Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Lecturing Fellow, Senior of Law, Law School, Duke University 2020 - 2022
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • AUG 31, 2021

    The Challenges Ahead for Afghan Refugees, and How Duke and Durham Will Help them
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • African Friends Shelter
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • National Justice For Our Neighbors (NJFON)
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Ellison, S., and A. Gupta. “Dismantling the Wall.” Michigan Law Review Online 120 (2022): 1–21.
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    • Ellison, Charles, and Anjum Gupta. “"Unwilling or Unable? The Failure to Conform the Nonstate Actor Standard in Asylum Claims to the Refugee Act".” Columbia Human Rights Law Review 52.2 (February 10, 2021): 441–441.
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    • Ellison, S., and A. Gupta. “Un(avail)able Protection: The Shifting Legal Landscape in the Eighth Circuit and Beyond for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Nonstate Persecution.” Bender’S Immigration Bulletin 25 (2020): 1061,1070-1072.
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    • Ellison, S. “Defending Refugees: A Case for Protective Procedural Safeguards in the Persecutor Bar Analysis.” Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 33, no. 2 (2019): 213–59.
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    • Ellison, S., and K. Ruser. “Seeking Predicate Findings in Nebraska for Special Immigrant Juveniles.” Nebraska Lawyer 21, no. 4 (2018): 21–25.
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    • Ellison, S. “Being Deprived of the Right to Effective Counsel in Removal Proceedings: Why the Eighth Circuit’s Decision in Rafiyev Must Be Overturned.” Creighton Law Review 49, no. 3 (2016): 523–54.
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    • Ellison, S. “Extending Due Process Protections to Unadmitted Aliens Within the U.S. Through the Functional Approach of Boumediene.” Idaho Critical Legal Studies Journal 3, no. 1 (2010): 1–52.

  • Book Sections

    • Ellison, Shane, Dree Collopy, Christine Lin, and Caroline Walters. “Hot Topics in Asylum Law.” In Immigration Practice Pointers, 451–62. American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2022.
    • Ellison, Shane, Zachary Albun, Blaine Bookey, and Gabriela Brito. “Un(Avail)able Protection: Preparing Asylum Claims for Applicants Fleeing Nonstate Persecutors.” In AILA Asylum Conference Handbook. American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2021.
    • Ellison, S., and M. Vastine. “The Ethics of Balancing Humanity and Lawyering: Ethical and Cultural Challenges Involved in Zealously Representing Vulnerable Immigrants,” Vol. 2016–17, 2016.
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • LAW 445: Immigrant Rights Clinic 2023
  • LAW 445A: Advanced Immigrant Rights Clinic 2023
  • LAW 640: Independent Research 2023
  • LAW 445: Immigrant Rights Clinic 2022
  • LAW 445A: Advanced Immigrant Rights Clinic 2022
  • LAW 611: Readings 2022
  • LAW 768: Race and Immigration Policy 2022
  • LAW 445: Immigrant Rights Clinic 2021
  • LAW 445A: Advanced Immigrant Rights Clinic 2021
  • LAW 611: Readings 2021

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