Professor Cooper Contributes to Decision Favoring Habeas Attorney Fees

Professor Holly Cooper helped draft an amicus brief that proved instrumental in a  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decision in November to allow attorneys to recover costs in immigration habeas cases.

The brief was submitted by the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights. Read the decision, and a Colorado Politics news story about it.

Professor and Immigration Law Clinic Co-director Holly S. Cooper has extensive litigation experience defending the rights of immigrants and is a nationally recognized expert on immigration detention issues and on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.