Ghada Ghannam

Prior to becoming a Staff Attorney, Ghada was an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow with the Removal Defense Project at Catholic Migration Services. Ghada is a Texas native and graduated in May 2021 with dual degrees in Law and Global Policy Studies from the University of Texas School of Law and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She is passionate about serving marginalized communities. She aims to leverage her skillsets in legislative lawyering, immigration, civil rights, and social justice lawyering to uplift those she serves. Ghada has interned for the Texas Supreme Court and clerked for the Texas Civil Rights Project, Open Society Justice Initiative, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, and RAICES. She also served as staff editor at the Journal of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and staff editor at the Journal of Law and Technology at Texas. She is a 2017 Rotary Education Scholar, having studied Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo.  She is a native Arabic speaker, an artist, and avid reader. Ghada is admitted to practice law in Texas and New York.