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Fernando Chang-Muy | |
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| Education | Loyola University (BA)
Georgetown University (MA) Antioch University (JD) |
| Occupation | Thomas O'Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law |
Fernando Chang-Muy is a lawyer, activist, and strategic business and leadership adviser.[1] He is the Thomas O'Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Chang-Muy was born in Habana, Cuba[2] to a Chinese, refugee father. [3]
Chang-Muy began his legal career as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia serving as Director of the Southeast Asian Refugee Project, providing free legal aid to low-income immigrants and refugees in Philadelphia.[4][5]
Teaching and professional experience
[edit]Fernando Chang-Muy is the Thomas O'Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.[4] He also has appointments at the Fels Institute, the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice and the School of Arts and Sciences, focusing on topics such as US Immigration Law, International Human Rights and Refugee Law, Race in America, and Non-Profit Leadership.[6] He served as Legal Officer with both the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO), AIDS Program.[4]
Awards and Honors
[edit]- Commissioner to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (2008)[7]
- Former board member of the Philadelphia Foundation, Philanthropy Network, The Philadelphia Award, The Merchants Fund, the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation, and the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Coalition. Recipient of the Hispanic Bar Association 6th Annual Justicia Award[8]
- Penn Law Public Interest Supervisor/Advisor of the Year Award (2011 and 2018) [9]
- 2016 recipient of the Law School Beacon Award, recognizing exemplary commitment to pro bono work by a Penn Law faculty member; and the recipient of the inaugural 2022 Hope for Immigrants Award from Esperanza Immigration Legal Services in Philadelphia.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Chang-Muy and his partner, Len Rieser, have lived in Philadelphia together since 1982.[10][11]
In 1992, Chang-Muy and Reiser adopted their daughter, a 10-month-old infant born in Texas. They then tested Pennsylvania’s family law and successfully completed a second- parent adoption in Philadelphia resulting in the Family Court recognizing both men as her legal parents.[12][13]
Represented by American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, volunteer counsel from the law firm of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, and University of Pennsylvania School of Law Professor Seth Kreimer, Chang-Muy and Rieser, along with other plaintiffs, filed a federal lawsuit on July 9, 2013, on behalf of 21 Pennsylvanians who wished to marry in Pennsylvania or wanted the commonwealth to recognize their out-of-state marriages in Whitewood v. Wolf. Chang-Muy and Reiser fought for the fundamental right to marry as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. They won. [14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fernando Chang-Muy, MA, JD". sp2.upenn.edu. Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ ACLU. ACLU.org https://www.aclu.org/bio/fernando-chang-muy-and-len-rieser.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Oral History Archive 2018.034.003 Oral History Interview with Fernando Chang-Muy". Museum of Chinese America.
- ^ a b c d "Faculty: Fernando Chang-Muy". law.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Philadelphia Foundation Names Two Regional Leaders To Board Of Managers". Philadelphia Foundation.
- ^ "Immigrant and Refugee Law & Policy: An Overview". dartcenter.org. Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma.
- ^ "Human Rights and Climate-Driven Migration: A Conversation with Dean Atuguba". energyweek.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Human Rights and Climate-Driven Migration: A Conversation with Dean Atuguba". energyweek.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Human Rights and Climate-Driven Migration: A Conversation with Dean Atuguba". energyweek.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Whitewood v. Wolf, Exhibit PX-15: DECLARATION OF FERNANDO CHANG-MUY" (PDF).
- ^ ACLU. ACLU https://www.aclu.org/bio/fernando-chang-muy-and-len-rieser.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Whitewood v. Wolf, Exhibit PX-15: DECLARATION OF FERNANDO CHANG-MUY" (PDF).
- ^ Leong, Jeanne. "Penn Law faculty and alumni assist in overturning Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban". Penn Today.
- ^ United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania. "Whitewood v. Wolf". vlex.
- ^ Aronchick, Mark. "Pro-bono: Whitewood". hangley.com. Hangley.