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Azadeh N. Shahshahani
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Human rights attorney and advocate with experience in impact litigation, advocacy, human rights documentation and publishing of reports, coalition and movement-building, and training of attorneys in the following fields: immigrants' rights, national security, religious liberty, human rights, civil liberties.
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Licensed in Georgia for 17 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 2008
No misconduct found
Licensed in North Carolina for 20 years
State: North Carolina
Acquired: 2005
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2014
100 Influential Georgia Muslims, Islamic Speakers Bureau
2012
Advocacy Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association (Central Florida chapter)
2009
Equal Justice Foundation Public Interest Practitioner Award, University of Georgia Law School
Work Experience
2016 - Present
Legal & Advocacy Director, Project South
2008 - 2015
National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project Director, ACLU of Georgia
2007 - 2008
Interim Legal Director, ACLU of Georgia
2006 - 2007
Muslim/Middle Eastern Community Outreach Coordinator, ACLU of North Carolina
2005 - 2006
Interim Legal Associate, ACLU of North Carolina
2005 - 2005
Pro Bono Attorney, North Carolina Justice Center Immigrants Legal Assistance Project
Associations
2015 - Present
The Journal "South"Advisory Board
2008 - Present
Georgia Detention WatchFounder & Steering Committee Member
2012 - 2015
National Lawyers GuildPresident
2009 - 2012
Refugee Women's NetworkChair
2009 - 2012
American Bar Association Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section Committee on the Rights of ImmigrantsCo-chair
Education
2004
University of Michigan Law School
Doctor of Law (JD),
2004
University of Michigan
MA - Masters
Publications
2015
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change
Indiscriminate Power: Racial Profiling and Surveillance Since 9/11
2015
Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense
Immigration and Racial Profiling
2014
City University of New York Law Review
Challenging the Practice of Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention in Georgia and Beyond
2013
Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal
Shattered Dreams: An Analysis of the Georgia Board of Regents' Admissions Ban from a Constitutional and International Human Rights Perspective
Languages
English
Persian