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David Koelsch
Director of the Immigration Law Clinic
J.D. Catholic University of America ’94- B.A. Michigan State University ’88
Professor David Koelsch is the Director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. The Clinic serves over 200 clients each year and represents political and religious asylum seekers, abused immigrant women, and abandoned immigrant children.
Before joining UDM, Professor Koelsch served as Legal Director with Freedom House, a Detroit-based organization serving the legal, housing, medical and psychological needs of asylum seekers.
He has served on the Immigration Task Group of New Detroit, Inc. for five years. He frequently lectures and writes on immigration law and policy to lawyers and the general public and recently testified before the Judiciary Committee of U.S. House of Representatives regarding immigration reform proposals. Professor Koelsch is also the coach of the Immigration Law Moot Court Team
