Omar Jadwat

Omar Jadwat has been instrumental in the field of immigrants' rights since joining the ACLU in 2002, where currently serves as the Director of the Immigrants' Rights Project, in addition to holding positions as Senior Staff Attorney and Staff Attorney. Jadwat has also contributed to legal education as an Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law since 2017 and previously at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law from 2010 to 2015. Prior experience includes serving as a Law Clerk for Judge John G. Koeltl in the Southern District of New York from 2001 to 2002 and working as a researcher at PDG from 1995 to 1997. Educational qualifications include a JD from New York University School of Law and a BA from Yale University, complemented by an early education at Stuyvesant High School.