Kristine Huskey is an American

United States

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 lawyer.
Huskey is notable because she volunteered to help defend Guantanamo detainees.
Huskey is the author of "Standards and Procedures for Classifying “Enemy Combatants”: Congress, What Have You Done?"

Huskey grew up in Alaska.

Studies

Studies

1992

B.A. Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...  Columbia University Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

1997

J.D. Juris Doctor Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...  University of Texas School of Law University of Texas School of Law The University of Texas School of Law, also known as UT Law, is an ABA-certified American law school located on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The law school has been in operation since the founding of the University in 1883. It was one of only two schools at the University when it was...

Career as a model

According to an article in Marie Claire

Marie Claire

Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...

 magazine, Huskey worked part-time as a fashion model prior to completing her law degree.
The magazine said that Huskey was once a dancer on MTV

MTV

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, appearing in a 1993 video "Knockin' Da Boots

Knockin' Da Boots

"Knockin' Da Boots" is the debut single from R&B group H-Town. Taken from their debut album, Fever for Da Flavor, "Knockin' Da Boots" became one of the biggest R&B singles of 1993 according to the Billboard charts, where it peaked at number three for seven weeks, and also topped the R&B chart for...

" by H-Town

H-Town

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Professional career

Huskey has served as a visiting professor, at various institutions, specializing in human rights

Human rights

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, including:

• American University
  American University
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   Washington College of Law
• Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law
  Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law
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• Howard University School of Law
  Howard University School of Law
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• George Washington University
  George Washington University
  The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
  
   Law School

Huskey worked for the large New York

New York

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-based law firm Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling LLP is a law firm headquartered in New York City with 20 offices located in major financial centers around the world founded in 1873. It is well known for both its litigation and transactional capabilities, especially in International Arbitration, Capital Markets, Finance, and...

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It was while working at Shearman & Sterling that Huskey volunteered to help defend Guantanamo captives.
Huskey was one of the lawyers who worked on Rasul v. Bush

Rasul v. Bush

Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay were wrongfully imprisoned...

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Huskey had worked for Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 Guantanamo captive Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr

Omar Ahmed Khadr is a Canadian child soldier and one of the juveniles held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He was convicted of five charges under the United States Military Commissions Act of 2009 including murder in violation of the law of war and providing material support for terrorism,...

, one of the ten captives who has faced charges before a Guantanamo military commission

Guantanamo military commission

The Guantanamo military commissions are military tribunals created by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 for prosecuting detainees held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps.- History :...

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In an interview with the Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Council on Hemispheric Affairs

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs is a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization founded in 1975. In its own words, it was established to "promote the common interests of the [Western] hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the...

 Huskey said:

Huskey told WJLA that she received death threats because of her work helping Guantanamo captives.
WJLA reported that Huskey paid 13 visits to Guantanamo.

Huskey was one of the invited speakers at a July 2009 event, organized by the American Society of International Law

American Society of International Law

The American Society of International Law is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization, based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1906, and was chartered by the United States Congress in 1950...

, entitled "Women in International Law Networking Breakfast".
The other speakers were Andrea Prasow, Laura Black and Andrea Menaker.

Professor at the University of Texas

In the Summer of 2007 Huskey became a Professor at her alma mater, the University of Texas School of Law, and became the founding director of its newly established National Security & Human Rights Clinic.

Publications

Huskey co-wrote a book based on her experience: "My own Counsel: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Justice at Guantanamo".

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