Professor Jennifer Gordon has taught at Fordham University School of Law in New York City since 2003. Her research and writing on migration and labor standards in the context of globalization have appeared in top academic journals in the U.S., and her book, “Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights,” was published by Harvard University Press. She has written on these topics for the New York Times, Foreign Policy and numerous other media outlets. Earlier in her career, she founded and directed the Workplace Project, a pioneering immigrant workers’ center. Gordon has received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, and was recently named an “Outstanding Woman Lawyer” in the U.S. by the National Law Journal. She is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/jennifer-gordon/rss en Economy Innovation & Technology Integration Solutions Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:30:00 +0000 Jennifer Gordon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/18/what-ethiopia-can-learn-from-the-jordan-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/18/what-ethiopia-can-learn-from-the-jordan-compact The Ethiopia Jobs Compact’s commitment to providing formal economic opportunities ignores the likelihood that many refugees will be able to find only informal work, writes law professor Jennifer Gordon. Implementation will be more effective if it considers this reality. Crises & Conflicts Economy Innovation & Technology Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 05 Mar 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Jennifer Gordon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/03/05/for-refugee-compact-to-talk-jobs-it-must-listen-to-migration-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/03/05/for-refugee-compact-to-talk-jobs-it-must-listen-to-migration-compact Opening doors to refugees to make a good living can be positive, but the approach contains risks. Law professor Jennifer Gordon says the refugee and migration pacts must overlap for the sake of refugee workers.