Baher Azmy is an American lawyer and professor of law at
Seton Hall University, specializing in constitutional law.
Education
Azmy received his
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
New York University School of Law, an
MPA from
Columbia University, and a
BA from
University of Pennsylvania.
Career
After law school Azmy clerked for
Dolores K. Sloviter, Chief Judge of the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals in
Philadelphia.
[
In 2005 Azmy started working at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which provides legal assistance to communities under threat, including the prisoners held in extrajudicial detention in the ]Guantanamo Bay detention camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp ( es, Centro de detención de la bahía de Guantánamo) is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also referred to as Guantánamo, GTMO, and Gitmo (), on the coast of Guant ...
s in Cuba.Peabody Award
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-winning episode of '' This American Life'' entitled "Habeas Shmabeas".Transcript of This American Life episode #310: Habeas Shmabeas
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See also
*Mark P. Denbeaux
Mark P. Denbeaux (born July 30, 1943 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American attorney, professor, and author. He is a law professor at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey and the Director of its Center for Policy and Research ...
* Seton Hall reports
* Unlawful combatant
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Guantanamo Bay attorneys
New Jersey lawyers
New York University School of Law alumni
Seton Hall University faculty
Place of birth missing (living people)
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences alumni
American legal scholars
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