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, Introduction to Lawyering Skills, and 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.
Her scholarship focuses on the gaps in access to protection for migrants fleeing both persecution and the effects of climate change, and on the state of lawyering in the U.S. immigration system.
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.
Book Chapters
Keyes, E. (2020). Hamilton's Immigrant Story Today. Cornell University.
Refereed Journal Articles
Keyes, E., & Balgamwalla, S. (2024). Clinics and Emergencies. Clinical Law Review.
Magazine/Trade Publication
Keyes, E. (2021). We Broke It, We Own It: How To Meet The Climate Migration Future. The Alchemist.
Law Review
Keyes, E. (2021). Duress in Immigration Law. Seattle University Law Review. 44. 307-355.
Rhee, M. G., Kiel, S., Sunny, S., Clay-Robison, S., Keyes, E., & Stansbury, J. SoTL Commons, "Building Bridges: Cross Disciplinary Collaboration ?to Advance SOTL Practices," Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA. (2025).
Keyes, E. Zealousness in Immigration Practice, "Zealousness in Immigration practice," National Immigrant Justice Center, (2025).
. Midatlantic Clinical Conference, "Clinics and Emergencies," (2024).
. Temple University Workshop on Hiroshi Motomura, Ethical Borders, (2024).
. Law and Society Annual Conference, (2023).
Gomez, V., Keyes, E., Pritchett, S., & Toussaint, E. Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting 2023, "Experiential Mainstreaming in the Law Curriculum," Association of American Law Schools, San Diego, California. (2023).
. Law and Society Annual Conference, "Disrupting Borders, Decentering States," (2022).
. Law and Society Annual Conference, "Lawyering, Legal Consciousness, and Social Mobilization," (2022).
. Let's Stay Ethical: Common Issues in Survivor-Focused Immigration Practice, "Let's Stay Ethical: Common Issues in Survivor-Focused Immigration Practice," (2022).
. Environmental Law Society, University of Maryland School of Law, (2022).
. Environmental Justice Series: Climate Migration, Duke University School of Law, (2022).
. Environmental Law Society, Columbia University, "Climate Migration," (2022).
. Our Planet, Our People: Identities Shaping Environmental Justice, Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law, American University Washington College of Law, (2022).
. University of Baltimore RED Talks, "Climate Migration and Duty," (2022).
. Climate Migration, Orange County Bar Ass’n, "Climate Migration," (2022).
. The Coming Wave: Dealing with Climate Change and Global Migration, University of Baltimore School of Law, "The Coming Wave: Dealing with Climate Change and Global Migration," (2021).
. Afghanistan Aftermath: Faculty Perspectives, University of Baltimore School of Law, (2021).
. Challenges to the Peaceful Transfer of Power, University of Baltimore School of Law, UB Law in Focus Program, (2021).
. ImmigRacism: How Does Immigration Law Manifest Racism and Impact Immigrant Communities?, (2020).
. AALS/CLEA Online Clinical Conference, "Racial Justice in Our Institutions," (2020).
. AALS Annual Conference, "Immigration Control and Environmental Regulation: Toward Justice?," (2020).
. Workshop on Environmental Migration, (2020).