Mary Ghandour

Mary Ghandour is the Director of Global Pro Bono. She was previously the Senior Global Pro Bono Manager at IRAP, where she oversaw all of IRAP’s student work in the U.S. and Canada in addition to designing and supervising complex projects that leveraged both IRAP’s student and pro bono attorney networks to fill gaps and add capacity to IRAP’s work globally.

Before joining the Global Pro Bono team, Mary was a staff attorney in IRAP’s U.S. Legal Services Department for nearly five years. In this role, Mary provided direct legal representation to IRAP clients seeking resettlement and family reunification through a number of U.S.-based and international immigration processes.

Prior to joining IRAP, Mary received her Juris Doctor from the University of California – Berkeley School of Law, where she focused on international human rights and refugee law. During law school, Mary served as the chapter director for the Berkeley Law IRAP chapter, interned with the Berkeley Law International Human Rights Law Clinic, and was a contributing writer for IntLawGrrls, an online platform that gives voice to women scholars, lawyers, and leaders on issues related to international law. She also worked with the Middle East & North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, the Center for Justice & Accountability, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.

In addition to her J.D., Mary holds a B.A. in journalism, English literature, and political philosophy from the University of Houston.

She is licensed to practice law in the state of New York.