Richard Boswell, Professor of Law

Professor Boswell joined the regular full-time faculty at Hastings after teaching as a visiting professor in 1990.  He received his B.A. in Urban Economics from Loyola-Marymount University in Los Angeles and his J.D. from the George Washington University National Law Center where he was a member of the Journal of International Law & Economics.  He was in private practice and later joined the faculty of the George Washington University National Law Center where he directed the Trial Practice Program and Immigration Law Clinic and taught immigration law.  Working his way west, he joined the faculty at the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1986.

Professor Boswell is a frequent lecturer on immigration law and has taught regularly in programs for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy since 1986.  He was most recently the co-editor-in-chief of the Clinical Law Review which is a joint publication of the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA), the New York University Law School and the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).  In addition to his work in clinical legal education, Professor Boswell has been involved in rule of law/justice projects in Central Asia, Columbia, Guatemala, Palestine and Venezuela.  He is the author of Immigration and Nationality Law: Cases and Materials, the co-author (with Karen Musalo and Jennifer Moore) of Refugee Law: Cases and Materials as well as numerous articles and books on immigration law.  He currently teaches immigration law, and directs the Immigrants' Rights Clinic.

Courses Taught: Immigration Law (First Year and Upper Division) and Immigrants' Rights Clinic