Asylum Access

Ian Harris recently completed his first year at American University Washington College of Law, where he is seeking a joint Juris Doctorate and M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Before entering law school, Ian undertook human rights work in Nepal, Tibet, Uruguay, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he served as a clinical Legal Fellow at the Paññasastra University of Cambodia. He has worked professionally as a diversity/anti-racism consultant, facilitating workshops nationally for schools and organizations on issues of multiculturalism, combating oppression, and promoting social justice. As a founding member of Community Outreach & Advocacy for Refugee's (COAR) , an Arizona non-profit that supports locally resettled refugees, he also serves as a member of Amnesty International's Multicultural Assessment and Advisory Committee (MAAC) and Subcommittee on Training. Ian is a Staff writer for the legal magazine the Modern American, which explores issues of diversity and the law, as well as, serving as the chair of the Refugee and Asylum Committee for the Immigrant's Rights Coalition at American University.