Bryan Lonegan, visiting clinical professor, specializes in immigration law particularly in asylum, defenses from removal, immigrant workers rights, and the intersection of crime and immigration law. While at Seton Hall, Professor Lonegan has directed the Immigrant Workers Rights Clinic where student gain valuable hands-on experience representing immigrants in a variety of circumstances including wage theft complaints as well as applications for asylum, cancellation of removal, and visas for victims of human trafficking and crime,. In 2008 and 2009, Professor Lonegan co-lead Seton Halls’ annual delegation of students and faculty to L’Ecole Superieure du Droit de Jeramie in Haiti. The 2009 trip included an investigation into condition at the local prison. In addition, Professor Lonegan has coached the school’s Jessup International Moot Court team. Following graduation from Vermont Law School, Professor Lonegan worked for 18 years as a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society in the Criminal Defense Division, Criminal Appeals Bureau, and Immigration Unit. He served on the New York State Bar Association’s Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions. He has previously taught as adjunct faculty at New York University and Hofstra University Law Schools.

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