Professional Background

Professor Lauren Gearty has a background in federal and administrative litigation. She has represented individuals seeking asylum, humanitarian visas, relief from immigration detention, and many other legal protections. Professor Gearty has also litigated tort-related matters in state and federal courts.

While in law school, Professor Gearty served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Suffolk University Law Review. She recently earned her Ph.D. in history, focusing her research on the historical beginnings of the U.S. immigration system. Professor Gearty has written about U.S. immigration history, asylum, withholding of removal, voluntary departure, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Her current research focuses on immigration enforcement methods, morals policing, and the intersection of criminal and immigration law.