Professor Lindsay Harris Honored with American Immigration Lawyers Association 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award

 

Professor Lindsay Harris has been honored with the American Immigration Lawyers Association 2020 Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award for her exemplary work educating future immigration attorneys.

The AILA award announcement states:

 

"AILA recognizes Lindsay M. Harris, Associate Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law, and Director of the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, with the 2020 Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award.

Professor Harris supervises students representing D.C. community members in removal proceedings and applications for humanitarian immigration relief. She also leads service-learning trips to detention centers and the U.S./Mexico border."

KJ