Professor Dr. Jessica Lefort

Biography

Jessica Lefort is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she directs the Immigrant Justice Lab and teaches in the Legal Practice Program. Prior to her appointment at Michigan, Lefort served as a deputy defender in the Federal Defender Office in Detroit, representing indigent criminal defendants in federal court. She has also held a position as an Honors Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she prosecuted substantial national and international criminal conspiracies related to price-fixing and procurement fraud during the Iraq and Afghanistan war reconstruction contracts. Lefort is engaged in collaborative public humanities projects that aim to foster connections between campuses and communities, which aligns with her interests in legal writing and advocacy. Additionally, she trains a new generation of advocates and researchers in the field of immigration law.

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