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The Baldy Center Blog features interdisciplinary perspectives on research and current events from interdisciplinary UB scholars whose work intersects with law, legal institutions, and social policy. New blogs are generally released twice a month during each semester.
Claudia Villegas Ramos is embarking on her first semester in the Master of Laws (LL.M.) Cross-Border program at the University at Buffalo School of Law. A graduate of the Autonomous University of Juárez City and a dedicated attorney in Mexico, she has passionately worked for gender equality, human rights, public policy, and social justice across governmental institutions, non-profits, and the private practice.
Villegas Ramos holds a Master’s in Social Sciences with a focus on Public Policy and Political Studies. Her dissertation examined territorial conflicts between an indigenous community and the government in her hometown, which she presented at the Latin American Council of Social Sciences within the “Rights, Classes, and Reconfiguration of Capital” working group. Villegas Ramos' academic journey spans the globe, with studies at prestigious institutions such as the Harvard Kennedy School for Government, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of Seville in Spain, the University of Quilmes in Argentina, and the Greater University of Saint Andres in Bolivia.
Fluent in English and Spanish, with conversational French and knowledge of Italian and Portuguese, Villegas Ramos brings a rich linguistic and cultural perspective to her work. In the US she has worked in removal defense, particularly for asylum seekers, and she was granted accreditation by the Department of Justice to represent clients in immigration relief applications with Citizenship and Immigration Services. Upon completing her LLM, Villegas Ramos plans to sit for the bar exam and seek licensure to practice law in the US.