Lynn Marcus

Interests

Teaching

Immigration Law Practice; Refugee Law

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Rosenberg, L. D., Marcus, L., Han, H., & Dobrin, V. (2006). Brief by Amici Curiae The Immigrant Legal Resource Center; The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project; The Immigration Law Clinic, Rogers College of Law; Washington Legal Defender Association; and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers' Guild in Support of Petitioner, Fernandez-Ruiz v. Gonzales, 466 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir. 2006) (28 Feb. 2006). SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.949605

Presentations

• Marcus, L. (2024, January). Asylum Law 101. Class Session of Visual Storytelling and the Law (LAW 406). School of Music: School of Theater, Film, and Television and the James E. Rogers College of Law.
• Marcus, L. (2023, Fall). Safe?. Faculty Post-Summer Workshop. James E. Rogers College of Law: Law School (summer research grant).
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  A documentary about the struggles of a Guatemalan couple as they seek to keep their family together in the U.S. despite heightened restrictions imposed by changes in Immigration  laws and policies. Used in immigration law courses (See blogs by immigration law professors Professor Kit Johnson and Kevin Johnson) to personalize issues in the immigration system such as the use of prosecutorial discretion and to illustrate the harm that can result from policies that limit or eliminate the exercises of discretion for individuals with a criminal record
• Marcus, L. (2014, October). Cancellation of Removal. Immigration Law Professors Conference. UC Irvine: Uncommon Individual Foundation; LegalEd Web.
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  As part of an effort to promote "flipped classrooms" and make information on a broad array of topics in immigration law accessible to all, I wrote, memorized, and performed the shortest possible explanation of forms of relief for three categories of people in removal proceedings.

Creative Productions

• Marcus, L. (2019. "UA Legal Clinic Provides Free Help to Immigrants, experience for students”. Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ. https://tucson.com/news/local/ua-legal-clinic-provides-free-help-to-immigrants-experience-for/article_223fd250-305e-5b7e-922e-f4a34e36fe83.html
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  Arranged student and client interviews and was quoted in Arizona Daily Star article, “UA Legal Clinic Provides Free Help to Immigrants, experience for students,” by Ashley Freddie (April 29 2019).
• Marcus, L. (2019. Quoted extensively in "Can Democrats Decriminalize Unauthorized Immigration?". Pacific Standard. https://psmag.com/social-justice/can-democrats-decriminalize-unauthorized-immigration.
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  Quoted extensively in “Can Democrats Decriminalize Unauthorized Immigration,” by Massoud Mayoun of Pacific Magazine (April 10, 2019).
• Marcus, L. (2018. "Sessions 'Zero-Tolerance' on Asylum: One Woman's Story". Medill News Service. http://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2018/06/29/sessions-zero-tolerance-asylum-one-womans-story/#sthash.Oan4Iyj2.NuBDsDlM.dpbs
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  Discussed the impact of a landmark immigration decision by the Attorney General to cut off domestic violence, in most cases, as a basis for claiming asylum, and arranged for an interview with an impacted client. Medill News Service (June 29, 2018).
• Marcus, L. (2018. Quoted in “California, Pressed by U.S., Begins Mass Immigration Hearings". Yahoo News. https://news.yahoo.com/california-pressed-us-begins-mass-immigration-hearings-191957505.html
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  Quoted on the expansion of Operation Streamline by Agence France Press in “California, Pressed by U.S., Begins Mass Immigration Hearings,” July 12, 2018.
• Marcus, L. (2018. Radio interview for “Law Professor: AG Sessions Changes Make Process As Difficult as Possible for Asylum Seekers”. KJZZ (Phoenix). http://theshow.kjzz.org/content/680804/law-professor-ag-sessions-changes-make-process-difficult-possible-asylum-seekers
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  Gave radio interview for “The Show” (Phoenix NPR affiliate), “Law Professor: AG Sessions Changes Make Process As Difficult as Possible for Asylum Seekers,” aired August 6, 2018.

Creative Performances

• Marcus, L. (2019. 'Shocking' decision to allow Trump administration to bar some asylum-seekers, activists say. quoted in online newspaper. Tucson AZ: Tucson Sentinel. http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091119_asylum_reactions/shocking-decision-allow-trump-administration-bar-some-asylum-seekers-activists-say/
• Marcus, L. (2019. The Trump Administration Is Attempting To Bypass Flores Agreement. interviewed by Steve Goldstein for KJZZ's radio show "The Show". Phoenix. at http://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1142891/trump-administration-attempting-bypass-flores-agreement

Other Teaching Materials

• Marcus, L. (2023. Mentor Attorneys on Navigating Cultural Difference. James E. Rogers College of Law.
• Marcus, L. (2023. Pamela Saeed on Conflicts of Interest. James E. Rogers College of Law.
• Marcus, L. (2023. Pamela Saeed on Treating Clients as People. James E. Rogers College of Law.
• Marcus, L. (2023. The Student Learning Plan. AALS Clinic Section on Externships.
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  This video, published on the "Externships" Channel on Vimeo, tackles a common problem faced by law student externs and externship directors: lack of detail or clarity in student learning plans. The video explains the value of a good learning plan for students and supervising attorneys and walks students through the steps of creating a solid plan.
• Marcus, L. (2022. Ami Hutchinson on Interviewing Asylum Seekers. James E. Rogers College of Law.
• Marcus, L. (2022. Glaucia Brannock on Navigating Cultural Difference. James E. Rogers College of Law.

Others

• Marcus, L. (2024, May). Biden Administration to Propose Tougher Asylum Standards for Some Migrants at the Border. ABC News, Phoenix. https://www.abc15.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-to-propose-tougher-asylum-standards-for-some-migrants-at-the-border
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  I gave a background interview on the asylum screening process and impact of a proposed regulation to allow immigration officials to bar people from asylum hearings based on certain findings. I believe the reporter included one or more quotes from the interview in an earlier version but I don't see any now.
• Marcus, L., Zigler, Z., & Conover, C. (2024, March). What Can States Do at the US-Mexico Border?. Arizona Public Media News. https://news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2024/3/1/219287-the-buzz-what-can-states-do-at-the-us-mexico-border/
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  In this interview for The Buzz radio program, I discuss the constitutional limits of states' actions regarding immigration law enforcement.
• Marcus, L., & Gilger, L. (2022, August). Interview:  "The Fate of DACA Rests With Three Judges". KJZZ. https://theshow.kjzz.org/content/1802855/dacas-future-rests-3-louisiana-judges-these-are-legal-arguments
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  In this interview for Radio Station 91.5 in Phoenix (KJZZ), I broke down the legal arguments in the DACA case then pending at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Please note that the closes "role" listed for interviewee was "author." I have selected "editor" where the more appropriate term might be "interviewer."
• Marcus, L., & Ziglar, Z. (2022, October). Fact Check Arizona: Ep. 3 The Border in the Governor's Race - AZPM. Arizona Public Media. https://news.azpm.org/p/newsc/2022/10/19/213360-fact-check-az-the-border-in-the-governors-race/
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  In this interview, I discuss Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's claim that the U.S. Constitution gives Arizona the right to declare and invasion and take up arms against Mexican drug cartels. I also discuss relevant federal c ourt precedent and the discussion of the relevant provision in the Constitution in concluding that her arguments are unlikely to gain traction, even with a conservative Supreme Court.Again, note that the roles "author" and "editor" listed above in inaccurate and used only because no appropriate options were listed.