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Legal Services
The Advocates for Human Rights provides a variety of free legal services for people who cannot afford to hire an attorney.
 
Services for Asylum Seekers: The Advocates recruits and trains volunteer attorneys, paralegals, and law students to provide free legal representation to individuals who have fled religious, ethnic, political, gender-based and other forms of persecution in their countries of origin.
 
Consultations for Detained Immigrants: Through the Minnesota Detention Project, The Advocates provides consultations and representation to immigration detainees at their initial appearances in Immigration Court. 
 
Walk-in Legal Clinics: The Advocates provides brief legal advice clinics to low income individuals.
 
 
 
For Volunteers:
Volunteer involvement is at the core of The Advocates' mission. The Advocates seeks volunteer attorneys, interpreters, and medical professionals to provide a variety of legal and medical services.
 
Becoming a Volunteer: The Advocates has an ongoing need for volunteer attorneys and interpreters.
 
Minnesota Asylum Network: The Advocates recruits and trains volunteer medical and mental health professionals to provide expert assessments and testimony in support of asylum seekers.
 
Asylum Manual: An overview of asylum law and procedure.
 
Pro Bono Net: Provides additional practice guides, sample documents, and other resources for representing asylum seekers.
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"It has taken me time but I want to thank you very much for the time you took to be with me all this time since I met you and during the interview. Thank you for the moral support I got from you, even just by sitting next to me. I shall forever be thankful for what you are doing for me without paying you even a cent. This is the greatest kindness I have enjoyed in this Country. Thank you."

-One of The Advocates' clients from Kenya