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C L I N I C A L   P R O G R A M S General Information   |    News & Announcements   |   Clinical Education Guide Application Materials   |   Clinical Internship Placements   |   Manuals   |   Academic Home Safe Harbor Project October 2007 – Students in the Safe Harbor Project recently secured asylum for a homosexual Sri Lankan client. Sri Lankans often seek asylum because of persecution due to their political activities, but this client was one of the first to obtain asylum because of discrimination based on his sexual orientation. In Sri Lanka, homosexuality is taboo, and anyone suspected of same-sex activity may be subjected to arrest, beatings, extortion, loss of employment, and damage to reputation. Whitney Hilton ’09, Elise Catera ’08, Jeanne Kwak ’08 and M. Masaya Seltzer ’08 worked on the case under the supervision of Professor Stacy Caplow, who directs the Law School’s Clinical Education Program, and Professor Dan Russell Smulian. The client was referred to the project by Nikki Dryden ’05, an attorney with Immigration Equality, a national organization fighting for equal immigration rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive community. Back to top

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