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Alina Das is a Professor of Law and James Weldon Johnson Professor at New York University School of Law. She co-directs the Immigrant Rights Clinic, specializing in litigation and advocacy at the intersection of U.S. immigration and criminal legal systems. Her work focuses on defending immigrants facing detention and deportation, particularly activists and leaders in the immigrant rights movement. She has published widely in leading law journals, including Harvard Law Review, and her book No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants (2020) was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: JD from NYU School of Law (2005), MPA from NYU Wagner School of Public Service (2005), AB in Government from Harvard University (2001). She clerked for Judge Kermit V. Lipez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Research interests include deportation, detention practices, immigrant rights advocacy, and the racialized foundations of immigration enforcement. Her recent scholarship critiques the legal frameworks enabling systemic immigrant subordination and explores pathways to abolition of punitive detention systems.
- Awards: Immigrant Defense Project Champion of Justice Award, Daniel Levy Memorial Award, NYU Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award.
- Clinical Leadership: Co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, training students in litigation and policy advocacy to challenge unjust immigration enforcement.
- Media Engagement: Regularly appears in public discourse on cases like Ravi Ragbir's pardon and Mahmoud Khalil's detention, emphasizing First Amendment protections for immigrant activists.
Current projects focus on dismantling the architecture of U.S. immigration detention and advancing legal strategies to protect marginalized communities.
