Asylum Law Project

at the University of

Minnesota Law School

What is the asylum law project (ALP)?

ALP is an organization maintained by second-year law students in order to serve first-year law students and L.L.M. students at the University of Minnesota Law School. First-year students submit applications that include their volunteer interest, experience, and language skills. The 2L Board then matches those criteria with the needs of participating organizations. Participants volunteer on week-long service trips over the Winter or Spring Breaks, or ongoing experiences over the course of the Spring semester.

Our Mission

The Asylum Law Project creates meaningful public interest opportunities for law students to provide pro bono legal assistance to organizations that work in the field of Asylum and/or Immigration Law. ALP strives to address the substantial need for legal assistance to immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers who seldom have access to legal representation, and increase awareness of these challenges within the University of Minnesota Law School. ALP endeavors to strengthen and support law students in their journeys to become effective legal advocates.

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“The case I worked on will always stay with me. I will remember it as the first time that my legal skills were making a real difference.”