Saint Louis Students Organize Big Natz Ceremony

Congratulations to clinic students at Saint Louis University School of Law:

Dear Friends,

We wish to congratulate our Clinic students and our Public Interest Law Group at Saint Louis University School of Law for organizing the largest Naturalization ceremony in St. Louis history, with 1,000 new citizens sworn in today at our new Chaifetz Arena on campus.  Third year student Meggie Biesenthal welcomed the new citizens in a speech before a crowd of several thousand family and friends, and the keynote speech was delivered by Assistant Professor Amany Ragab Hacking, herself a naturalized citizen and member of our Clinic Faculty. 

While our Clinic has joined with others to sue the federal government in the past for delaying citizenship for our clients, this is an example of how Clinics can help work to alleviate the delays in the citizenship process through partnerships with the agencies we often see on the opposite side of a lawsuit.

If you enjoy great photos and not a long story, click on the link for photos from the event from the Post Dispatch web site. 

Thanks.

John J. Ammann, Clinic Driector
Saint Louis University School of Law

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