Laura Murray-Tjan
FIAP provides exceptional client service at all stages of immigration proceedings.
Experience:
24 years
Language(s):
French, German
Laura Murray-Tjan | Boston Immigration Lawyer
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About Laura
Laura Murray-Tjan is an immigration litigator with extensive experience in citizenship and naturalization claims, visa petitions, removal defense, and appeals. Murray-Tjan also has advised hundreds of immigrants and criminal attorneys on the interplay between criminal and immigration law. She received her A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard College and her J.D. from the Yale Law School, where she was a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal and an Articles Editor for the Yale Journal of International Law. Murray-Tjan was a law clerk to the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is an experienced clinical law professor who has taught advanced immigration law, a federal appeals clinic, and an immigration clinic. Murray-Tjan is a member of the Congressional Relations committee for the American Immigration Lawyers' Association, New England chapter.
We offer flat fees for most services.
Experience
Owner
FIAP, PLLC
Present
Boston, MA
Immigration Law Advisor
Public Defender
Indefinite
Cambridge, MA
Clinical professor
Boston College Law School
Five years
Newton, MA
Admission
Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
Harvard University
A.B. (Government)
06/1994
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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American Immigration Lawyers Association
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National Immigration Project
Honors / Awards
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Pro Bono Appreciation, Florence Immigration and Refugee Rights Project2015
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Outstanding Achievement, Political Asylum / Immigration Reation (PAIR) Projectpresent / 2008
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Daniel Levy Award, National Immigration Project2007
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Special Recognition, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services2007
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Obunto Award, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights2006
Notable Work
Publications
U.S. v. Texas: How the Supreme Court Got Tangled in Immigration Law, Huffington Post, May 15,
2016
Newsflash: The Department of Homeland Security Reviews Social Media, Huffington Post, December 15,
2015
The Tragicomedy of Immigration Politics: Of Fiancé Visas and the Visa Waiver Program, Huffington Post, December 10,
2015
Oh No! The Supreme Court's Opinion Season Was So Head-Spinning That One Federal Court Got Whiplash, Huffington Post, July 29,
2015
Why Obama's Executive Actions Prove that Immigration Law is Doomed to Complexity, Huffington Post, May 8,
2015
Lessons from NYPD v. Uber Driver: "You're Not Important Enough," Huffington Post, April 3,
2015
Whoops! The Department of Justice Admits That It Misunderstood U.S. Citizenship Law, Huffington Post, February 26, .
2015
Laura Murray-Tjan, The Tragicomedy of Legitimation Jurisprudence After Watson v. Holder, 14-12 Immigration Briefings 1 (December ), available on Westlaw at 14-12 Immigrbrief 1
2014
Is Obama's New Immigration Policy a Law Enforcement Bonanza? Huffington Post, December 11,
2014
Throwback Thursday: How a DNA Test Broke an Immigration Officer's Heart, Huffington Post, September 25,
2014
In Praise of Mark Krikorian's Honesty: Let the Child Migrants Die, Huffington Post, August 30,
2014
Obama's Impossible Immigration Promise, Huffington Post, July 9, .
2014
Raise Your Hand If You Understand Immigration Law: Take Two, Huffington Post, June 25, .
2014
Citizenship Games, Huffington Post, May 15, .
2014
Immigration Law: Raise Your Hand If You Understand It, Huffington Post, Feb. 12, .
2014
Immigration Puzzle of the Week: Do We Deport People for Being Mentally Ill? Huffington Post, Jan. 10, .
2014
When Will We Stop Deporting U.S. Citizens? Huffington Post, Sept. 18, .
2013
A Tale of Two Typos, Huffington Post, July 8, .
2013
FIAP, PLLC Highlights
Immigration, Civil & Human Rights
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