Clinical Professor
University of Wisconsin Law School | Immigrant Justice Clinic
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Erin M. Barbato is the Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She teaches second and third year law students to represent individuals in removal proceedings and with humanitarian-based immigration relief. The work often involves representing people seeking refuge in the United States. Previously, Erin worked as an immigration attorney at a non-profit organization and in private practice as well.
Areas of expertise, continued: Transnational human rights clinic, focus on the Darien Gap.
Talks:
Safe Passage from the Darien Gap
A discussion describing the journey that asylum seekers endure in seeking refuge in the US with a focus on the dangerous route from the Darien Gap to our southern border and alternative pathways including Safe Mobility Offices.