Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia speaking at 9/11 remembrance

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA—Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia will be the chief guest at “September 11th: 25 Years After, Remembrance, Reflection & Community,” an event sponsored by Roger Williams University School of Law’s Institute for Race and the Law, The Boston Bar Association, and the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston.

The event will be held at 9:30 a.m. on September 11 at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Participants are invited to “be in community and hear the stories of those whose lives have been shaped by the events of that day and all that followed as a result.”

Wadhia has long been an influential voice in national immigration law and policy. She began her career as an immigration attorney in private practice, where she represented individuals and families in citizenship, employment, family, humanitarian, and removal defense matters. After 9/11, she spent several years in the nonprofit setting, drafting legislation, building coalitions with government officials and stakeholders, and developing policy on immigration law and policy reform.

From 2023-2024, Professor Wadhia served as the Officer of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for the Department of Homeland Security, earning the Outstanding Service Medal for her work.

Registration for the event is available by clicking here. Attendees may share their stories, and organizers will create an edited collection of personal narratives available to registrants.

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is a nationally respected immigration scholar, law professor, author, and attorney. She joined Penn State Dickinson Law as a Clinical Professor of Law in 2008 and was named Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar in 2013.

Wadhia's scholarship has focused on the role of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law and policy and the intersection of immigration, race, and national security. She is the author of two award-winning academic press books by New York University Press and co-author of a textbook on Immigration & Nationality Law by Carolina Academic Press.