Charles Shane Ellison

Clinical Professor of Law

ellison@law.duke.edu

Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

Duke Law School 210 Science Dr, Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

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A More Just Social Group Test for the US

Journal article International Journal of Refugee Law · 2026 Link to item Cite

The Toll Paid When Adjudicators Err: Reforming Appellate Review Standards for Refugees

Journal article Georgetown Immigration Law Journal · 2024 Link to item Cite

Appellate Review Standards of Denials of Asylum and Withholding of Removal

Book section · 2023 Cite

Dismantling the Wall

Journal article Michigan Law Review Online · 2022 Link to item Cite

Hot Topics in Asylum Law

Book section · 2022 Cite

"Unwilling or Unable? The Failure to Conform the Nonstate Actor Standard in Asylum Claims to the Refugee Act"

Journal article Columbia human rights law review · February 10, 2021 Open Access Link to item Cite

Un(Avail)able Protection: Preparing Asylum Claims for Applicants Fleeing Nonstate Persecutors

Book section · 2021 Cite

Un(avail)able Protection: The Shifting Legal Landscape in the Eighth Circuit and Beyond for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Nonstate Persecution

Journal article Bender’s Immigration Bulletin · 2020 Link to item Cite

“When All Else Fails”: Relief Under the Convention Against Torture

Book section · 2020 Cite

Defending Refugees: A Case for Protective Procedural Safeguards in the Persecutor Bar Analysis

Journal article Georgetown Immigration Law Journal · 2019 Link to item Cite

Seeking Predicate Findings in Nebraska for Special Immigrant Juveniles

Journal article Nebraska Lawyer · 2018 Link to item Cite

The Ethics of Balancing Humanity and Lawyering: Ethical and Cultural Challenges Involved in Zealously Representing Vulnerable Immigrants

Book section · 2016 Cite

Being Deprived of the Right to Effective Counsel in Removal Proceedings: Why the Eighth Circuit’s Decision in Rafiyev Must Be Overturned

Journal article Creighton Law Review · 2016 Link to item Cite

Extending Due Process Protections to Unadmitted Aliens Within the U.S. Through the Functional Approach of Boumediene

Journal article Idaho Critical Legal Studies Journal · 2010 Link to item Cite