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Tel: 215.898.2314
Fax: 215.573.6783
Office Room: Silverman 031
Email: yvazquez@law.upenn.edu
Expertise
- Criminal Law
- Immigration Law
Bio
Yolanda Vazquez studies immigration and criminal law, and their intersection in the court system.
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Yolanda Vazquez studies immigration and criminal law, and their intersection in the court system. She argues that while it is well established that criminal convictions increase the number of non-citizens placed into removal proceedings, this relationship raises serious questions about the role of courts and the duties of lawyers. For example, while the need for non-citizens to be informed of the immigration consequences of their criminal conviction increases, most case law, ethics rules and legislation do not require defense attorneys to counsel clients about immigration consequences.
Before joining Penn Law in 2008, Vazquez taught at Villanova and practiced in the Cook County Public Defender’s Office in Chicago and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Students in her clinic work on cases such as civil forfeiture, custody, fraudulent conveyances, and employment discrimination.
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Representative Professional Positions
South Jersey Legal Services – Staff Attorney (2002-04)
The Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia – Staff Attorney (1999-2002)
Cook County Public Defender’s Office – Assistant Public Defender (1995-99)
Penn Law – Clinical Supervisor and Lecturer (2008- )
Villanova – Reuschlein Clinical Teaching Fellow, Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic (2006-08)
University of Nevada at Las Vegas – Founding Director, Nevada Immigration Resource Project (2004-06)
Current Working Papers
Immigration and Criminal Law: Creating the Ethically Challenged Criminal Defense Attorney (work in progress).
The Duty to Advise as to the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Whose Role is it Anyway? Court Versus Attorney (work in progress).
Representative Professional Activities
Member, Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc. (LatCrit).
Member, Inclusiveness Committee, Villanova University School of Law.
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Member, National Lawyers Guild.
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