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Ava Morgenstern is an attorney in Washington, DC. Her specialties include immigration law, asylum and refugee law, and international human rights law. She holds a JD from the University of Michigan Law School, an MA from the University of Michigan, and a BA from Brandeis University. Ava is a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow (Amsterdam 2006 and Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship 2014).
Updated July 2024
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