Bio
Ashley B. Armstrong is currently the Assistant Professor of Legal Writing at St. John’s University School of Law.
She teaches courses on research and writing; negotiation; and interviewing, counseling, and oral advocacy. Professor Armstrong’s scholarship lies at the intersection of refugee and human rights law, and analyzes how countries use physical and legal barriers to block asylum-seekers from entering, return them after they have arrived, or dissuade them from coming in the first place. Her recent projects explore the non-refoulement obligation, safe third country concept, and responsibility-sharing principle in the European Union and the Americas through the lens of critical human rights scholarship. Professor Armstrong also researches and writes about legal skills pedagogy and lawyer well-being.
Recent Publications
- Georgetown Immigration Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2021)
- You Shall Not Pass! How the Dublin System Fueled Fortress Europe. Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2020).
- Chutes and Ladders: Nonrefoulement and the Sisyphean Challenge of Seeking Asylum in Hungary. Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 50.2 (2019).