Immigration and Asylum Clinic 2025/26
Warwick Law in the Community
LinC Student Opportunities 2025/26Applications are now open
Warwick Law in the Community (LinC) is pleased to collaborate with the Central England Law Centre (CELC) to offer students volunteering opportunities with the Immigration and Asylum Clinic (I&A) this 2025/26 academic year.
Students can learn more about this year’s opportunities by attending the LinC information session on Tuesday, October 7th from 11:00-12:00 in OC 0.01. If you are unable to attend, you can find all the information you'll need to apply on this webpage.
If you have any questions about the opportunities, please email WarwickLinC@warwick.ac.uk
As a volunteer for Warwick LinC, you are able to claim Core Skills Points towards the Warwick Award.
Eligibility
Volunteering with the Immigration and Asylum clinic is open to Warwick law students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, except first year undergraduates. PPL students are also eligible to apply.
Please note that students can only volunteer for each of LinC's clinics one time, but further opportunities to work with these clinics may be available as part of our associates programme for previous volunteers.
We are planning to recruit 16 student volunteers for the Immigration and Asylum Clinic. We are looking for students with the following skills and attributes:
- A commitment to social justice.
- Good organisational skills and timekeeping.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Good legal research skills.
- Good analytical skills.
- Good team working and collaboration.
- An interest in social welfare law as a career
What's Involved?
Students on the Immigration and Asylum Clinic are expected to commit 3-5 hours per week during term time, during both terms 1 and 2. Students will be expected to attend the Central England Law Centre in Coventry once a week on a Wednesday afternoon, usually from 2-5. There are also usually opportunities for a few students to support the team outside of these hours.
See below for more information about the work of the clinic.
How to apply
Students should submit their CV along with a cover letter (of no more than 300 words) in one document to WarwickLinC@warwick.ac.uk
Students should clearly state in their email which opportunity they are applying for.
If you are interested in more than one opportunity, separate applications should be submitted.
A preference for one can be expressed in your email when submitting the application. Please note that those applying for more than once opportunity can only be accepted to one
The deadline for applications is 12 noon (Midday), Thursday 9 October 2025.
Interviews
Applicants shortlisted will be notified and invitations for interview will be sent via email on: Monday 13 October
Please note: if invited for interview, we will ask whether you have any reasonable adjustments we can make to help you to attend the interview, or to help you perform at your best.
Group interviews will take place: Wednesday 15 October at the Central England Law Centre, Coventry.
Successful applicants will be required to attend an induction on: Friday 17 October, 10:00-1:00 at the Central England Law Centre, Coventry.
About the Immigration and Asylum Clinic
The University of Warwick and Central England Law Centre (CELC) have been working closely together for many years providing people in Coventry access to free immigration legal advice. The clinic is an invaluable resource in the city, where CELC is currently the only provider of immigration legal aid, despite a large population of migrants and asylum-seekers. The clinic significantly contributes to the services offered to our local community. Students will work with the Immigration and Asylum Team at the Central England Law Centre, at their Coventry office, providing an in-person, appointment-based advice clinic.
After receiving training, students will work in the clinic under the supervision of an experienced solictor to undertake a variety of tasks, including:
- Interviewing clients
- Writing advice letters
- Making Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) applications for legal aid
- Supporting human rights-based applications
- Undertaking diverse research tasks to support ongoing casework
- Supporting appeals to the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber
Students who participate in the clinic will develop key legal skills and experience, while also providing a much-needed service to the local community.
It is important that students are fully committed to the placement as it enables us to provide more legal advice to more people. Students should certainly have an interest in social welfare law and perhaps be thinking of an alternative legal career.