We are thrilled to roll-out the branding & digital communication tools for Michele Pistone, a visionary teacher, lawyer and scholar, working to transform legal education in support of expanding access to justice. Pistone is the founder of VIISTA (Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates), an entirely online educational program training non-lawyers to represent migrants in court.
Immigrants are 12 times more likely to receive relief when they are represented in court. However, despite the growing need for migrant representation, there are less than 2,000 accredited representatives nationwide. Of this number, only 300 are fully accredited and able to represent migrants in immigration court, where the need for support is greatest. VIISTA is designed to meet the demand for immigrant representatives by taking advantage of a long-standing facet of immigration law that allows non-lawyers approved by the Department of Justice to represent migrants in immigration court, thereby offering a necessary addition to a legal ecosystem that is overwhelmed and under-supported.
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