Educación legal clínica y servicios legales gratuitos a migrantes y refugiados en Colombia: Relato de una experiencia

Gracy Pelacani; Carolina Moreno Velásquez

doi:10.5354/0719-5885.2021.64774

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Clinical legal education and free legal services for migrants and refugees in Colombia: An experience tale

Authors

Gracy Pelacani Universidad de los Andes http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8801-8752
Carolina Moreno Velásquez Universidad de los Andes http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6242-5029

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2021.64774

Abstract

The essay reflects on the contributions of clinical legal education to achieve greater access to justice and rights for migrants and refugees in Colombia, based on a specific experience. With this objective in mind, after providing a brief context, the text investigates how the Consultorio Jurídico de la Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia), and, later, the Legal Clinic for Migrants at the same university, responded to the increasing needs for specialized and free legal services by this population. Thus, the article reflects on the specific challenges involved in advocating for migrants and refugees’ rights in the Colombian context. In particular, based on some cases accompanied by the students of the Clinic, this work deepens on the lessons learned and challenges encountered. The article concludes by stating that, in this context, Clinical Legal Education shows its pedagogical and social transformative potential, and, at the same time, it is an occasion to critically reflect on the limits of the law and on the ethical conflicts that underlie the legal profession.

Keywords:

Clinical Legal Education, experiential education, social change, migrants and refugees, Colombia

Author Biographies

Gracy Pelacani, Universidad de los Andes

Professora Assistente da Faculdade de Direito da Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colômbia), diretora do grupo de pesquisa sobre o Direito e a Migração na Colômbia, co-fundadora e professora da Clínica Jurídica para Migrantes, membro do Centro de Estudos em Migração (CEM) e do Grupo de pesquisa sobre Direito, Migração e Ação social (DMAS) na mesma universidade. Advogada pela Universitá degli Studi di Trento (Itália) e Doutora em Estudos Jurídicos Comparativos e Europeus pela mesma universidade.

Carolina Moreno Velásquez, Universidad de los Andes

Professora associada da Faculdade de Direito da Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colômbia). Co-fundadora da Clínica Jurídica para Migrantes, diretora do Centro de Estudos em Migração (CEM) e do Grupo de pesquisa sobre Direito, Migração e Ação social (DMAS) na mesma universidade. É advogada e doutora pela Universidad de los Andes como mestrado em Direito Publico da Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Espanha).

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Pelacani, G., & Moreno Velásquez, C. (2021). Clinical legal education and free legal services for migrants and refugees in Colombia: An experience tale. Revista Pedagogía Universitaria Y Didáctica Del Derecho, 8(2), 303–320. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2021.64774