About this course

California Youth Leadership Corps (CYLC) – San Diego City College

San Diego City College welcomes and inspires every student to identify and pursue their community, personal, educational, and professional goals. San Diego City College prioritizes accessibility, equity, and social justice through student-centered support services and educational opportunities for global learning. San Diego City College offers general education, associate and bachelor’s degrees, transfer pathways, certificates, and career technical education for personal enrichment and economic mobility.

California Youth Leadership Corps (CYLC) has partnered with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC Inc.), San Diego City College, and Department of Justice-recognized community-based immigration legal services organizations to create a community change learn-and-earn career pathway in community-based immigration legal services. The Immigration Legal Services Pathway Fellowship will expand the number of well-trained advocates, practitioners, paralegals, legal assistants, and nonprofit leaders in underserved immigrant communities.

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In CLP-CYLC-CLINIC’s Immigration Legal Services Pathway Fellowship Program, fellows will take CLINIC’s Comprehensive Overview of Immigration Law (COIL) through an eight-week virtual e-course, learn the fundamentals of immigration law and gain the training background to become effective legal advocates for low-income immigrants, and gain on-hands experience in the practice of immigration law, students are placed at a Department of Justice-Recognized community-based immigration legal services organization. Fellows who participate will be awarded up to $10,000 in stipend and awarded a $5,000 scholarship.

Eligibility: Students must be enrolled at San Diego City College to apply. While all majors and courses of study will be considered, priority will be given to students pursuing Black Studies, Chicano Studies, Political Science, Labor Studies, Conflict Resolution, and related fields. Fellows will be selected and onboarded on an ongoing basis.

Application Dates: The application for the Spring 2025 Cohort of fellows opens on September 26, 2024, and closes on October 30, 2024. Applicants can expect to hear back for interviews by November 05, 2024.