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Bio

Blaine oversees strategic litigation, policy and advocacy, and research on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers, as well as provision of technical assistance and training to attorneys across the country. Blaine also teaches courses in human rights at UC Law SF.

Prior to joining CGRS, Blaine served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter of the Third Circuit and as a fellow with the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux in Port au Prince, Haiti. Before law school, she worked as an immigration paralegal for several years.

Education

• ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of Oxford Faculty of Law
  MSc in International Human Rights Law, Distinction

• UC Law SF College of the Law
  J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif

• Northwestern ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ
  B.A. in Social Policy and Gender Studies

Accomplishments

• Top Women Lawyers in California, Daily Journal
  2020

• David Carliner Public Interest Award, American Constitution Society
  2016

Selected Scholarship

• Bender's Immigration Bulletin June 1, 2025

• July 1, 2022

• October 22, 2022

• Ms. January 21, 2021

• Ms. August 21, 2020

• Asylum protection for women fleeing domestic violence
  Daily Journal August 18, 2020

• Ms. May 1, 2020

• San Francisco Attorney Magazine July 2019