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Stephen Legomsky

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• B.S. in Mathematics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• J.D. at University of San Diego
• D.Phil. in Law at University of Oxford

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Repairing the U.S. asylum system Leading immigration law expert examines dramatic inconsistencies; cautions against drastic responses (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/11166.html) Feb. 27, 2008 -- Legomsky Download A recent academic study confirmed empirically what many immigration experts had already suspected: The chance of winning an asylum case often hinges as much on the luck of the draw as on the merits of the case. Some adjudicators grant asylum liberally while others grant it only rarely, and the disparities are dramatic. The Stanford Law Review asked Stephen Legomsky, J.D., D.Phil., leading immigration and asylum law expert and John S. Lehmann University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, to write an article analyzing the policy implications of this study. Legomsky offers a controversial conclusion: "There are times when we simply have to learn to live with unequal justice because the alternatives are worse."

Immigration law expert available for comment 'Reduce illegal immigration by reuniting nuclear families of legal immigrants,' Legomsky says (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/9604.html) June 19, 2007 -- Immigration law expert Stephen H. Legomsky says that an easy way to put a serious dent in illegal immigration is to exempt the spouses and young children of legal immigrants from numerical ceilings, just as we now exempt the spouses and children of U.S. citizens. Legomsky is the author of America's leading law school textbook on immigration law and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. He has advised both Republican and Democratic administrations and several foreign governments on immigration, refugee and citizenship issues. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/9604.html)

Expert comment Leading law expert says reform of legal immigration criteria needed before illegal border crossing can be curbed (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7079.html) May 4, 2006 -- Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photo Download "Beefing up enforcement will never put a serious dent in illegal immigration unless it goes hand in hand with major reforms of our legal immigration criteria," says Stephen Legomsky, an internationally renowned immigration law expert at Washington University in St. Louis. He gets frustrated when he hears people suggest that undocumented immigrants are "jumping the queue," or that undocumented immigrants "should just wait their turns like everyone else." More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/tips/normal/7079.html)

Fulbright award Legomsky receives Senior Specialists grant to Suriname (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/485.html) Oct. 21, 2003 -- Stephen H. Legomsky, J.D., D.Phil, the Charles F. Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialist grant for a two-week human rights project in Suriname. The grant and project were at the initiative of the U.S. State Department.Legomsky will be in Suriname from October 22 through November 4, 2003. While there, he will give a series of lectures to students at the Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, faculty members, government officials, judges, and NGO representatives, on the subject of the United Nations human rights protection system. The U.S. Embassy will also schedule meetings with the U.S. ambassador to Suriname, Surinamese government officials and judges, NGO representatives, and the national media.

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Vetted Judges More Likely to Reject Asylum Bids The New York Times and 8 others Aug. 25, 2008 -- Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States have been disproportionately rejected by judges whom the Bush administration chose using a conservative political litmus test, according to an analysis of Justice Department data. WUSTL immigration law professor Stephen Legomsky comments.

Drug Informant Fights Deportation NPR Day to Day Feb. 8, 2008 -- A Nigerian immigrant here facing deportation says he's going to be tortured and killed if he is, in fact, sent back home. Frank Enwonwu was caught smuggling heroin 22 years ago. Since then he's lived the dangerous life of an informant for federal drug authorities. He claims part of the deal was a promise to allow him to stay in the U.S. and escape revenge from the Nigerian drug dealers. Professor Stephen Legomsky, an immigration law expert at Washington University in St. Louis, comments.

Immigration / citizenship ruling Voice of America News and 3 others Jan. 13, 2005 -- A U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta recently upheld a lower court ruling that stripped a man of his U.S. citizenship because of crimes he committed while his paperwork was being processed. Experts say the case will make it easier for government agencies to pursue naturalized immigrants who have criminal histories. WUSTL immigration law expert Stephen Legomsky comments.

Legomsky has taught or researched these subjects in the United States, England, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Australia. During the first half of 2002 he was a senior visiting fellow at Oxford University and a senior researcher at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva.This year, he will be a visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge.

Recent Publications

Books

* Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (3rd ed., Foundation Press 2002)

* Teacher's Manual to Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (3rd ed., Foundation Press 2002)

* Specialized Justice: Courts, Administrative Tribunals, and a Cross-National Theory of Specialization (117 pp., Oxford University Press, Clarendon Division, 1990).

* Immigration and the Judiciary: Law and Politics in Britain and America (345 pp., Oxford University Press, Clarendon Division, 1987).

Selected Articles and Reports

* "Seconday Refugee Movements and the Return of Asylum Seekers to third Countries: The Meaning of Effective Protection" Consultant's Report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2002) International Journal of Refugee Law (forthcoming, Oxford University Press, 2004)

* "Dual Nationality and Military Service: Strategy Number Two", in David A. Martin & Kay Hailbronner (eds.), "Rights and Duties of Dual Nationals: Evolution and Prospects" (Kluer Law International, 2003)

* "Globalization and the Legal Educator: Building a Curriculum for the Brave New World" 43 South Texas Law Review 479 (2002).

* "Crimes and Deportation", in Ceza Hukuku Reformu [Criminal Law Reform], at 695 et seq. (Umut Vakfi Yayiniari, Istanbul 2001).

* "Fear and Loathing in Congress and the Courts: Immigration and Judicial Review," 78 Texas Law Review 1615 (2000).

* "An Asylum-Seeker's Bill of Rights for a Non-Utopian World," 14 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 619 (2000).

* "Immigration Exceptionalism: Commentary on "Is There a Plenary Power Doctrine?," 14 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 307 (2000).

* "Citizens' Rights and Human Rights in the United States", in Mala Tabory (ed.), New Trends in Citizenship and Nationality: The Human Rights Aspects (forthcoming, Kluwer Law International).

* "Immigrants, Minorities, and Pluralism: What Kind of Society Do We Really Want?," 6 Willamette Journal of International Law & Dispute Resolution 153 (1999) (John C. Paulus lecture).

* "The Detention of Aliens: Theories, Rules, and Discretion," 30 University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 531 (1999).

* "Migration Policy and Federalism in the United States," in Hans-Juergen Vosgerau (ed.), Institutional Arrangements for Global Economic Integration (at 117 et seq., Macmillan Press, 2000).

* "The Expulsion of Criminal Aliens: Why and When?," in Kay Hailbronner & Eckart Klein (eds.), Einwanderungskontrolle und Menschenrechte -- Immigration Control and Human Rights, at 163 (C.F. Mueller Verlag, 1999).

* "Trends in United States Administrative Law and their Implications for Immigrants and Refugees," in J.R. Nethercote, Virginia Wilton & Elissa Keen (eds.), Administrative Law under the Coalition Government (Institute of Public Administration, Canberra, Australia, 1998).

* Consultant's Report, "Analysis and Commentary on the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Citizenship," September 1998

* Consultant's Report, "Analysis and Commentary on Law of the Republic of Belarus on Immigration," September 1998

* Consultant's Report, "Analysis and Commentary on Amendments of the Law of Ukraine on the Legal Status of Foreigners," May 1998

* "Asylum; Experiences, Problems and Management Techniques in the United States," in Jorg Monar (ed.), The New Transatlantic Agenda and the Future of EU-US Relations (Kluwer Law International, 1998)

* "Commentary on Part 9 of the Report of the Intersessional Meeting," in Wexler & Bassiouni (eds.), Observations on the Consolidated International Criminal Court Text Before the Final Session of the Preparatory Committee (L'Association Internationale de Droit Penal, 1998)

* "Refugees, Administrative Tribunals, and Real Independence: Dangers Ahead for Australia," 76 Washington University Law Quarterly 243 (1998)

* "Employer Sanctions: Past and Future," in Peter Duignan & Lewis H. Gann (eds.), The Debate in the United States Over Immigration (Hoover Press, Stanford University, 1997)

* "Noncitizens and the Rule of Law: The 1996 Immigration Reforms," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Research Perspectives (May/June 1997)

* "The New Techniques for Managing High-Volume Asylum Systems, 81 Iowa Law Review 671 (1996), and reprinted in Peter McNab (ed.), Retreating from the Refugee Convention (Northern Territories Univ. Conference Proceedings, Darwin, Australia, 1997); reprinted in Kay Hailbronner, David A. Martin & Hiroshi Motomura (eds.), Immigration Controls: The Search for Workable Policies in Germany and the United States (Berghahn Books, Germany, 1998)

* "E Pluribus Unum: Immigration, Race, and Other Deep Divides," 21 Southern Illinois University Law Review 101 (1996) [Hiram Lesar Distinguished Lecture]

* "Undocumented Immigrants: Health, Education and Welfare," 19 In Defense of the Alien 79 (1996)

* "Immigration, Civil Rights, and American Ambivalence,"1 Civil Rights Journal 16 (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 1995) (with D. Papademetriou)

* "Immigration, Federalism, and the Welfare State," 42 UCLA Law Review 1453 (1995)

* "The Making of United States Refugee Policy: Separation of Powers in the Post-Cold War Era,"70 Washington Law Review 675 (1995)

* "Why Citizenship?,"35 Virginia Journal of International Law 279 (1995)

* "Ten More Years of Plenary Power: Immigration, Congress, and the Courts," 22 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 925 (1995)

* "Diversity and the Immigration Act of 1990," 17 In Defense of the Alien 63 (1994).

* "Reforming the Asylum Process: An Ambitious Proposal for Adequate Staffing," in Immigration Law: United States and International Perspectives on Asylum and Refugee Status (Amercan University Journal of International Law & Policy & Loyola L.A. Intnational & Comparative Law Journal, eds.) (1994).

* "Immigration, Equality, and Diversity," 31 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 319 (1993).

* "The Haitian Interdiction Program, Human Rights, and the Role of Judicial Protection," 2 International Journal of Refugee Law, Special Issue at 181 (Oxford Univ. Press, 1990).

* "Reforming the Criteria for the Exclusion and the Deportation of Alien Criminal Offenders," 12 In Defense of the Alien 64 (1990).

* "Political Asylum and the Theory of Judicial Review," 73 Minnesota Law Review 1205 (1989).

* "A Research Agenda for Immigration Law: A Report to the Administrative Conference of the United States," 25 San Diego Law Review 227 (1988).

* "Aliens and the Supreme Court," 9 In Defense of the Alien 52 (1987).

* "Forum Choices for the Review of Agency Adjudication: A Study of the Immigration Process," 71 Iowa Law Review 1297 (1986).

* "Immigration Law and the Principle of Plenary Congressional Power," 1984 Supreme Court Review 255 (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1985).

Op-Ed and other Short Pieces

* Book review of Threatened Peoples, Threatened Borders, 90 American Journal of International Law 344 (1996)

* Op Ed, "Humanitarianism Provides Better Refuge", Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 16, 1996, at 18, reprinted in 24 Migration World Magazine, issue # 3, at 3 (1996)

* Survey opinion, "Immigration: Where Do We Go from Here?," Wall Street Journal, Nov. 27, 1995, at A20

* Op Ed, "Fuel for the Cruel", Washington Post, Oct. 15, 1995, at C4 (co-authored with former INS Commissioner Gene McNary).

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