Dr. Lauren Aronson

Biography

Lauren R. Aronson is a Clinical Professor of Law and the director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Illinois College of Law, having joined the faculty in fall 2019. Prior to her role at Illinois, she taught at Louisiana State University’s Law School, specializing in clinical legal education and directing an immigration law clinic. Her academic experience also includes a fellowship at Michigan State University College of Law, where she taught courses on Immigration Law and Refugee Asylum Law. Before entering academia, Professor Aronson worked as a Staff Attorney at the National Immigrant Justice Center, advocating for immigrant children and conducting legal screenings in detention centers. She has also served as an advocate for gender-based asylum claims at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. In her early career, she practiced tax law at Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP in New York. Her research interests focus on the treatment of immigrant children within U.S. immigration law, specifically unaccompanied minors.

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