Deirdre M. Giblin has specialized in immigration law for over 20 years, with a focus on asylum and refugee law. She joined MLRI in June 2018. Following the U.S. ratification of the International Convention Against Torture in 1999, Deirdre helped co-found two legal and mental health collaborative programs, both funded by the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture and designated by the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs. From 2008 through 2017, Attorney Giblin was appointed as the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) New England Pro Bono Liaison helping to manage the AILA/PAIR Pro Bono Detention Bond project, and other regional AILA pro bono initiatives, such as "Team Logan", monitoring compliance at Logan Airport of the Federal District Court injunction against the 2017 Executive Order "Muslim Ban", and the Haitian TPS Clinic Initiative in response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Ms. Giblin is a member of the ABA International Law Section, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association Legislative Committee, as well as Greater Boston Legal Service's Corporate Board, Amnesty International's Leadership Circle and UNICEF USA's Hepburn Society. She was a Case Scholar at Boston University, a Parker Scholar at Columbia Law School, and earned her J.D. from Penn Law in 1993.