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Education

Sep. 8, 2010

Irvine Law Students Notch Win for Iraqi

When the e-mail blast went out at UCI School of Law seeking students to work for the release of an Iraqi Christian held in immigration detention, it struck home with Mohammed Elayan and Sam Lam.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

When the e-mail went out seeking UCI School of Law students to work for the release of an Iraqi Christian held in immigration detention, it struck home with Mohammed Elayan and Sam Lam. The two first-year students each had parents who'd escaped dangerous conditions in their families' homelands to come to the United States.

The opportunity to help a refugee "initiall...

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