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Dree K. Collopy is a member of the adjunct faculty at the º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Washington College of Law and previously owned and operated Benach Collopy LLP, a nationally renowned immigration law firm in Washington, DC. For nearly two decades, she has represented individuals and families seeking protection from persecution and torture, as well as other relief, before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. immigration courts and Board of Immigration Appeals, and the U.S. courts of appeals. As a member of the adjunct faculty at the º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Washington College of Law, and previously the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, Professor Collopy has taught courses on asylum and refugee law, law and public policy, and directed a clinical course on immigration court representation. A recognized expert on U.S. asylum law and policy, Professor Collopy has served as chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association's (AILA) Asylum and Refugee Committee and is the author of AILA's Asylum Primer, the leading treatise on U.S. asylum law and practice for immigration practitioners. She frequently lectures and publishes on cutting-edge immigration issues and is often quoted in the press. Ms. Collopy has been an opinion contributor to The Hill, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Forbes, and has briefed members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and White House staff on family detention, the push factors contributing to migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America, and asylum law and policy. Professor Collopy was honored with the Joseph Minsky award, one of AILA’s highest honors, for her contributions to the field of immigration law, and has been recognized as one of the top immigration lawyers in Washington, DC by Chambers and Partners, the preeminent legal rankings guide. She earned her Juris Doctor degree and certificate in law and public policy at the Catholic University Columbus School of Law and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Grinnell College.