Peter Schey

Peter Schey is a prominent legal expert and advocate for human rights, serving as the Founder, President, and Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law since 1980. Schey co-founded El Rescate Legal in 2004 to provide free legal services to Central American refugees. Additionally, Schey has held academic positions, including Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, focusing on migration patterns and nationalism. Schey's previous roles include Board Member for Hermandad Mexicana Nacional and Vice-Chairperson of the Individual Rights Section at the Los Angeles County Bar Association, along with teaching immigration law at various institutions. Schey also founded the National Immigration Law Center and established a legal aid unit to support low-income immigrants in Southern California. Schey earned a Doctor of Law from California Western School of Law and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.