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The BIA Pro Bono Project Is Successful
The BIA Pro Bono Project Is Successful
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The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) Pro Bono Project (the project) recently
completed its third year of operation. In May 2004, the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) asked for an independent evaluation of the project. The study focused on the original project goals. Based upon available EOIR data and an opinion survey completed by Board members and attorneys, and by non-governmental agencies, the project has been very successful in meeting its original goals. The report concludes with a
few suggestions to continuously review and evaluate the BIA Pro Bono Project.
The project is designed to match pro se respondents, who have pending appeals before the BIA, with pro bono counsel. The project seeks to remove traditional obstacles private attorneys face in identifying, locating and communicating with unrepresented aliens by providing EOIR case tracking and summary information to facilitate the initial contact.
Since its inception in January 2001, the BIA Pro Bono Project has increased the level and quality of pro bono representation before the Board; nearly 300 additional litigants, who filed appeals on their own, have benefitted from counsel. Moreover, the study found that the project:
• generates more and better briefs for review by the Board; although most self-represented aliens fail to file a brief, virtually all of the project cases included briefs on behalf of the alien, and;
• it helps articulate the key issues on appeal. Board members and attorneys, who responded to the study survey, believe that the pro bono project routinely provides quality briefs before the Board. As a result, better briefs facilitate the legal review by Board attorneys by making it easier to understand the appellate issue.
completed its third year of operation. In May 2004, the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) asked for an independent evaluation of the project. The study focused on the original project goals. Based upon available EOIR data and an opinion survey completed by Board members and attorneys, and by non-governmental agencies, the project has been very successful in meeting its original goals. The report concludes with a
few suggestions to continuously review and evaluate the BIA Pro Bono Project.
The project is designed to match pro se respondents, who have pending appeals before the BIA, with pro bono counsel. The project seeks to remove traditional obstacles private attorneys face in identifying, locating and communicating with unrepresented aliens by providing EOIR case tracking and summary information to facilitate the initial contact.
Since its inception in January 2001, the BIA Pro Bono Project has increased the level and quality of pro bono representation before the Board; nearly 300 additional litigants, who filed appeals on their own, have benefitted from counsel. Moreover, the study found that the project:
• generates more and better briefs for review by the Board; although most self-represented aliens fail to file a brief, virtually all of the project cases included briefs on behalf of the alien, and;
• it helps articulate the key issues on appeal. Board members and attorneys, who responded to the study survey, believe that the pro bono project routinely provides quality briefs before the Board. As a result, better briefs facilitate the legal review by Board attorneys by making it easier to understand the appellate issue.
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