Alison M. Griffith
Since 2014, Alison M. Griffith has represented hundreds of clients from Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. As a Staff Attorney at The Advocates for Human Rights from 2016-2020, Alison trained hundreds of attorneys around the country on asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and on best practices in successfully representing immigrant clients. She has served as chapter co-chair of the Asylum Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association since 2018. She has been invited to speak by bar associations, immigration professional groups, community groups and members of the press on topics related to immigration and immigrant rights. She has traveled throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas and collaborated with numerous partners to help immigrant communities gain tools to defend their legal rights. Alison attended college at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, where she worked with immigrant rights groups to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform and studied abroad in Santiago, Chile. Since then, she has continued to assist and advocate for immigrant clients, as a paralegal from 2009-2011, a law clerk from 2011 to 2014, and as an attorney since 2014. She is fluent in Spanish.
Alison handles all types of immigration matters. She is skilled in navigating the complex bureaucracy of the immigration system and is a strong advocate for her clients.
Education
Juris Doctor, University of St. Thomas School of Law, 2014
Marquette University, Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Spanish, 2007
Licensed to Practice Law in Minnesota.
Languages
Spanish
Community Involvement
American Immigration Lawyers Association MN and Dakotas Chapter, Co-chair of Asylum Committee,2018 to 2021
The Advocates for Human Rights, Volunteer Consulting Attorney
Selected Publications
Co-Author, The Advocates for Human Rights guide on SIJS-based Adjustment, October 2020
Co-Author, MN State Bar Association Deskbook on Asylum and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, 2020
Co-Author, Gender-Based Asylum Claims in the Wake of Matter of A-B-: A Supplement for Practice in the 8th Circuit, last updated 2020
Author, AILA ThinkImmigration Blog, Disturbing Lack of Transparency Implicates Government Data
Reliability, November 2019
