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In immigration courts across America, a non-citizen convicted of an “aggravated felony” will almost certainly face deportation with no access to asylum. However, despite the ominous-sounding name, aggravated felonies need not be either “aggravated” or “felonies.” The term encompasses more than thirty offenses, ranging from check fraud and shoplifting to filing a false tax return. The recent expansion in the list of such offenses has resulted in astronomical rates of deportation.
Seema T. Saifee researches and writes about criminal law, criminal procedure, and social change. Her scholarship explores how individuals and communities most harmed by mass incarceration produce knowledge and develop strategies to reduce prison populations. Before joining Rutgers Law, she was a Quattrone Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
The Rutgers Law School Center for Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) is committed to studying the role of law and policy in encouraging or inhibiting opportunity based on place. Our non-partisan efforts are designed to promote more equitable approaches to public law and policy amid rapid demographic change, shrinking government resources and enduring racial and economic divides. Where possible, CLiME’s efforts recognize the interdependent relationship among places in a given region and the most inclusive conceptions of sustainability.
The legal studies program at Rutgers aims to provide students with an understanding of the role of law in the U.S., the legal system's structure and function, legal knowledge to enhance professional and personal decision-making and how law impacts various aspects of life from business to individual rights
Proudly, we celebrate the completion of our ISGRJ Postdoctoral Fellowship program.
Launched in 2021, this humanities-centered fellowship has supported 16 doctoral recipients whose research demonstrated a deep investment in the areas of inquiry related to anti-racism and social inequality.