Daniel I. Morales
Associate Professor of Law; Dwight Olds Chair
Professor Daniel I. Morales is a scholar and theorist of immigration law known for his work challenging the legality of immigration controls and highlighting the advantages of a less nationalized immigration system. His scholarship has appeared in leading law reviews, including the N.Y.U. Law Review, U.C. Irvine Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, and Wake Forest Law Review. He is a co-editor, with Professor Nick De Genova, of a forthcoming book from Duke University Press exploring the applicability of abolitionist thought to the migration context.
Prof. Morales is a frequent contributor to local and national media. He has published op-eds in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and has been quoted in the New York Times, The Guardian and many other national and local print publications. Prof. Morales has also provided expert commentary on NPR’s Here & Now, Southern California Public Radio’s AirTalk with Larry Mantle, and Houston Public Media’s Town Square with Ernie Manouse.
Professor Morales began his academic career as a William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law School and subsequently clerked for both the Hon. R. Guy Cole Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and the Hon. Joan B. Gottschall, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Williams College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He practiced law at Jenner & Block LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP and teaches Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, and seminars on legal theory.
