Reena Arya currently serves as Supervising Senior Attorney at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) since January 2023, following a role as Supervising Attorney for International Programs at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) from August 2020 to January 2023. Reena's career includes significant experience in various positions at CLINIC, USCIS, and UNHCR, focusing on immigration law and refugee support. Prior roles include Managing Attorney for the Refugee Program at Human Rights First and Staff Attorney for the Immigration and Asylum Group at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Reena holds a Master's degree in International Law in Armed Conflict from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, a Juris Doctor from Penn State Dickinson Law, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science from Southwestern University.
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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., has been on the cutting edge of training nonprofit immigration legal service providers to provide affordable, quality legal representation to immigrants since its founding in 1988. Today the network includes more than 450 nonprofit organizations in 49 states. The network includes faith-based institutions, farmworker programs, domestic violence shelters, ethnic community-focused organizations, libraries and other entities that serve immigrants. Agencies in the network employ thousands accredited representatives and attorneys who, in turn, serve hundreds of thousands of low-income immigrants each year. CLINIC and its affiliate agencies represent low-income immigrants without regard for their race, religion, gender, ethnic group or other distinguishing characteristics. As it has throughout its history, CLINIC continues to react adeptly to rapid changes in the world of immigration law and policy. With a robust response to recent threats to vulnerable populations, CLINIC prepares its members to meet growing demands for legal screening, protection from deportation, adjustments of status and naturalization as citizens. CLINIC’s staff is based in our national office in Silver Spring, Maryland, with another dozen field offices across the United States. CLINIC’s work focuses on five core areas: advocacy, capacity building, national partnerships, religious immigration services, and training and legal support. As the largest charitable legal immigration network in the nation, CLINIC provides substantive legal and program management training and resources, as well as advocacy support at state, local and national levels. We train nearly 10,000 people each year on immigration-related topics. CLINIC also has a team of immigration attorneys who specialize in religious worker immigration law, assisting Catholic archdioceses, dioceses and religious communities to navigate this complex area of law.