Kelly Shanahan is a clinical fellow with the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, James H. Binger Center for New Americans at the University of Minnesota Law School. Prior to joining the BCNA, Kelly was an asylum attorney with the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Advancement in Nebraska, where she focused on affirmative and defensive asylum practice, unaccompanied minor children cases, and removal defense.
Kelly earned her B.A. from the University of Minnesota, where she graduated with high distinction and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Kelly is also a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law, where she earned her J.D. in 2023 with highest distinction and was admitted to the Order of the Coif for her academic excellence.
Book Chapters
Death or Deportation: A Nebraska-Based Study of Exploitation of Immigrant Workers in Meatpacking Facilities and the Immigration Consequences of the Animal Protection Movement, in Building Multispecies Resistance Against Exploitation: Stories from the Frontlines of Labor and Animal Rights (Peter Lang Group AG, 2024)
Documents and Reports
Court Conundrum: Omaha Immigration Court Frequently Compromises Due Process Rights, AILA Think Immigration (Doc. No. 24073007) (July 30, 2024)
- Immigration & Human Rights Fellow
- James H. Binger Center for New Americans