TIRN

As of May 2008, the Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network (TIRN), funded by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, is up and running at the Boesche Legal Clinic.  TIRN is a service oriented program, designed to reach broadly to many members of the non-citizen community in the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood, and beyond.   TIRN complements the Immigrant Rights Project, which is a College of Law teaching clinic, funded completely by the University of Tulsa.


TIRN has three primary goals: 1) Create and train a network of local attorneys to provide pro bono representation to vulnerable immigrants;  2)educate the community, especially the immigrant community, on legal rights and immigration remedies; and 3) offer direct representation to immigrants, including to those in removal proceedings, in the Kendall-Whittier and surrounding neighborhoods.

TIRN is working to meet these goals through the following activities:

  • Continuing Legal Education programs on representing immigrants, especially immigrant victims of abuse, crimes and persecution to the private bar of Tulsa as part of the pro bono attorney network;
  • Coordination with community organizations in providing training and education to their staff  and their immigrant clients on legal immigration issues;
  • Training and education to domestic violence victim advocates on available legal immigration status for immigrant victims of domestic violence;
  • Advanced legal training and technical assistance to Tulsa non-profit immigration service providers on legal and procedural issues involved in representing immigrants; and
  • Preparation of Know Your Rights presentation to be presented to the immigrant detained population at the Tulsa County jail, which is currently one of only two detention facilities used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in all of Oklahoma.

For additional information on our services, or if your organization would like to schedule an information session on immigration law, please contact our office at 918-631-5799.