Habiba Simjee

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Managing Attorney
habiba.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu
Pronouns: she/ her/ hers

Habiba Simjee is a Staff Attorney with the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D.) and UC San Diego (B.A.). Her experience includes working with refugees, asylum-seekers, unaccompanied children, and youth in the juvenile justice system. Habiba became involved with undocumented student advocacy during law school through Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic DREAMers at Cal project. Most recently, she served as the Undocumented Student Services Coordinator at UC Santa Barbara.

Habiba will be providing legal services to undocumented students, mixed-status students, and their families at UCLA full-time through the Bruin Resource Center. She will be working closely with the Undocumented Student Program to offer workshops, clinics, and resources in addition to direct legal services.