Amy Valor Meselson (December 4, 1971 – July 22, 2018) was the managing lawyer for the New York City-based Immigrant Justice Corps.

She worked in the immigration law unit of New York's Legal Aid Society from 2002, helping then-high school student Amadou Ly[1] and other migrant children. In 2016 she traveled to Greece to volunteer at a Syrian refugee camp. She was managing attorney for the Immigrant Justice Corps when she committed suicide at home on July 22, 2018.[2] In addition to the depression she had been battling since she was a child, The Independent wrote, "She had also recently been diagnosed with extreme anxiety and attention deficit disorder, conditions that may have been exacerbated by the time she spent at the camp."[1]

Family and education

Born in Boston to Matthew and Sarah Page Meselson, she received her Bachelor's degree from Brown University and a Master's from Harvard University, both in philosophy. She received her J.D. from Yale.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Manby, Christine (2018-08-22). "Amy Meselson: Lawyer who fought for the right of vulnerable immigrants to remain in the United States". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  2. ↑ Roberts, Sam (2018-08-08). "Amy Meselson, 46, Immigrant Defender". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  3. ↑ "Obituaries: Amy Meselson". The Boston Globe. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2019-12-24.


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