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Jayesh Rathod

Practitioner in Residence, International Human Rights Clinic

 

Office: Room 461
Phone: 202-274-4459
E-mail: jrathod@wcl.american.edu vCard

Jayesh Rathod is a Practitioner-in-Residence with the International Human Rights Law Clinic. Prior to joining the faculty, he was a Staff Attorney at CASA of Maryland, representing low-wage immigrant workers on employment law and immigration matters, and participating in worker education, organizing, and advocacy efforts. He also practiced in the litigation section at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering LLP, and was law clerk to the Honorable Louis F. Oberdorfer, of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Over the course of his career, he has worked with numerous non-governmental organizations to advance the civil and human rights of communities in the United States and abroad. His areas of specialty and scholarly interests include immigrants’ rights, labor and employment, occupational safety and health, and the intersection of law and organizing.

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