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Ramis J. Wadood

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Staff Attorney

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Bio

Ramis J. Wadood is a Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Michigan. He works on a broad range of issues, but focuses on the ACLU’s immigrant rights, policing, surveillance, and First Amendment work. 

Ramis was born and raised in the Detroit area but took a couple of detours to earn a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Columbia University and a law degree from Yale Law School. He started at the ACLU of Michigan as a Skadden Fellow, during which time he launched a project to provide legal representation and advice to immigrants who faced police violence. 

Outside of his day job, Ramis is the board president of Wayne County Healthy Communities, a local non-profit health clinic, and a member of the attorney advisory committee for American Citizens for Justice, a Detroit-based Asian American civil rights organization. 

Featured Work

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Immigrant Justice: A Big Victory in Michigan

More fights to free detained immigrants remain likely
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Protecting Protestors’ Rights: Why We’re Suing the University of Michigan

The constitutional right to speak and protest freely is fundamental to a well-functioning democracy, particularly at public universities where diversity of thought, civic engagement, and vigorous debate about ideas and world events are supposed to be encouraged. Unfortunately, in recent months that