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Sep 30, 2022

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Ryan Corbett

This is the twenty-third installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students who have become strong advocates and leaders in their fields of practice. Meet Ryan Corbett, Associate Refugee Status Determination Officer at the UNHCR

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Jun 30, 2022

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Laura Murchie

Meet Laura Murchie, Litigation Staff Attorney at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta.

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A headshot of IRAP alum Elsa Mota.

Mar 28, 2022

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Elsa Mota

Meet Elsa Mota, former member of the IRAP chapter at Yale Law School, and current Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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Dec 3, 2021

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Alyssa Isidoridy

Meet Alyssa Isidoridy, former member of the IRAP chapter at NYU School of Law, and current Associate at Kaufman Lieb Lebowitz & Frick LLP.

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Sep 23, 2021

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Rie Ohta

Meet Rie Ohta, former member of the IRAP chapter at UCLA School of Law, and current Litigation Fellow at the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law. This is the nineteenth installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students who have become strong advocates and leaders in their fields of practice.

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May 27, 2021

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: George Najjar

Meet George Najjar former member of the IRAP chapter at Columbia Law School, and current Corporate Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

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A headshot of IRAP alumna Samah Sisay. She is a Black woman wearing a black blazer and bright red lipstick, smiling brightly.

Jan 29, 2021

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Samah Sisay

This is the 17th installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students who have become strong advocates and leaders in their fields of practice.

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Beneel Babaei, an alumnus of an IRAP Law School Chapter, smiles, looking slightly past the camera. He wears a blue suit and has brown hair, brown eyes, and short facial hair. He poses against unobstructed windows in an office setting.

Aug 25, 2020

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Beneel Babaei

This is the 16th installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students who have become strong advocates and leaders in their fields of practice.

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May 29, 2020

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Patricia Stottlemyer

This is the fifteenth installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former

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Jan 9, 2020

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Mariana Olaizola

This is the fourteenth installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students

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Aug 29, 2019

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Alex Zetes

This is the thirteenth installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students

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May 15, 2019

IRAP Alumni Spotlight: Yekaterina Reyzis

This is the twelfth installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, which features interviews with former IRAP students

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