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Lauren Gearty
Contact Information

lgearty@nesl.edu

Areas of Expertise
  • Immigration Law and Policy
  • Human Rights
  • Torts
  • Criminal Law
Courses

Lauren Gearty

Faculty Fellow

Education

PhD Brandeis University
MA Brandeis University
JD Suffolk University Law School
BA College of the Holy Cross

Professional Background

Professor Lauren Gearty has a background in federal and administrative litigation. She has represented individuals seeking asylum, humanitarian visas, relief from immigration detention, and many other legal protections. Professor Gearty has also litigated tort-related matters in state and federal courts.

While in law school, Professor Gearty served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Suffolk University Law Review. She recently earned her Ph.D. in history, focusing her research on the historical beginnings of the U.S. immigration system. Professor Gearty has written about U.S. immigration history, asylum, withholding of removal, voluntary departure, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Her current research focuses on immigration enforcement methods, morals policing, and the intersection of criminal and immigration law.

Featured Publications

From Borders to Brothels: Sexual Policing in U.S. Immigration Enforcement, 1875-1917 (Ph.D. dissertation), (2024)

Your Rights After a Grant of Convention Against Torture Protection or Withholding of Removal, Nolo.com (2023)

Voluntary Departure: Who Is Eligible?, Nolo.com (2023)

Voluntary Departure: What Happens If You Don't Leave the United States?, Nolo.com (2023)

Why Request Voluntary Departure Instead of Removal?, Nolo.com (2023)

Immigration Law - Second Drug Offense Not Aggravated Felony Merely Because of Possible Felony Recidivist Prosecution, 43 Suffolk University Law Review (2010)

Employment Law - Scope of Faragher-Ellerth Affirmative Defense to Vicarious Liability Not Defined By Employer’s Own Sexual Harassment Policy, 42 Suffolk University Law Review (2009)