University of Baltimore School of Law
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
M.P.A. (Masters in Public Affairs), Princeton University
B.A., Carleton College
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Legal Education
Immigration and Naturalization Law
Biography
Keyes, an expert in immigration and asylum law, joined the UBalt Law faculty in 2012. She teaches Immigration Law, Professional Responsibility, and Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Civil Procedure. In all her teaching, she has a passion for deepening law students' analytical and lawyering skills so that they will thrive in the legal profession. She also directed UBalt Law's Immigrant Rights Clinic for 10 years.
Keyes' scholarship currently focuses on the challenges of climate migration, which grew out of her intense interest in the legal and procedural gaps in access to refugee protection in the United States.
Prior to joining the law school faculty, Keyes was a practitioner-in-residence with the Immigrant Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law. Prior to teaching, she practiced at legal service organizations whose work with immigrants crossed a spectrum of legal needs and lawyering strategies, at the intersections of immigration law with employment and family law. Prior to attending law school, Keyes worked in the field of international development, with such organizations as the World Bank and Catholic Relief Services.
Keyes is admitted to the Maryland bar, is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and speaks French and Spanish. She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and her Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University. She graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College with a degree in African Development Studies.