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Ramzi Kassem is a Professor of Law at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, where he directs the Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic and founded the award-winning CLEAR (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) project. His work focuses on the U.S. security state’s impact on civil liberties, immigration, and national security. From 2022–2024, he served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the White House, addressing immigration court backlogs, watchlisting policies, and commercial spyware threats. He has argued landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and military tribunals, including Tanzin v. Tanvir (2021), which challenged federal watchlist abuses.
Education: Columbia College, Columbia Law School (Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review), and Sorbonne Law School. Notable roles include:
- First CUNY faculty member to serve at the White House
- Adjunct Professor at Yale and Fordham Law Schools
- Member of the American Law Institute
Research interests include:
- National security law and its civil liberties implications
- Immigration and non-citizen rights
- Counterterrorism policy critiques
- Clinical legal education
Recent publications address surveillance, drone warfare accountability, and legal challenges to watchlists. He has conducted human rights missions in Afghanistan, Bahrain, and Yemen and frequently contributes to major news outlets like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
