CORCORAN - Erin Corcoran

Prof. Erin Corcoran

Director of the Social Justice Institute and Professor of Law
B.A., Montana State University
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

Biography

Updated: January 4, 2013

Articles

Bypassing Civil Gideon: A Legislative Proposal to Address the Rising Costs and Unmet Legal Needs of Unrepresented Immigrants, 115 W. Va. L. Rev. 643 (2012)

Obama's Failed Attempt to Close Gitmo: Why Executive Orders Can't Bring About Systemic Change, 9 U.N.H. L. Rev. 207 (2011) [Lexis] [Westlaw]

The Politics of Forced Displacement: A Review of The Price of Indifference: Refugees and Humanitarian Action in the New Century by Arthur C. Helton, SAIS Review (2003) (book review) (with Nadia Yakoob).

Book Chapter

Thwarting Justice: How Current U.S. Policy Fails to Hold Human Rights Abusers Accountable, in Montesinos' Legacy: Defining and Defending Human Rights for 500 Years (Michigan State Press, forthcoming)

Asking for a Note from Your Torturer: Corroboration and Authentication Requirements in Asylum, Withholding, and Torture Claims, Immigr. and Nationality L. Handbook, vol. 1 (2001-02) (with Virgil Weibe, Serena Parker & Anna Gallagher).

Other

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Representing Unaccompanied Chidlren: Training Manual for KIND Pro Bono Attorneys (Cory Smith & Erin Corcoran eds. 2012)