Statewide Resources

The Agricultural Worker Project (“AWP”) provides legal assistance to farmworkers statewide. AWP staff travel to labor camps all across New York State, providing bilingual legal education materials and legal representation. AWP staff provide assistance to farmworkers and their families on a variety of important legal issues, including wage claims, workplace health and safety, substandard housing conditions, employment discrimination, retaliation, public benefits, and trafficking in persons.

The Cornell Law School Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic specializes in representing noncitizen children and youth, residing Upstate on farms, in applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.  The clinic prefers referrals from other nonprofit agencies and welcomes referrals for new cases ahead of the start of the school year in August, depending on capacity.

The Cornell Law School 1L Immigration Law and Advocacy Clinic represents asylum seekers in affirmative asylum applications before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), among many other advocacy projects.  The clinic prefers referrals from other nonprofit agencies and welcomes referrals for new cases ahead of the start of the school year in August, depending on capacity.