Awards and Honors
Honorary Degree in Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology, 2009
Lifetime Commitment to Justice Award, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, June 2008
Palmer Civil Liberties Prize for Less Safe, Less Free, 2007
Honorary Degree, City University of New York School of Law at Queens College, 2007
Freedom of Expression Award, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, 2007
Distinguished Alumni Award, Evanston Township High School, 2006
Human Rights Award, Society of American Law Teachers, January, 2006
William J. Brennan, Jr. Award, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, 2004
American Book Award for Enemy Aliens, 2004
2004 Outstanding Achievement Award, The Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project, Boston, MA
Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award for Enemy Aliens, 2004
Human Rights Hero, American Bar Association Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, Winter 2004
People’s Law Award, National Lawyers Guild, 2003
2001 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Prize for No Equal Justice, from Jesuit Honor Society
Constitutional Rights Award, National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom, April 2001
Anne Rea Jewell Prize for Best Non-Fiction Book of 1999, from Boston Book Review, for No Equal Justice
2000 Gladys M. Kammerer Award for best political science publication in the field of national policy, from American Political Science Association, for No Equal Justice
Senior Justice Fellow, Open Society Institute’s Center on Crime, Communities and Culture, 1998-99
Abu Saad Excellence Award, May 1999, American Muslim Council, for outstanding contributions on behalf of the Muslim community
Named one of 45 outstanding lawyers under 45 in the public sector, by The American Lawyer, “The Public Sector 45,” Jan./Feb. 1997
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, April 20, 1996, for promotion of civil rights.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 1995, for work on Paul v. Avril, international human rights action against former President of Haiti General Prosper Avril.
