Professor Aleinikoff joined the law faculty after having served as the Executive Associate Commissioner for Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Immigration and Naturalization Service and as General Counsel in the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He has been on the faculty at the University of Michigan Law School. After receiving his law degree, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Edward Weinfeld, U.S. District Judge. He has published numerous articles in the areas of immigration refugee and citizenship law and policy, constitutional law, statutory interpretation and race discrimination. His most recent books include Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship; Citizenship Policies for An Age of Migration (with Douglas Klusmeyer); Immigration: Process and Policy (with David Martin, Hiroshi Motomura, and Maryellen Fullerton); and Modern Constitutional Theory: A Reader (with John Garvey and Daniel Farber). From 2004-2010, he served as Executive Vice President for Law Center Affairs and Dean of the Law Center. In February 2010, Professor Aleinikoff took a leave of absence to serve as United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.
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