Professor Michael Vastine joined the faculty of St. Thomas University School of Law in 2004, where he is a tenured professor of law and Director of the Immigration Clinic. A frequent conference speaker and author, he is also a leader of the immigration bar, with extensive service within the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). From 2011-20, he was elected to serve on the AILA South Florida Chapter Board of Directors, including a term as Chair of the Chapter. Professor Vastine’s AILA national-level service includes multiple terms on the Federal Litigation Section Steering Committee, Annual Conference Planning Committee, and Amicus Curiae Committee. His impact litigation principally relates to immigration and crimes, including the lead case at the Florida Supreme Court establishing the constitutional rights of immigrant defendants to effective representation by their criminal counsel, and multiple cases at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit delineating the immigration consequences of Florida convictions involving controlled substances. Additionally, he has represented AILA and other community-based organizations, as amicus curiae counsel, in forums ranging from the Board of Immigration Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, in matters including the constitutional limits of indefinite detention of immigrants, the due process rights of the physically deported, and the immigration consequences of state crimes. In 2013, Professor Vastine received the AILA (National) Elmer Fried Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Justice at the Door: Ending Domestic Servitude, Intercultural Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 7 (2012)
Intercultural Human Rights Law Review Annual Symposium (Jan. 27, 2012)
■ Table of Contents – Volume 7
■ The President’s Welcome Address, by Rev. Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale
■ Opening Remarks, by Dean Douglas Ray
■ Domestic Servitude: A Contemporary Form of Slavery Justice at the Door Ending Domestic Servitude, by Roza Pati
■ Back to Freedom: From Surviving to Thriving – An Introduction, by Ana I. Vallejo
■ Back to Freedom: From Surviving to Thriving – A Panel Discussion, by Ana I. Vallejo, Simone Celestin, Sabrina Salomon
■ Ensuring Decent Work for Domestic Workers: An Integral Approach to the Prevention of Labor Trafficking, by Mark Ensalaco
■ Human Trafficking and Diplomatic Immunity: Impunity No More?, by Martina E. Vandenberg and Alexandra F. Levy
■ U.S. Anti-Trafficking Policy and the J-1 Visa Program: The State Department’s Challenge from Within, by Patricia Medige and Catherine Griebel Bowman
■ The New York Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights: Justice at the Door, by Talle D. Gilmore
■ Modem-Day Slavery Eclipsing the Sunshine State Compels Safe Harbor Legislation in Florida, by Lydia Butler
Articles
■ Double Jeopardy in the Inter-American System of Human Rights: Balancing the Right and the Remedy, by Lisl Brunner
■ Equality, Procedural Justice, and the World Trade Organization, by Adam S. Chilton and Ryan W. Davis
■ Extreme Makeover – Contract Law Edition: A New Home for Human Rights and Social Responsibility (Lessons from Israel), by Eli Bukspan