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Mia Unger is a lecturer at Columbia Law School and an attorney with the Immigration Law Unit at the Legal Aid Society. She represents immigrants in removal proceedings in Immigration Court, challenging charges of removability and litigating claims for relief from removal. Mia also represents clients before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Circuit Court of Appeals. She began her work with the Legal Aid Society as part of the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, a universal representation initiative for detained immigrants facing removal and non-detained immigrants in various stages of removal proceedings. Before joining the Legal Aid Society, she was an attorney with the Immigrant Protection Unit at the New York Legal Assistance Group, where she handled a diverse caseload of affirmative cases before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and defensive cases in Immigration Court. Additionally, Mia engages in binational advocacy between the United States and Mexico to improve access to legal services for immigrants, migrant workers, and survivors of human trafficking.
Legal Aid Society • New York
Represents immigrants in removal proceedings and challenges charges of removability.
New York Legal Assistance Group • New York
Handled diverse caseload of affirmative and defensive immigration cases.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) program. While 'Department of Law' is not a formal administrative division for admissions, this entry covers the primary J.D. program.