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Learn extra approximately Lawyer Rosa C. Melia-Acevedo and her understanding in Immigration and Nationality Law in Winter Park, Florida.
Lawyer Rosa C. Melia-Acevedo specializes in managing instances solely within the location of Immigration and Nationality Law. She received her BA diploma in Politics, with a minor in Theological Studies, from The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and her Juris Doctorate from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida.
During her college years, Rosa evolved an hobby in Human Rights law at the same time as interning with the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Representation Project. This enjoy led her to recognize her passion for practising Immigration and Nationality regulation because of the human rights aspect inherent inside the exercise of Immigration law.
Before turning into an lawyer, Rosa worked as an intern for a now not-for-earnings enterprise in Washington, D.C. referred to as Mil Mujeres, which affords low-cost, non-litigation legal offerings to low-profits Hispanic immigrants and their families. She then became a Student Clinician in Florida Coastal School of Law’s Immigrant and Human Rights Clinic, in which she had the possibility to symbolize customers making use of for U visas, T visas, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Asylum underneath the supervision of an attorney.
In her final 12 months of regulation school, Rosa interned for the Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Litigation-Appellate Section in Washington, D.C. There, she wrote live motions and appellate briefs for asylum cases on behalf of the Department of Justice.
Throughout her time in regulation college, Rosa dedicated over one thousand hours to presenting legal pro bono paintings for people who couldn't find the money for illustration. Her commitment to seasoned bono work earned her the Pro Bono Honors Award. Rosa is licensed to exercise law within the kingdom of Florida.
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Legal Issues
- Asylum
- Deportation Defense
- Investor Visas
- EB5 Visas
- Marriage Visas
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
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Experience
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2013 - Law Clerk
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2013 - Student Clinician
Florida Coastal School Of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic
2012 - Law Clerk
U.S. Department Of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Appellate Section
2012 - Legal Intern
Mil Mujeres Legal Services
2011
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