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Leila Kawar is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan. Her socio-legal scholarship explores the cultural dimensions of legal practice, with a focus on the work of lawyers, judges, and legal experts at the intersection of politics, migration, citizenship, and labor. Kawar's research includes comparative studies and historical ethnographic projects, particularly examining the International Labour Organization's engagement with migration issues from the interwar period to the post-Cold War era. She is the author of "Contesting Immigration Policy Court: Legal Activism Radiating Effects in the United States and France," published by Cambridge University Press, which received the Herbert Jacob Book Prize from the Law and Society Association and an annual book award from the Migration and Citizenship section of the American Political Science Association. Currently, she is working on a research project addressing migration through the lens of international social law, with a strong emphasis on the evolving legal practices that shape the status of migrant workers.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science