Complementary Course: Crimmigration Issues (complementary module of the Criminal Law Clinic)

The course "Issues in Crimmigration", an integrative module of the legal Clinic In Criminal Justice course, aims to provide students with the essential tools to frame the problems of so-called crimmigration law, i.e. the discipline that intertwines immigration law with criminal law institutions and categories. Students are provided with an overview of the subject in order to understand: 1) the theme of criminalisation of foreigners through norms that enalize violations of conduct governed by immigration law; 2) the problem of entry and permanence in the territory for those who have been convicted in criminal proceedings; 3) the apparatus of instruments that are formally administrative in nature but substantially criminal (expulsions and administrative detention). The course, which has an eminently practical focus, in addition to providing a concise overview of the main regulatory sources on the subject and the most interesting case law, aims to involve students through the analysis, in-depth analysis and discussion of cases encountered during the experience of the legal clinic, also through the comparison with the testimonies of qualified individuals working in the area, bearers of significant experience in the topics covered.

The student will actively experiment with the proposed topics in order to navigate the issues of crimmigration as well as to learn how to frame and handle cases that emerge from the legal clinic experience. Through the 'learning by doing' method typical of the legal clinic, the student will train to develop a 'problem solving' mentality, acquiring legal skills aimed at moving between the plurality of sources and institutions peculiar to the subject. The contact with foreign users of the legal information desk in crimmigration, implemented as part of the clinic, will also provide an opportunity to start acquiring skills that are increasingly in demand for the lawyer or legal practitioner in today's complex intercultural society.