Linus Chan
James H. Binger Clinical Professor of Law
Clinical Professor of Law
Degrees
University of Chicago, A.B.
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D.
Expertise
- Detainee Rights
- Immigration Law
- Clinical Legal Education
Linus Chan is the the James H. Binger Clinical Professor of Law and the faculty director of the Detainee Rights Clinic. He is an immigration attorney that focuses on removal defense for those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He also teaches in the area of intersection of criminal and immigration law.
Criminal Law
Detainee Rights Clinic
Immigration and Criminal Law: Immigration Consequences of Crimes and Criminalizing Migration
Detainee Rights Clinic Student Directors
Books
Immigration Simulations: Bridge to Practice (West Academic, 2018)
Journal Articles
Executive Clemency and Immigration Federation: Reconsidering Presidential Power Over Deportation Orders, 61 Idaho Law Review 334 (2025)
The Magna Carta, Jarkesy, and the Constitutional Jury Requirement in Crime-Based Deportation, 105 Boston University Law Review 1581 (2025)
Crimmigrating Narratives: Examining Third-Party Observations of US Detained Immigration Court, 48 Law & Social Inquiry 407 (2023)
Process as Suffering: How U.S. Immigration Court Process and Culture Prevent Substantive Justice, 86 Albany Law Review 471 (2023)
Perceived Structural Vulnerabilities Among Detained Noncitizen Immigrants in Minnesota, 16(6) PLOS One (2021)
Weighing Pain: How the Harm of Immigration Detention Must Be Factored in Custody Decisions, 27 William and Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 865 (2021)
The Promise and Failure of Silence as a Shield Against Immigration Enforcement, 52 Valparaiso University Law Review 289 (2018)
Understanding "Sanctuary Cities," 59 Boston College Law Review 1703 (2018)
Unjust Deserts: How the Modern Deportation System Lacks Moral Credibility, 16 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 103 (2018)
The Right to Travel: Breaking Down the Thousand Petty Fortresses of State Self-Deportation Laws, 34 Pace Law Review 814 (2014)
Re-Interpreting Postville: A Legal Perspective, 2 DePaul Journal for Social Justice 31 (2008)
Other Publications
BIA: City Drug Ordinance Violation Is a State Law Conviction; Counts for Recidivist Offender Purposes, crImmigration, July 31, 2012 (guest blogger)
- Professor, Detainee Rights Clinic
- James H. Binger Center for New Americans
In Minnesota Law Magazine
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