eighth Vermont Poverty Law Fellow, I was struck by the significant dearth of immigration legal services in the state. As of this writing, Vermont is the only state in the country with only a law school clinic listed...