Evangeline Abriel joined the Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing faculty at Santa Clara University School of Law in 2003 and directed the program from 2007 to 2014. In addition to teaching LARAW and Advocacy, she directs the Immigration Appellate Practice Clinic and the law school’s summer legal studies program in Sydney, Australia. She speaks and writes regularly on immigration law, particularly on immigration relief for refugees and victims of abuse and crime.
Before joining the Santa Clara Law faculty, Professor Abriel spent a year in Perth, Western Australia, where she taught at Notre Dame University School of Law and served as a consultant to the Murdoch University Law School Clinic in 1999. Upon returning to the United States, she worked as a senior attorney with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) in San Francisco. From 1983 to 1999, she served as a clinical professor of law at Loyola University New Orleans, where she practiced law with her students in the areas of immigration, juvenile, domestic, and federal civil rights law. She also directed the Street Law program, the summer legal studies program in Mexico, and the Mobile Immigration Law Clinic.
Professor Abriel is fluent in Spanish and conversational in French.
J.D., Tulane Law School
B.A., Newcomb College of Tulane University
2019 Pro Bono Champion, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Best Writing Professor 2016 and 2007, awarded by the Santa Clara Student Bar Association
Social Justice Recognition Award, 2016 and 2007, Santa Clara Law Center for Social Justice and Public Service
Coordinator, Ninth Circuit Appellate Lawyer Representatives Mentoring Project, 2014 - present
Appellate Lawyer Representative, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2012 – 2015
Certificate of Appreciation, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for contribution to the Court’s Pro Bono Project, March 2009
Included in Best Lawyers in America, under the category of Immigration Law in Louisiana, 1999-2001
International Commission of Jurists, West Australian Branch, East Timor Documentation Project, Training and Evidence-Gathering Subcommittees, September 1999 - July 2000
Gillis Long Public Service Award, 1996, New Orleans, LA
Loyola Law School Clinic Distinguished Service Award, 1993
Access to Justice Committee, Louisiana State Bar, 1995 – 1999
Advisory Committee, Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education, 1996 - 1999
Co-convener, Immigration Law Subcommittee, Ninth Circuit Gender Bias Task Force (May 1991 - August 1992), Los Angeles, CA
Member, Advisory Council, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Washington Regional Office, March 1989-90
Member, Board of Directors, Ecumenical Immigration Services, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982-1990
Books
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T Visas: A Critical Immigration Option for Survivors of Human Trafficking (with co-authors). 1st ed. Immigration Legal Resource Center, 2019.
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VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants (with Sally Kinoshita). 7th ed. Immigration Legal Resource Center, 2017.
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VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants (with Kinoshita). 5th ed. Immigration Legal Resource Center, 2008. [Link to Library Catalog]
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The VAWA Manual (with Kinoshita). 2006 ed. Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and Immigrant Legal Resource Center, 2006.
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VAWA Manual: Immigration Remedies for Abused Noncitizens (with Kinoshita). 2005 ed. Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and Immigrant Legal Resource Center, 2005. [Link to Library Catalog]
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A Guide for Legal Advocates Providing Services to Victims of Human Trafficking (with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration and Refugee Services, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles). CLINIC, 2004. (Prepared under a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement. Updated 2006.)
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VAWA Manual: Immigration Remedies for Abused Noncitizens (with Kinoshita). Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and Immigrant Legal Resource Center, 2002.
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Immigration Law and the Impact of Crimes (with Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and Catholic Charities Hispanic Community Outreach of Des Moines). 2nd ed. Catholic Legal Immigration Network, 2002.
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Louisiana Street Law Supplement (with Housh). Loyola University School of Law, 1995.
Chapters
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“Review of Immigration Decisions Before the Ninth Circuit.” In Ninth Circuit Appellate Lawyer Representatives Practice Guide, 2017.
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“Changing the Rules of the Game: Does BIA Precedent Apply Retroactively to Your Client’s Criminal Conviction?” (with Kara Hartzler and Raha Jorjani). In 30th Annual AILA California Chapter CLE Conference Handbook, pp. 37–44, 2017.
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“The Diversification of Protection Law in the United States.” In Immigration Law: United States and International Perspectives on Asylum and Refugee Status, Washington College of Law, American University, 1994.
(Also published as: “The Diversification of Protection Law in the United States,” 9 American University Journal of International Law and Policy 1–24 (August 1994); joint issue with 16 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Journal ). [Link to Digital Commons]
Articles
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“Protecting the Victims: The T Non-Immigrant Visa.” Bender's Immigration Bulletin 7 (May 1, 2002): 499–512.
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“Ending the Welcome: Changes in the United States’ Treatment of Undocumented Aliens (1986–1996).” Rutgers Race & the Law Review 1 (1998): 1–40. [Link to Digital Commons]
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“The Effect of Criminal Conduct upon Refugee and Asylum Status.” Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas 3 (1996): 359–372. [Link to Digital Commons]
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“Rethinking Preemption for Purposes of Aliens and Public Benefits.” UCLA Law Review 42 (1995): 1597–1630. [Link to Digital Commons]
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“The Diversification of Protection Law in the United States.” American University Journal of International Law and Policy 9 (August 1994): 1–24.
(Joint issue with 16 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Journal.) [Also published as chapter above.] [Link to Digital Commons] -
“Presumed Ineligible: The Effect of Criminal Convictions on Applications for Asylum and Withholding of Deportation Under Section 515 of the Immigration Act of 1990.” Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 6 (1992): 27–86. [Link to Digital Commons]
Other Articles
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“Hot Topics in Asylum Law” (with co-authors). 32nd Annual AILA California Chapters Conference Handbook, 2019.
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“The New U Visa Interim Regulations: Part II.” Catholic Legal Immigration News 11 (Nov. 2007): ___.
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“The New U Visa Interim Regulations: Part I.” Catholic Legal Immigration News 11 (Oct. 2007): 6–8.
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“Law and Practice Feature: Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude.” Catholic Legal Immigration News 10 (Dec. 2006): 7.
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“VAWA Then and Now: A Legislative Update on the 2005 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.” Bender's Immigration Bulletin 11 (May 1, 2006): 431–435.
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“Current Issues in Reinstatement of Removal.” Bender's Immigration Bulletin 9 (Dec. 1, 2004): 1427–1430.