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“The deeply troubling aspect of Guantánamo is
its mutual reinforcing combination of secrecy
and lawlessness. Transparency and adherence to
the rule of law is crucial to democracy, and
even more so at a time when we are trying to
demonstrate to the world the superiority of
democracy as an instrument of progress and
reform. I hope to teach our students that
litigation and appeals to higher constitutional
values are enormously important mechanisms to
hold governmental authorities accountable to
their stated ends and to force institutions to
take notice of these traditionally disfavored or
ignored persons who are otherwise most likely to
suffer from its abuses.”
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Biography
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Professor Azmy received his B.A., magna
cum laude, with a distinction in
American History from the University of
Pennsylvania before pursuing a master’s
degree from Columbia University’s School
of International and Public Affairs. He
received his J.D. from the New York
University School of Law, magna cum
laude, where he distinguished himself as
a Root-Tilden-Snow Public Interest
Scholar and as a member of the Order of
the Coif upon graduation. After
clerking for Honorable Dolores K.
Sloviter, then Chief Judge of the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals in
Philadelphia, he entered private
practice in New York City.
Professor Azmy joined the Seton Hall
faculty full-time in 2000 as a clinical
professor. His Civil Litigation Clinic
focuses primarily on civil rights and
consumer litigation cases; he and his
students have pursued a range of
innovative impact litigation cases in
federal and state courts including:
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challenging the termination of an
aviation security expert from the
TSA on the grounds of his Arab and
Muslim heritage
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amicus brief on behalf of 300+
Guantánamo detainees to the United
State Supreme Court, urging the
Court to grant cert before judgment;
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a constitutional challenge to the
adequacy of mental health treatment
for certain civilly committed
persons in New Jersey facilities;
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amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme
Court challenging the propriety of
state and local police enforcement
of federal immigration laws and to
the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
demonstrating the connection between
predatory mortgage lending practices
and mandatory arbitration
agreements.
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Lawsuits against United Nations
diplomats and employees seeking
damages and back wages for acts of
human trafficking and involuntary
servitude.
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a challenge to the statewide late
fee collection practices of a major
national bank;
Professor
Azmy represents Murat Kurnaz, a German
resident of Turkish descent who was
detained in Guantánamo as an enemy
combatant. His efforts and the plight
of his client have been featured in
The Washington Post, The New York Times,
The
Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and
a number of local and international
publications. His client was released
from Guantánamo to his home country in
August 2006, never having been charged
with a crime.
Professor Azmy also teaches
Constitutional Law. He writes and
speaks on issues related to civil
liberties, equal rights, consumer fraud
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Publications |
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Law Review Articles
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Rasul v. Bush and the Intra-territorial Application of the
Constitution,
forthcoming 62
Annual Surv. Amer.
Law (2006.)
Squaring the Predatory Lending
Circle: A Case for the States as
Laboratories of Experimentation,
57 Florida
L. Rev. 295 (2005)
Modeling a Response to
Predatory Lending: The New Jersey
Home Ownership Security Act of 2002,
35 Rutgers
L. J. 645 (2004) (co-authored
with David Reiss)
Unshackling the Thirteenth
Amendment: Modern Slavery and a
Reconstructed Civil Rights Agenda,
71 Fordham
L. Rev. 981 (2002)
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Other Articles
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Detainees Denied Either Way,
Op Ed., New Jersey Star
Ledger
(September 20, 2006).
Hold the Line Against Diluting Anti-Predatory Lending Law,
New Jersey L. J., (January 26, 2004).
Lenders Threaten to Gut Protections to NJ Predatory Lending Law,
Op Ed.,
Philadelphia Inquirer (December 18, 2003).
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