https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/R_MLC21. Analyse complex legal questions concerning international, European and national migration law (and the interaction between them) 2. Independently conduct high quality legal research 3. Write a well-structured and comprehensible legal argument 4. Present and discuss complex issues of migration law 5. Give constructive feed-back on the work of others 6. Cooperate with others in a project 7. Act professionally (students learn to communicate effectively with external clients, to work under time pressure and to deal with requirements of confidentiality) 8. Reflect on their work and the process of writing an expert opinion Course objectives (eindtermen): 1, 2, 7, 10, 14-15.The Migration Law Clinic is a typical Law in Action course. It offers selected students the opportunity to develop their personal and legal skills by writing professional legal advice for legal practice in real cases. The cases are mostly provided by lawyers and are pending before the Court of Justice of the EU or the European Court of Human Rights. Students conduct research in a group on complex questions of European migration law. Their work is intensively supervised by the members of the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law. A strict system of peer review (by fellow students and supervisors) will guarantee the high quality of the written advice. The expert opinions written by the Migration Law Clinic are sent to and taken into account by the European courts.From February until July Clinic meetings will take place every two weeks. Students are required to attend all these meetings and need to be available during the whole academic year. During the meetings students will receive an introductory lecture on the topic of their project, discuss the content and progress of their project, have a guest lecture by a person working in the field of migration law or train practical skills (such as presentation and writing skills). Students work on projects in groups. They meet regularly in order to discuss progress and give feed back on each other's work.Students will be graded (fail, pass or good) on the basis of the legal advice they have written, self-reflection reports, participation in the Clinic meetings and their work attitude.will be placed on Canvas.Students who take part in the VU master track International Migration and Refugee Law will be given priority. The course is also available for:Master students from other universities/faculties Exchange students Courses from a master at the faculty can only be taken as a secondary course if you have a diploma that gives access to the relevant master/ specialization and if you are enrolled in a master.Students(master students in Law and Criminology and exchange students) will be selected for the Migration Law Clinic in January 2023 on the basis of the following criteria:Interest in/affinity with migration law and/or European law or human rights, evidenced by the student's choice of courses or activitiesWhether the work for the Migration Law Clinic fits into the student's study programmeMotivationGood writing and research skillsStudy resultsEnglish language skillsAvailability during the Clinic meetings during the whole academic year Students of the master specialisation International Migration and Refugee Law will be given priority. Students who have participated in the Migration Law Clinic in the previous semester also will be given priority. See for more information: www.migrationlawclinic.orgSee for more information about the Clinic and the application procedure:www.migrationlawclinic.org