
Zachary Manfredi
Host: Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
Sponsor: Anonymous
Claire (she/her/ella) focused on providing appellate representation to detained indigent immigrants in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.
Although being ordered removed from the United States is arguably the most disruptive event in an immigrant and their family’s lives, many immigrants go through the removal process without having an attorney and without truly understanding their rights and options. Once individuals lose their case in immigration court, their last opportunity to challenge their removal is to appeal, but they have very few options for finding counsel to represent them on appeal, especially if they are indigent and detained.
Claire’s Fellowship aimed to address this lack of resources and representation for individuals in immigration detention who want to appeal their cases and help increase fairness in the removal proceeding process.
During the two-year Fellowship, Claire:
Claire Brown '20 Receives Equal Justice Works Fellowship
No one deserves to be separated from the life they know or forced to live without their family simply because they couldn't afford an attorney to appeal their case. Or were detained. Or didn't understand the law.
Claire Brown /
2021 Equal Justice Works Fellow
Host: Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
Sponsor: Anonymous
Host: International Refugee Assistance Project
Sponsor: AIG, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Host: World Organization for Human Rights USA
Sponsor: Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Host: International Refugee Assistance Project
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works Text-to-Give
Current Fellow