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California Lawyer magazine honored Professor Karen Musalo with a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award. The magazine named 44 attorneys around the state to receive the 14th annual award. Professor Musalo, who directs the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, was recognized in the category of human rights.
The press release states, "Thirteen years ago Musalo began representing Rody Alvarado-Peña in her effort to gain asylum in the United States. A native of Guatemala, Alvarado-Peña had suffered ten years of extreme violence and sexual abuse from her husband before she fled the country in 1995. Last December Alvarado-Peña was finally granted asylum. Because the Matter of R.A. was seen as a test case for whether domestic violence victims can win asylum under a "social group" theory, this victory will have an immediate effect on similar claims."
The recipients of the CLAY Awards are featured in the March 2010 issue of California Lawyer.
Prof. Karen Musalo Receives a California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award
The press release states, "Thirteen years ago Musalo began representing Rody Alvarado-Peña in her effort to gain asylum in the United States. A native of Guatemala, Alvarado-Peña had suffered ten years of extreme violence and sexual abuse from her husband before she fled the country in 1995. Last December Alvarado-Peña was finally granted asylum. Because the Matter of R.A. was seen as a test case for whether domestic violence victims can win asylum under a "social group" theory, this victory will have an immediate effect on similar claims."
The recipients of the CLAY Awards are featured in the March 2010 issue of California Lawyer.