
Deborah Anker
Founder
Deborah Anker is a Clinical Professor of Law, Emerita, and the Founder of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. She has taught law students at Harvard for thirty years. Author of a leading treatise, Law of Asylum in the United States, Anker has co-drafted ground-breaking gender asylum guidelines and amicus curiae briefs. Professor Anker is one of the most widely known asylum scholars and practitioners in the United States; she is cited frequently by international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the United States Supreme Court. In 2011, she was chosen to be a fellow of the prestigious American Bar Foundation. Professor Anker is a pioneer in the development of clinical legal education in the immigration field, training students in direct representation of refugees and creating a foundation for clinics at law schools around the country.

Sabi Ardalan
Director

Eleni Bakst
Clinical Instructor

Liala Buoniconti
Clinical Social Worker

Claudia Chen
Communications Assistant

Jason Corral
Senior Staff Attorney

Nancy Kelly
Assistant Director HIRC @GBLS, Senior Clinical Instructor

Tiffany Lieu
Clinical Instructor

Mariam Liberles
Senior Staff Attorney

Alma Martinez Ramirez
Paralegal

Maira Peralta
Legal Assistant

Michelle Schellinger Gutierrez
Clinical Social Worker

Phil Torrey
Clinical Professor of Law

Shayenne Washington
Administrative Assistant

Anna Weick
Program Manager

John Willshire Carrera
Assistant Director HIRC @GBLS, Senior Clinical Instructor

Cindy Zapata
Assistant Director