The Undergraduate Certificate in Immigration Legal Services is a humanities-based interdisciplinary Certificate program providing students the training to be accredited by the Board of Immigration Appeals in the U.S. Department of Justice to prepare immigration documents and represent non-citizens. The program is designed for students who join the staff of an ongoing center and students who plan to start a center with immigration services and provides the following capabilities:

• ability to apply a theological understanding of how God has worked toward, with, and through people in diaspora in their biblical and historical contexts to contemporary immigration, refugee, and justice issues
• ability to start an immigration legal services clinic including strategic planning, market identification, financial support, creating a non-profit and board, managing key functions, staffing and supervising, promoting services, building relationships with immigrant communities, and applying for BIA accreditation
• competency in immigration procedure and law, including an overview of the immigration process, family visas, specialized visas, asylum, waivers, deportability, inadmissibility, naturalization, research, writing, citizenship, and ethics
• competency in legal terminology and concepts commonly used in legal proceedings and communication and the ability to restate legal vocabulary in lay terms
• competency in understanding the immigration, nationality, and naturalization laws of the United States and the ability to investigate policy issues relating to migration, refugees, asylum, deportation, and citizenship issues
• competency in legal services management including the systems, procedures, and ethics needed to lead an efficient and ethical legal services ministry based on best practices and trends.