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ILIANA ALEXIs GOMEZ <br /> <br />EDUCATION <br />UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California <br />J.D. Candidate, May 2017 <br />UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California <br />B.A., Legal Studies, May 2014 <br />Honors. Magna Cum Laude <br />EXPERIENCE <br />Immigrant Defenders Law Center, Los Angeles, CA August 2017-Present <br />.Staff Attorney, NeQRP <br />■ Represented immigrants deemed mentally incompetent to represent themselves in immigration court, <br />wherein such cases heavily involve criminal -immigration issues. <br />■ Had a denial overturned by the Board of Immigration Appeals under a clear error standard. <br />■ Granted asylum on three cases for mentally ill men from Mexico. <br />■ Granted asylum for a mentally ill woman from El Salvador. <br />■ Granted asylum for a bisexual man from El Salvador. <br />■ Granted termination after extensive briefing regarding the standard for granting relief in immigration <br />court after post -conviction relief. <br />The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, New York <br />Legal Intern, Immigration Practice <br />Summer 2016 <br />■ Worked with removal defense and plea consult practices; work primarily focused on issues at the <br />intersection of immigration law and criminal law. <br />■ Conducted legal research on array of issues, including criminal bars to immigration relief and the <br />interplay between criminal convictions and both removal and inadmissibility. <br />■ Drafted briefs, including a brief arguing that a client was eligible for withholding of removal. <br />■ Participated in six -week trial advocacy course taught by office staff attorneys, learning about opening <br />statements, direct and cross examination, and closing statements. <br />UCLA School of Law Asylum Clinic, Los Angeles, California <br />Student, Public Counsel Placement <br />Spring 2016 <br />■ Worked one day a week at Public Counsel as part of semester -long clinical course <br />■ Worked with student partner and client to prepare asylum application to submit to USCIS. <br />■ Drafted client declaration; completed I-589 form, researched and compiled country conditions <br />evidence. <br />■ Worked with client in removal proceedings, communicated directly with client and two ,,iritnesses to <br />draft client and witness declarations. <br />CARECEN Youth Deportation Clinic, Los Angeles, CA <br />l,'olunteer <br />Fall 2015 <br />■ Conducted intake interviews of undocumented immigrant youth in Spanish to assist attorneys with <br />City Council 28 — 36 3/16/2021 <br />