Mary Holper
Human Rights Fellow
Supervising Attorney, Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project
p: 617-552-0593
email: holper@bc.edu
Mary Holper is the Human Rights Fellow at the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice (CHRIJ) and the Supervising Attorney for the Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project (BCIAP). With the help of students in the immigration clinic at Boston College Law School, she conducts “Know Your Rights” presentations to individuals detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and provides them with legal representation in removal proceedings.
Ms. Holper recently concluded a two-year fellowship as a detention attorney for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)/ Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project in Newton, MA. Prior to working at CLINIC, Ms. Holper completed a two-year Equal Justice Works Fellowship with the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition in Washington, D.C. At both CLINIC and CAIR Coalition, Ms. Holper represented immigration detainees in removal proceedings. As a fellow at CAIR Coalition, she trained public defenders on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and authored an extensive analysis of the immigration consequences of selected Virginia offenses. Ms. Holper graduated magna cum laude from Boston College Law School in May 2003. She is fluent in Spanish and French and proficient in Portuguese.