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Baher Azmy

Baher Azmy

Professor Baher Azmy directs a Civil Litigation Clinic, focusing on civil and constitutional rights, and teaches constitutional law. He has authored numerous legal briefs in the Courts of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court on various human rights and international law issues. For his teaching, Seton Hall Law students voted him Professor of the Year in 2007.

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Making a Difference: Cases and Projects

Center for Social Justice professors help Seton Hall Law students build critical legal and professional skills as they work together, taking on real cases - and getting real results that make a difference in the lives of individuals and communities. Here is a sampling of some of the CSJ's most impactful cases of the past several years.

July 1, 2008: Center for Social Justice Files Class-Action Suit against Predatory Lenders

June 5, 2008: Students Win Argument in the Second Circuit

April 24, 2008: Students Win Two Asylum Cases in Newark Immigration Court

April 2, 2008: Students Secure Asylum for Persecuted Turkish Christian

February 2008: Students Win Asylum for Mother of Newborn Twins Convicted of Mail Fraud

February 21, 2008:  Prof. Bryan Lonegan and Jessica Goldfinger, '08 and Christina Parlapiano, '08, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Human Rights Watch in the Matter of S-Y-, a case before the Board of Immigration Appeals regarding whether child soldiers are ineligible for asylum as persecutors of others.

January 24, 2008: Professor Baher Azmy and former Clinical Teaching Fellow Scott Michelman Represent Newark Photographer in Suit against the Newark Police

Immigrant Workers Clinical Student Secures Client's Release