Michael G. Kagan
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Michael Kagan is an American academic and immigrant rights lawyer. He is Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.[1] He is the director of tof he UNLV Immigration Clinic, which specializes in deportation defense, including of unaccompanied children.[2]
Kagan played a leading role in the establishment of refugee legal aid programs that assist asylum-seekers applying for refugee status determination through the
UN refugee agency.[3] He helped to found or develop Africa Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) in Egypt, and Asylum Access, which is based in the United States. He also became a leading campaigner for reforms in the way the UN conducts refugee status determination, and started the website RSDWatch.org.[4]
Kagan completed his J.D. degree at the University of Michigan.
Kagan's experiences are International Human Rights Law, Criminal and also Immigration law, and the First Amendment.[5] Michael Kagan has also done some research and written work on legal matters.[6]