Meet the Authors and Q&A Sessions with the Experts

Richard A. Boswell is Professor of Law and Director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He is a frequent lecturer throughout the United States and abroad before lawyers, judges, academics and others on a wide range of immigration topics. Professor Boswell is the author of numerous books and law review articles in the immigration field, most notable of which is his law school casebook, Immigration Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials (5th Ed. 2018). He is also a co-author (with Professors Karen Musalo and Jennifer Moore) of Refugee Law and Policy: A Comparative and International Approach (5th Ed. 2019). Professor Boswell served as co-editor-in-chief of the Clinical Law Review and was President of the Clinical Legal Education Association. He is a long-time member of AILA and has served on its board of governors. Professor Boswell has also worked in a number of countries (the West Bank and Gaza, Central and South America, and most recently, in Haiti) consulting on the establishment of clinical legal education and rule-of-law programs.

Ira J. Kurzban has been a renowned and highly respected member of the legal community for more than four decades. During his brilliant career as an immigration law specialist, Mr. Kurzban has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and successfully litigated many significant federal cases concerning the rights of aliens. He has received numerous prestigious awards and honors for his tireless work on behalf of immigrants, including the Lawyers of America Award for his work on behalf of human rights in this hemisphere, and the 2002 AILA Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law.

Today, Mr. Kurzban teaches immigration and nationality law at the University of Miami School of Law. He is a partner in the law firm of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A., of Miami. Mr. Kurzban received his J.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Robert Pauw is an experienced immigration law litigator and partner in the Seattle law firm of Gibbs Houston Pauw. In addition to his book, Pauw’s published articles include: “Plenary Power: An Outmoded Doctrine,” 51 Emory L.J. 1095 (2002); and “A New Look at Deportation as Punishment: Why at Least Some of the Constitution’s Criminal Procedure Protections Must Apply,” 52 Admin. L. Rev. (2000). He served as an adjunct professor of immigration law at Seattle University School of Law for over 25 years. In recognition of his achievements, Pauw has received numerous awards, including AILA’s Jack Wasserman Award for Excellence in Litigation, the NWIRP Amicus Award for the pursuit of justice for low-income immigrants and refugees, and the National Lawyers Guild’s Carol King Award.

Ruby L. Powers is the founder and managing attorney of Powers Law Group, P.C., a full-service immigration law firm based in Houston. 

Powers manages to run a successful law practice in a challenging area of law while balancing community involvement and pro bono legal representation. She is a frequent national and international speaker, author, and media resource on the topics of immigration law and policy and law practice management. Her expertise and advocacy efforts have been featured in the Washington Post, CNN, NPR, the New York Times, BBC World News, and beyond. Powers’ experience in legislative work in Washington, D.C., and the Texas State Capitol prompted her to pursue public office. 

Margaret D. Stock, Lieutenant Colonel (retired), is an attorney with the Anchorage office of Cascadia Cross Border Law, where she devotes her practice to immigration and citizenship matters. While a professor at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, Ms. Stock was temporarily assigned to the U.S. Army Accessions Command, where she developed and implemented the Department of Defense’s recruiting program, Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI). Ms. Stock was named one of the 2013 MacArthur Foundation’s Fellows due to her immigration law efforts on behalf of veterans and their families. The Foundation noted three programs she spearheaded, among them her creation and championship of the AILA Military Assistance Program (MAP), a pro bono program to help military members, veterans, and their families with immigration law matters. In its announcement, the Foundation noted that Ms. Stock’s fellowship came with a $625,000 award in recognition of her “written scholarship, and her contributions to policy debates,” all of which allow Ms. Stock to “challenge complex immigration laws in order to provide more humane and rational policies that will also serve American national security interests.”