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Susan M. Akram is a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Boston University's School of Law, where she directs the International Human Rights Clinic. Her scholarly work focuses on immigration, asylum, and refugee issues, particularly regarding human rights in the Middle East and the Arab world. She has been recognized with the Fulbright Senior Scholar Teaching and Research Award for the academic year 1999-2000. Akram actively engages in lecturing on Palestinian refugees and has worked with various international organizations, including the United Nations and the European Union. She is also involved in litigation related to immigration laws and has addressed significant issues surrounding women's asylum claims in the Arab and Muslim contexts. In addition to her responsibilities at BU, she teaches summer institutes on forced migration at the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University and has experience teaching at universities in Palestine. Akram participates in various research and advocacy initiatives focused on statelessness and refugee rights in the MENA region.
Boston University School of Law • Boston, MA
Teaches courses and supervises students in the International Human Rights Clinic.
Department of Law offers JD, LLM, and Master's in Study of Tax Law.