Find Your Purpose- Conversation with Professor Katherine Reynolds

Professor Katherine Reynolds graduated magna cum laude from Franklin College (IN) and received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. She has been working in the area of refugee law since 2012. Additionally, She was a member of the inaugural class of the University of Virginia School of Law's Program in Law and Public Service (2009-2012). Prior to graduating law school, Katherine interned at El Centro Para la Accion Legal en Derechos Humanos in Guatemala City, working alongside indigenous rights activists fighting against hydroelectric projects, demanding an end to the impunity of corrupt state actors, and promoting intercultural bilingual education. Also, Professor Reynolds served as a volunteer in the US Peace Corps in Kazakhstan (2006-2008) and Americorps in Franklin, Indiana (2006).

Professor Reynolds was a supervising attorney at a refugee legal aid agency in Cairo, Egypt for three years, serving as the Director in her final year. She managed an international staff of interpreters, attorneys, and volunteer legal advocates who provided assistance in obtaining UNHCR protection, refugee status, and resettlement for refugees and asylum-seekers from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq, and Syria. Katherine also provided legal representation to Iraqis seeking admission to the US through the DAP and SIV programs. She currently serves as the director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic. 

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