Irwin P. Stotzky is professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law. He is the founder and served as the Director for many years of the University of Miami Center for the Study of Human Rights.Irwin P. StotzkyJean Jean-Pierre, Ira Kurzban and Jaime Malamud Goti, Tribute to Irwin P. Stotzky, Ira Kurzban , Tribute to Irwin P. Stotzky, University of Miami Law School. Institutional Repository ( 29 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 31 (1998))
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1974.
For over 40 years he has represented Haitian and other refugees on constitutional and human rights issues.Jean Jean-Pierre, Tribute to Irwin P. Stotzky, University of Miami Law School. Institutional Repository ( 29 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 25 (1998))
Awards Human rights awards from the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Haitian Refugee CenterRichard Westlund, Irwin P. Stotzky: A Powerful Advocate for the Haitian People, August 5, 2020 1997: Lawyer of the Americas AwardUniversity of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Topic/Sub-heading: 1997 Lawyer of the Americas Award Books 2021: Jean v. Nelson: a civil rights revolution in immigration 2019: Send Them Back Irwin Stotzky's experiences with refugees' cases, including litigation regarding President George H.W. Bush's 1989 decision to send back all refugees who had been stopped at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard without giving them an interview on their claims 2009: Law as Justice: The Moral Imperative of Owen Fiss’s Scholarship 1997: Silencing the guns in Haiti: The Promise of Deliberative Democracy Irwin Stotzky's experiences in Haiti 1993: Transition to Democracy in Latin America: The Role of the Judiciary 1981: The Theory and Craft of American Law: Elements (with Soia Mentschikoff)
Personal Stotzky is married to Audrey Goldman, J.D. '83, and they have twin sons, Jacob and Joshua. he has been a vegetarian for over 40 years
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