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American lawyer
Baher Azmy is an American lawyer and professor of law at
Seton Hall University, specializing in constitutional law.
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Education
Azmy received his
Juris Doctor from
New York University School of Law, an
MPA from
Columbia University, and a
BA from
University of Pennsylvania.
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Career
After law school[
when?] Azmy clerked for
Dolores K. Sloviter, Chief Judge of the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals in
Philadelphia.
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In 2005 Azmy started working at the
Center for Constitutional Rights, which provides legal assistance to communities under threat, including the prisoners held in
extrajudicial detention in the
Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba.
[2] Azmy was the lawyer for Guantanamo captive
Murat Kurnaz.
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[5] Azmy shared his experiences defending Kurnaz on the
Peabody Award-winning episode of
This American Life entitled "Habeas Shmabeas".
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See also
References
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"biography".
Seton Hall University. Archived from
the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
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Jane Mayer (July 4, 2005).
"The Experiment".
The New Yorker. Archived from
the original on 2 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
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"documents presented to Murat Kurnaz Administrative Review Board – pages 64–66" (PDF).
Department of Defense. Archived from
the original (PDF) on June 27, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
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"Lawsuit challenges Defense Department's withholding of transcripts that could exonerate former Guantanamo Bay detainee".
Seton Hall University. December 21, 2006. Archived from
the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
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"Baher Azmy v. Department of Defense" (PDF).
Seton Hall University. Archived from
the original (PDF) on December 2, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
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Show Description for This American Life episode #310: Habeas Shmabeas
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Transcript of This American Life episode #310: Habeas Shmabeas