By training students in immigration law, research ethics, and observational methods, we are building a national network of researchers who collectively generate rich data on courtroom dynamics. Through ethnographic court-watching, students witness the everyday workings of a system that is often opaque, politically charged, and deeply consequential.


Training Curriculum


  Module 1: Welcome to Justice in View
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  Module 2: Understanding Immigration Court
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  Module 3: Preparing to Observe
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  Module 4: Safety and Ethics of Care
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  Module 5: Courtwatching Survey & Data Collection
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  Module 6: Notetaking and Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes
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  Module 7: Ethnographic Courtwatching
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  Immigration Research Hub Student Agreement
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  Survey Instrument
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  Student Resources
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  Instructor Resources
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Immigration Research Hub Initiatives

Pressing Issues in Latin America

Pressing Issues in Latin America is an initiative that seeks to make timely academic research within and about Latin America accessible to broad, interdisciplinary, and multilingual publics.



Justice in View

Justice in View brings students into the heart of immigration courtrooms across the United States to observe and document how justice is enacted—or denied—in real time.

Youth Circulations

Youth Circulations is a nexus for research, art and activism around youth mobility and the politics of representation.