Melissa Hoffer

Melissa Hoffer is a lawyer specializing in environmental law.^[1][2][3] She is currently the New Hampshire Advocacy Center Director for the Conservation Law Foundation.

Hoffer graduated from Northeastern University's School of Law in 1998.^[4]

She was previously with the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr from 1999 to 2007, and promoted to a junior partner there in 2003. She traveled with a team to Guantanamo Bay detainment camp to volunteer their services to the Algerian Six.^[5]

On January 7, 2007, the Boston Globe published an article by Hoffer about her Guantanamo clients.^[6] Hoffer represents the "Algerian Six". For a profile for Northeastern's Alumni magazine Hoffer compared her clients cases with the landmark civil rights cases of Brown v. Board of Education, key to African-Americans getting equal access to education opportunities and Korematsu v. United States, a key case fought for the rights of Americans of Japanese descent, interned during World War 2.^[4] Hoffer said:

“We are supposed to be a country under the rule of law, You can’t detain someone indefinitely without charge. But that’s exactly what the government is doing here.”

References

1. ^ "GM and Chrysler lose third straight lawsuit against state emissions guidelines". New Hampshire Advocacy Center. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleancarscampaign.org%2Fweb-content%2Flegal%2Fdocs%2FCLF-RI-opinion-11-25-08.pdf&date=2009-04-08. 
2. ^ "Melissa Hoffer Joins CLF As New Hampshire Advocacy Center Director: Seasoned Environmental Lawyer Brings Private Sector Experience to Non-Profit Post". Conservation Law Foundation. 2007-02-01. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fclf.org%2Fgeneral%2Finternal.asp%3Fid%3D911&date=2009-04-08. 
3. ^ Melissa Hoffer (2008-06-23). "Melissa Hoffer: Mass transit should link New Hampshire's cities". New Hampshire Union Leader. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unionleader.com%2Farticle.aspx%3Fheadline%3DMelissa%2BHoffer%253A%2BMass%2Btransit%2Bshould%2Blink%2BNew%2BHampshire%27s%2Bcities%26articleId%3D5a5c869a-4a61-488c-823f-3ce4da159993&date=2009-04-08. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Jeri Zeder (Winter 2007). "Here, There and Everywhere: From human rights to cross-border commerce, seven graduates find a niche in international law". Northeastern University. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slaw.neu.edu%2Fmagazine%2F07winter%2Ffeature5-hoffer.html&date=2009-04-08. 
5. ^ Torture in Guantánamo, cageprisoners, April 20, 2006
6. ^ Melissa Hoffer (2007-01-07). "Trapped at Guantanamo". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fnews%2Fglobe%2Feditorial_opinion%2Foped%2Farticles%2F2007%2F01%2F11%2Ftrapped_at_guantanamo%2F&date=2009-04-08. 

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