CILA Update re: Covid-19
We wanted to reach out during this time of uncertainty to let you know that CILA is committed to continuing our work building capacity for those working to advance the …
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Announcing: Paid 2020 Summer Legal Internship with CILA
→ Law students: are you ready to get out from under your law books and …
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New CILA Resource: Asylum Law Under Attack – What is the Impact on UC
Keeping up with the changes to asylum law can be challenging when they are happening so frequently. Check out CILA’s new resource regarding how the changes are impacting unaccompanied children …
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CILA Profiled by Houstonia Magazine
The December issue of Houstonia Magazine hit newsstands over the weekend, and included in it was an article about CILA. Houstonia profiled our work as a legal resource center and …
CILA Published in the Juvenile Justice Update
CILA Senior Staff Attorneys Yasmin Yavar and Vickie Giambra had their article, “The Impact of Unaccompanied Children on a Juvenile Justice Practice,” published in the Fall 2019 edition of Juvenile …
Check out CILA’s resources and become a Texas UC Champion
At CILA, our mission is to empower Texas UC Champions–advocates guiding children through complex legal territory- to do so with courage, competency, compassion, and creativity. We fulfill our mission through …
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Celebrating CILA’s 3rd Birthday: Join the hundreds of Texas UC Champions advocating for unaccompanied children
Three years ago, the Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA), a project of the American Bar Association (ABA), opened its doors in response to the thousands of children from Central America …