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Lindsay Muir Harris (2005), Professor and Associate Dean of Clinical and Experiential Programs at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law, was the keynote speaker at the spring 2022 initiation. She directs the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and teaches Immigration and asylum law courses and has taught in the Service-Learning Program, traveling with law students to the border or to work within immigration detention centers.
Lindsay graduated from UC San Diego Summa Cum Laude with double majors in Psychology and International Studies/Anthropology. She received her J.D. from University of California Berkeley Law (Order of the Coif). While a law student, she gained much practical experience engaging in clinical opportunities in immigration and human rights law, led the Human Rights Committee, the California Asylum Representation Clinic and served on the editorial staff of the Berkeley Journal of International Law. After earning her J.D., she clerked on the Ninth Circuit and then joined the Tahirih Justice Center as an Equal Justice Works Fellow where she worked with African immigrant women and girl survivors of gender-based violence. She later worked for the American Immigration Council on efforts to end the detention of immigrant families. She taught in Georgetown University’s asylum clinic and at George Mason University before joining the University of the District of Columbia Law School in 2016. She has been involved with numerous organizations focused on asylum and in 2020 was awarded the American Immigration Lawyers Association Elmer Fried Excellence in Immigration Law Teaching Award.
