Jennie Pasquarella
Legal Director
Jennie Pasquarella joined the Seattle Clemency Project in February 2024 as Legal Director. Previously, Jennie worked for the ACLU of Southern California for 15 years, where she served as Director of Immigrants' Rights and a Senior Staff Attorney. At ACLU SoCal, she led a large team of lawyers and organizers focused on advancing the rights of immigrants impacted by abusive deportation and detention laws and practices through litigation, organizing, policy advocacy, and communications strategies. Jennie's work focused on the intersections of the immigration enforcement and criminal justice systems, and citizenship and national security policies. She led national and regional litigation on immigration detainers, state and local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, access to post-conviction relief and effective counsel, the deportation of U.S. military veterans, and the discrimination of Muslim immigrants in the immigration system, among other issues. Prior to joining ACLU SoCal, Ms. Pasquarella worked as a staff lawyer/fellow for the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and the Center for Reproductive Rights. She is a graduate of Barnard College and Georgetown University Law Center, where she earned her J.D. with a certificate in refugee and humanitarian emergencies and was a Public Interest Law Scholar.