Relieving the Tension
Lay Immigration Lawyering and the Management of Legal Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4085115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jamie Longazel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 902-927 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Society Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lasr.12361 |
| OpenAlex | W2898740681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 27 |
The Recognition and Accreditation Program (R&A Program) authorizes certain non-lawyers, or "Accredited Representatives" (ARs), to practice immigration law out of non-profit or faith-based organizations. Drawing on interviews with practicing ARs, I describe how, at the center of this group's approach to legal practice, is a firm commitment to their clients. ARs report being particularly attuned - thanks to their social position and life experiences - to the hardships many of their clients confront at the hands of a punitive U.S. immigration system. I find this translates, on one hand, into an anti-formalist legal practice: ARs describe performing emotional labor in order to take the edge off of formalism's rigidity for their clients. Yet at other times, cognizant of the high costs associated with a legal error, ARs describe being much more formalistic, prioritizing legal tedium. The picture becomes more complex when considered in the context of devolution and immigration governance, where it seems the emotional and bureaucratic work ARs do to protect their clients may also be providing ancillary benefits to the state. I conclude by reflecting on the implications this research has for scholarship on the legal profession, for research on "access to justice," and for understandings of immigration governance
Accreditation · Bureaucracy · Corporate governance · Economics · Immigration · Immigration law · Legal profession · Management · Political science · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Policing Practices and Perceptions
Wayward Puritans
Manufacturing Consent
Policing Immigrants
Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma
The fine line
Identifying the Jewish Lawyer
The Managed Heart
Beware of notarios
Border Control and the Limits of the Sovereign State
The Negotiated Expansions of Immigration Control
Temporary Protection, Enduring Contradiction
Guardians at the Gate
Knowledge on Tap
From Problems of Living to Problems of Law
The Limits of the Sovereign State
Negotiating Citizenship on the Frontlines
Violence and the Word
Legal Attitudes of Immigrant Detainees
The Practice of Law as Confidence Game Organizational Cooptation of a Profession
Asylums
Lawyers' Ethics
Legal Violence
Undocumented fears
| Citations per year | 1.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |