Education |
New York University School of Law, J.D. (1989) Moot Court Board, 1987 - 1988; Recipient of Public Interest Summer Internship Grants, 1987 & 1988 |
Stanford University, B.A. (1986) |
Admitted to Practice |
United States Supreme Court |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals |
U.S. District Court of Arizona |
Arizona |
Personal Work Experience |
Co-Director, Immigration Law Clinic, James E. Rogers College of Law, 2008 - present |
Director, Immigration Clinic, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1997 - 2007 |
Clinic Director; Assistant Adjunct Professor of Law, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Inc., Florence and Tucson, Arizona, 1995 - 1996 |
Intake Attorney (part time), Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, 1994 |
Attorney, Project Coordinator, Tucson Ecumenical Council Legal Assistance, Tucson, Arizona, 1990 - 1994 |
Attorney; Legal Assistant, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc. Immigration Project, Tucson, Arizona , 1989 - 1990 |
Legal Intern, Washington Square Legal Services, New York, N.Y., 1988 - 1989 |
Intern Practioner, Public Defender Association, Seattle, Washington, Summer 1988 |
Law Clerk, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc., Tucson, Arizona, Summer 1987 |
Legal Intern, East Palo Alto Community Law Project Immigration Clinic, East Palo Alto, California, 1985 - 1986 |
Representative Publications
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| Immigration Defense for Arizona Defense Attorneys (2003) (handbook). |
| Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Sanctuary Movement and the Asylum Program of Southern Arizona (Desert Penguin Media, 2002) (videotape). |
| IMMIGRATION LAW CLINIC TRAINING MANUAL (1997 - ). |
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Complete List of Publications |
Presentations
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Speaker, Immigration Law for Medical Professionals (Univ. Ariz. College of Medicine, Bridging the Gap Binational Education Conference, Oct. 16, 2010).
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Speaker, Immigration Benefits for Victims of Domestic Violence and Other Crimes (Univ. Ariz. Rogers College of Law Criminal Law & Immigration Speaker Series, Oct. 6, 2010).
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| Complete List of Presentations |
Public Service |
Member, Board of Directors, Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest Dec. 2005 - 2008 |
Founding member, Asylum Program of Arizona, 2002 - present Chair of Advisory Board |
Member, Immigration Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona, 2001 - present Co-chair, 2003 - 2005; member, Executive Council, 2004 - 2007 |
No More Deaths, volunteer consulting attorney (periodic summer training sessions for volunteers) 2005 - 2007 |
Member, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild 1990 - present, annual meeting planning committee member, 2005, 2006 |
Member, Board of Directors, Southern Arizona People's Law Center 1998 - 2005 |
Member, Immigration and Nationality Committee, Section of International Law and Practice, Arizona Bar Association 1999 - 2000 |
Member, Board of Directors, Tucson Ecumenical Council Legal Assistance 1998 - 2000 |
Awards |
| YWCA of Tucson's Women on the Move Recipient 2004 |
| First Place, Creative Writing Contest (Song/Poetry), Clinical Education Association 2003 |
| University of Arizona Minority Law Students' Association Community Service Award 1998 |
| New York University Public Service Fellowship 1992 |
Biography |
| Administrative Assistant: Bertha Fresquez (520) 626-5232
Published Decisions::
- Sinotes-Cruz v. Gonzales, 468 F.3d 1190 (9th Cir. 2006), co-counsel for petitioner (rule disqualifying certain legal permanent residents from eligibility for waivers does not apply retroactively to pre-1996 criminal convictions);
- Fernandez-Ruiz v. Gonzales, 466 F. 3d 1121 (9th Cir. 2006) (en banc), co-counsel for amici curiae (the term crime of violence, used, inter alia, as a basis for removal of non-citizens, does not encompass accidental incidents, such as offenses which may be committed recklessly rather than with an intent to injure); brief published at http://ssrn.com/abstract=949605;
- Ye v. INS, 214 F. 3d 1128 (9th Cir. 2000), counsel for petitioner (unlawful entry into a locked vehicle is neither burglary nor a crime of violence so as to render noncitizen subject to removal as an aggravated felon).
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Updated:
09/29/2011
Refugee Law and Policy