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| | | Michele Garnett McKenzie
Michele Garnett McKenzie is the Advocacy Director of The Advocates for Human Rights. She received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, and her B.A. from Macalester College. Ms. McKenzie has worked extensively in the area of the rights of refugees and migrants. She joined the staff of The Advocates in 1999 as a staff attorney representing asylum seekers and immigration detainees and in 2003 became the Refugee and Immigrant Program Director managing the Asylum, Detention, and Walk-In Clinic Projects in addition to legal and policy advocacy relating to immigration. Prior to joining The Advocates, Ms. McKenzie was in private immigration practice in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Arizona and Nevada. She has been an adjunct clinical faculty member of William Mitchell College of Law and currently teaches the Immigration Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School. Ms. McKenzie is chair of the Detention Watch Network and serves on the advisory committees of Sarah's...An Oasis for Women and Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota's Refugee Services Program. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Minnesota State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in the State of Minnesota and the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
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