Baher Azmy Explained

Baher Azmy is an American lawyer and professor of law at Seton Hall University, specializing in constitutional law.^[1]

Education

Azmy received his Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, an MPA from Columbia University, and a BA from University of Pennsylvania.

Career

After law school Azmy clerked for Dolores K. Sloviter, Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.^[1]

In 2005 Azmy started working at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which provides legal assistance to communities under threat, including the prisoners held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba.^[2] Azmy was the lawyer for Guantanamo captive Murat Kurnaz.^{[3] [4] [5]} Azmy shared his experiences defending Kurnaz on the Peabody Award-winning episode of This American Life entitled "Habeas Shmabeas".^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Mark P. Denbeaux
• Seton Hall reports
• Unlawful combatant

Notes and References

1. Web site: biography. Seton Hall University. January 14, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20061208163258/http://law.shu.edu/faculty/fulltime_faculty/azmybahe/azmy.html. December 8, 2006. dead.
2. The Experiment. The New Yorker. Jane Mayer. Jane Mayer. July 4, 2005. 2007-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20070202040329/http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/050711fa_fact4. 2 February 2007 . dead.
3. Web site: documents presented to Murat Kurnaz Administrative Review Board – pages 64–66. Department of Defense. Baher Azmy. January 14, 2007. June 27, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150627102815/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf#64. dead.
4. Web site: Lawsuit challenges Defense Department's withholding of transcripts that could exonerate former Guantanamo Bay detainee . . December 21, 2006 . January 14, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071202074015/http://law.shu.edu/administration/public_relations/press_releases/2006/azmy_murat_kurnaz_lawsuit_transcripts.htm . December 2, 2007 .
5. Web site: Baher Azmy v. Department of Defense . January 14, 2007 . . Baher Azmy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081202210844/http://law.shu.edu/administration/public_relations/press_releases/2006/kurnaz_complaint_12_21_06.pdf . December 2, 2008 .
6. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=310 Show Description for This American Life episode #310: Habeas Shmabeas
7. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/extras/radio/310_transcript.pdf Transcript of This American Life episode #310: Habeas Shmabeas