Want to learn more about movement lawyerin g? Join Wasserstein Fellow Azadeh Shahshahani as she speaks about he r work in the U.S. South and support for social movements in the Global Sou th as a movement lawyer. Azadeh will delve into the theory of change behind movement lawyering\, what movement lawyering looks like in practice\, and how to prepare yourself for a career as a movement lawyer during your time in law school.
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Azadeh Shahshahani advances a practice of m ovement lawyering\, focused on confronting state repression and dismantling systems of surveillance\, incarceration\, and deportation. Azadeh has orga nized for two decades to protect and defend migrants and Black and Muslim c ommunities from systemic lslamophobia\, xenophobia\, and anti-Black racism. She also provides support to social justice movements in the Global South. Azadeh is a past president of the National Lawyers Guild. She currently se rves on the Advisory Council of the American Association of Jurists. She is the author or editor of several groundbreaking human rights reports as wel l as law review articles and book chapters focused on movement lawyering\, immigrants’ rights\, surveillance of Muslim-Americans\, and using the inter national human rights framework as a tool for liberation. Her writings have appeared in The Guardian\, The Nation\, MSNBC\, Time Magazine\, Boston Rev iew\, Slate\, and Los Angeles Times\, among others. Azadeh received her JD from the University of Michigan Law School and has a Master’s in Modern Mid dle Eastern and North African Studies from the University of Michigan.
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