Projects
Immigration
Op-Ed: Children in the U.S. Immigration System Deserve Due Process Protections Too
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Discussed the current lack of a right to counsel for immigrant youth facing deportation in the United States
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Argued for stronger Fifth Amendment Due Process protections for immigrant youth within the U.S. immigration system
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Reviewed U.S. Supreme Court due process and access to counsel jurisprudence
Disparities in U.S. Immigration Court Rulings
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Examined disparities in the asylum grant rate across U.S. immigration courts using data from 2013-2018
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Conducted 3 multivariate regressions that analyzed the correlation of several variables with the asylum grant rate
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Proposed five policy recommendations to create a more equitable and uniform immigration court system
The Right to Counsel for Undocumented Immigrant Children
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Analyzed recent legislative history and federal court rulings for the rights of undocumented immigrants
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Examined the role of Congress and the Executive Office of Immigration Review in the U.S. Dept. of Justice
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Researched influential stakeholders and their expected stance
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Created a political strategy for the passage of right-to-counsel legislation through the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Access to Justice
Modernizing Due Process: Approaches to Expanding Civil Access to Justice for Low-Income Litigants
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Analyzed current access to justice issues facing low-income litigants
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Proposed solutions to the civil justice gap including requiring justice gap impact studies, establishing a statutory right to counsel in certain cases, and expanding opportunities for self-representation
Criminal Legal Reform
Racial Disparities of Youth in Solitary Confinement
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Analyzed the disparate use of solitary confinement on youth-aged populations around the U.S.
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Examined the demographic composition of detained and incarcerated youth
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Analyzed historical state and federal data trends
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Proposed redirecting state and federal funds towards trauma-informed care as an alternative to isolation
Voting Rights
The Impact of the 15th Amendment on Voting Rights in the Post-Reconstruction Era
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​Examined congressional intent and legislative history that resulted in the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
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Reviewed actions by state governments to restrict Black suffrage through the Mississippi Plan and White Primary
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Explored the degree to which state-sanctioned violence prevented equal access to the ballot box
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Discussed key Supreme Court rulings in voting rights cases during the post-Reconstruction era
Senior Capstone Undergrad Project
Economic Mobility and the Racial Wealth Gap in the US
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Analyzed socioeconomic factors that contribute to economic mobility by performing multivariate regressions.
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Conducted thorough reviews of academic literature, federal datasets, and local and state government actions.
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Proposed 3 solutions to the Atlanta City Government to increase economic mobility and reduce the wealth gap.
