Dr. Nyasa Lisa Steger

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Lecturer in Anglo-American Law
• Director of the International NGO Law and Policy Project (INLPP)

Focus

• U.S. Law
• Immigration Law
• Constitutional Law
• Human Rights Law
• NGO Leadership and Management
• Right to Counsel

Teaching

• Europa Institut at the Univeristy of Zurich, Legal English CAS
• Immigrant Rights Teach-In and Know Your Rights Presentations

Experience

• Lecturer
  ZHAW School of Management and Law
  08 / 2022 - today
• Member, Immigrant Leaders Council
  New York Immigration Coalition
  10 / 2017 - 07 / 2022
• Director of Immigration Initiatives
  Brooklyn Defender Services, New York, USA
  09 / 2011 - 07 / 2022
• Adjunct Professor
  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  01 / 2017 - 05 / 2020
• Ella Baker Fellow
  Center for Constitutional Rights
  05 / 2010 - 08 / 2010
• Program Assistant
  New York University - Center for Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West
  08 / 2006 - 08 / 2008

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Juris Doctor (J.D.)
  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  08 / 2008 - 05 / 2011
• Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program
  Bard NYC
  05 / 2006 - 08 / 2006
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) / Double Major in English and Black Studies; Minor in Law and Politics
  The State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz)
  08 / 2002 - 05 / 2006

Network

Awards

• Reciprocal Exchange Component Awardee
  Mandela Washington Fellowship
  08 / 2018
• Public Law Advocacy Week “Inspire” Award
  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  01 / 2014
• Stanley H. Beckerman Public Interest Award
  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  05 / 2011

Social media

Linkedin

Media presence

• "Advocates Seek to Make Courthouses Off Limits for Immigration Officials," New York Times, May 26 2014
• "Feds Carry Out Stealth Raids Against NYC Immigrants," The Indypendent, February 2, 2016
• Press Release: "New Report Finds Worsening Crisis of Inadequate Medical Care in Immigration Detention and Immediate COVID-19 Threat," New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

Publications

Other publications

• Steger, N. L. (2022) U.S. Constitutional + Administrative Law (F) : U.S. constitutional and administrative law with selected in-class exercises. Universität Zürich.
• Steger, N. L. (2022) 'Court Notifications Bill s.2903A : memorandum of support', Brooklyn Defenders. Available at: https://bds.org/latest/memo-of-support-court-notifications-bill.

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