Fundamentals of Immigration Law course now available
Loving Your Neighbor: A Collaborative Community Serving and Learning Together
Work with the No More a Stranger (NOMAS) Foundation to help individuals and families in need navigate complex U.S. legal systems while completing requirements for a certification that allows non-lawyers to represent individuals in the immigration process, in collaboration with approved nonprofits.
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Collaborating as a Community
Grow professionally while helping those in need at immigration legal clinics.
As a volunteer in the NOMAS legal clinic, you’ll do the following:
Develop Legal Practice Skills in U.S. Immigration Law
Learn the basics of U.S. citizenship, family-sponsored visas, and work authorization.
Collaborate with Experts
Work directly with clients under the mentorship of experienced U.S. attorneys and with professors under the mentorship of experienced U.S. attorneys and accredited representatives.
Gain Practical Experience
As part of this clinic, you’ll gain hands-on experience working on real cases.
Make a Difference in Your Community
Use your skills to help individuals navigate legal pathways to the United States, assisting families in their efforts to remain together.
Testimonials from volunteers and those we’ve helped
Keylla Ortega
Volunteer
“Volunteering has helped me peek into the immigration system, and in some way, what legal work in immigration might look like. It's also great that it counts as internship credit at my university.”
Mairely Pina
Client
"We are grateful for all [NOMAS's] help and dedication, for being very kind and attentive people, for their patience. There are so many wonderful things they do that we can only say thank you. Thank you a thousand times."
Adam Schellenberg
Volunteer
"Our team at the clinic is so supportive that when I have questions, I can always find an answer by consulting with them. This is so much more than a ‘resume-builder.’ I have been learning and internalizing many new skills, skills that will serve me everywhere I go."
Timeline of Collaborative Efforts
Over the years, we've built a collaborative community to strengthen our communities by providing reliable immigration legal services and equipping service-oriented individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to help individuals and families in need.
- BYU Continuing Education joins the collaborative community
To expand educational opportunities, BYU Continuing Education joins the collaboration to provide easy access to online immigration training courses. - BYU Community Legal Clinic collaborates with the BYU Office of Belonging
Law students and undergraduate students use the BYU Office of Belonging as a NOMAS clinic site to serve the Utah County community. - Expansion to multiple cities, scalable training model developed
NOMAS expands with a scalable volunteer training model, allowing accredited non-lawyers to assist. - MOU signed between BYU Law, JRCLS, and NOMAS
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is signed between BYU Law, JRCLS, and NOMAS to expand immigration legal services. - No More A Stranger Foundation (NOMAS) conceived
Professor Carl Hernandez III and Katie Rane conceive the No More A Stranger Foundation to extend legal aid services. - Student-led pro bono legal work expands
Law students expand their pro bono legal work, assisting with expungement, immigration, housing, and consumer law matters. - BYU Community Legal Clinic opens
Sponsored by the BYU Law School, the first legal practice clinic officially opens in Provo, Utah.
Scholarship Application
- To be considered for scholarship funding an application must be fully completed.
- Each scholarship application must include at least one but not more than two recommendations. To be considered, each recommendation must be fully completed, including the provision of the recommender’s contact information, and must be signed by the recommender.
- Applicants can apply for scholarship funding only once.
- The complete Fundamentals of Immigration Law curriculum is comprised of a sequence of two courses—Fundamentals of Immigration Law and Immigration Law. Scholarship funding applies to both courses; provided, however, the funding for Immigration Law is contingent on successful completion of Fundamentals of Immigration Law.
- Unless otherwise required by law, any financial information provided in this application process will be kept private and will only be shared among the members of the Scholarship Committee in order to assess financial need.
Have Questions? Contact Us.
Please contact BYU Continuing Education with questions regarding course purchases or accessing course materials.
Contact BYU Office of Belonging regarding volunteering with the BYU Community Legal Clinic or No More a Stranger Foundation (NOMAS).