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Professor David B. Thronson

David B.

Michigan State University College of Law Alan S. Zekelman Professor of International Human Rights Law Director, Talsky Center for Human Rights of Women and Children Associate Dean for Experiential Education, United States

Email: david.thronson@law.msu.edu

Profile

David Thronson serves as the Associate Dean for Experiential Education, the Alan S. Zekelman Professor of International Human Rights Law, and the Director of the Talsky Center for Human Rights of Women and Children at the Michigan State University College of Law. His research focuses on the intersection of family law and immigration law, in particular on the impact of immigration law on children. Thronson is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers. In 2021, the American Immigration Lawyers Association selected him to receive its Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award and the Michigan State University College of Law honored him with its Donald F. Campbell Outstanding Teaching Award.

Research

Publications

STEPHEN H. LEGOMSKY & DAVID B. THRONSON, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE LAW AND POLICY (Foundation Press, 7th Ed., 2019).

Expertise

U.S. Immigration Law, Refugee Law, Children and the Law, Human Rights
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