Humiliation and Asylum Seekers

Professor Miriam Marton will present "Humiliation and Asylum Seekers" on December 9 at the 18th annual Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies conference at Columbia University.

Professor Marton joined the Law School faculty in fall 2011 as the William R. Davis Clinical Teaching Fellow. She co-teaches in the Law School's Asylum and Human Rights Clinic with Professor Jon Bauer. Professor Marton has been practicing law for ten years. During the last several years of her practice, Professor Marton spent a significant amount of time representing asylum applicants as part of the pro bono program at the New York offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

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