Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director, Constitutional
Litigation Clinic. Professor Venetis earned a B.A. in art history from
Barnard College, Columbia University; an M.A. in art history from
Columbia University; and a J.D. cum laude from Boston College
Law School. Prior to joining Rutgers-Newark in 1994, she clerked for
Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the U.S. District Court for the
District of New Jersey. She also practiced law with the firm O`Melveny
& Myers for four years. While there, she worked on complex
commercial litigation, as well as human rights projects. Among those
projects was working with the UN Special Rapporteur investigating war
crimes in the former Yugoslavia. She also investigated human rights
abuses in the implementation of Peru`s antiterrorism laws. At
Rutgers-Newark, Professor Venetis specializes in civil rights and
international human rights impact litigation. Among other things, she
has worked on cutting-edge issues concerning the rights of political
asylum seekers and immigrants detained in the aftermath of 9/11. Her
work focuses on the interplay between international human rights and
U.S. constitutional law.
