The Migrant Farmworker Legal Clinic (MFLC) was established in 2019 by Justicia/Justice for Migrant Workers, a migrant justice collective, in collaboration with the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. Our clinic uses a “law and organizing” mandate, meaning we support migrant workers who are organizers or who engage in workplace organizing. We do this through outreach, legal advice and representation, public legal education and workshops, organizational alliances, and systemic advocacy.

We primarily work with migrant agricultural workers, and on occasion other migrant workers. These can be workers who entered the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (“eight month program”) or the Agricultural Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (“2 year program”), as well as workers who have lost their status, or who have other precarious or temporary statuses. 

Our Clinic has two Directors – Vasanthi Venkatesh, who is an Associate Professor with the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, and Chris Ramsaroop, who is a PhD student and Instructor at the University of Toronto as well as Windsor Law. We have one Staff Lawyer, Taneeta Doma, who also manages the Clinic’s administrative work and intake. 

We also have several law students through Windsor Law who work with the clinic throughout the year, outreach workers who conduct outreach with the Clinic and connect workers with the Clinic, and many volunteers who assist with organizing and planning events, outreach, and other projects.

Our clinic is mobile, meaning we do not have a physical office. We can be reached by phone at 519-903-7376 on WhatsApp or by regular call. Please note that due to capacity, we may not respond immediately; it is helpful to send a WhatsApp message or voice note with your questions.