Susan M. Akram, JD Biography
- Title:
- Clinical Professor of Law at Boston University
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of May 21, 2012
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Clinical Professor, Boston University School of Law, 1993-present
- Supervising Attorney, Boston University Civil Litigation Program, 1993-present
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo, 2006-2007
- Fulbright Senior Scholar and Teaching Fellow, Palestine School of Law, Al-Quds University (East Jerusalem), 1999-2000
- Deputy Director and Interim Director, Joint Voluntary Agency, American Council for Nationalities Service, US Department of State, 1992-1993
- Executive Director, Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project, 1989-1993
- Staff Attorney, Immigration Unit, Greater Boston Legal Services, 1987-1989
- Directing Attorney, Immigration Project, Public Counsel, 1986-1987
- Associate Attorney, Bartko, Welsh and Tarrant, 1984-1985
- Associate Attorney, Payne, Thompson and Walker, 1982-1984
- Education:
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- Diplome in International Human Rights, Institut International des Droits de l’Homme (France), 1996
- JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1982
- BA, with honors, Political Science and Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 1979
- Other:
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- Member of the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
- Born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan and raised by parents who were refugees from the 1947 India-Pakistan partition
- Teaches immigration law and policy and comparative refugee law at Boston University
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