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Professor Jennifer Lee Koh is an Associate Professor of Law at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law, specializing in immigration law, crimmigration, and the intersection of Christianity and social justice. She serves as Co-Director of the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics, where she explores the ethical and theological dimensions of immigration policy.
- Teaching: Immigration Law, Criminal Law, Evidence, Ethical Lawyering
- Leadership: Co-Director, Nootbaar Institute; Board member at NewSong Church and Seong Gwang Educational Foundation
Her research examines the convergence of immigration enforcement and criminal legal systems, federal court treatment of immigration claims, and the legal frameworks governing deportation. She has taught at UC Irvine, University of Washington, and Stanford Law School, where she directed clinical programs.
Her recent scholarship focuses on expedited removal procedures, state standing in immigration cases, and constitutional constraints on deportation policies. Courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have cited her work.
- Awards: Orange County Hispanic Bar Association’s Attorney of the Year, Ethnic Studies Award from Chapman University’s Attallah College, American Bar Foundation Fellow
- Education: J.D. from Columbia Law School, B.A. from Yale University
Professor Koh actively engages faith-based and immigrant communities, advocating for justice through roles at the Orange County Justice Fund and Public Law Center.
