 CGRS Welcomes Clinical Teaching Fellow, Kim Thuy Seelinger
In July, CGRS welcomed Kim Thuy Seelinger, the Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons, Farrise & Greenwood Foundation Clinical Teaching Fellow with the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at U.C. Hastings. Over the years, the law firm and its foundation have made tremendous contributions to CGRS. Partner Denise Abrams continues to serve on the Executive Committee of CGRS’s Advisory Board, and the Foundation has provided generous support for the Center’s work since 2001.
Along with CGRS Director Karen Musalo, Kim will co-teach the clinic seminar and will mentor and supervise students on their assigned cases and projects. She will also be closely involved with CGRS’s national advocacy work on behalf of women seeking asylum based on gender persecution.
“As a firm believer in the tremendous value of clinical legal education,” says Kim, “I’m excited not only about working on critical human rights issues, but also about guiding students through their early hands-on experiences as advocates in the field. This teaching fellowship is a remarkable opportunity to expand my understanding of clinical pedagogy, of refugee and human rights law and advocacy, and of how to inspire young lawyers to seek challenge and meaning in our profession.”
Prior to joining CGRS, Kim helped to develop a clinical law project at Yunnan University in the People’s Republic of China, as the 2005-2006 Yale-China Association Clinical Legal Education Fellow. Before that, Kim was a staff attorney at the Lutheran Family & Community Services Immigration Unit in New York City, where she worked primarily in the areas of asylum and post-9/11 deportation defense. She graduated from New York University School of Law, where was a student in the Immigrant Rights Clinic. Kim has worked with the Hague Conference on Private International Law, as well as with the International Labour Organisation’s Trafficking in Children and Women project in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Kim can be reached at seelinge@uchastings.edu or (415) 581-8821. |
