Marcia A. Yablon-Zug

Assistant Professor of Law

Contact Information Room 326 USC School of Law 701 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina 29208 v 803-777-3615 Email

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Professor Marcia Zug authors column in The State newspaper: "New approach to safe-haven law could save lives". (May 5, 2011)

A.B. Dartmouth College
J.D. Yale Law School

Professor Zug teaches Family Law, Advanced Family Law, and American Indian law. She has published numerous articles on family law, immigration law and policy, and American Indian Law in publications including the Yale Law Journal, UC Davis Law Review, The William Mitchell Law Review, Queen’s University Law Review, the Virginia Law and Policy Review, The Charleston Law Review and the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. Her forthcoming article, "Separation, Deportation, Termination" exposes the growing practice of separating fit immigrant parents from their American citizen children in order terminate the parents rights and ensure the children remain in The United States. She is also writing a book on the legal history of mail order brides which will examine both the historic and modern day court cases concerning mail order marriages and what these legal disputes reveal about the changing role of marriage, love and gender roles in America. In particular, Professor Zug’s work on immigrant families has garnered national attention and she has been quoted in numerous media outlets such as The Associated Press, CNN.com, The Kansas City Star, and BBC Radio. In addition, she has advised national organizations such as The Women’s Refugee Commission and The Southern Poverty Law Center on the legal issues facing undocumented immigrant families. She has also been an invited speaker at universities including Queen’s University, the University of Dayton, American University, and Charleston School of Law.

Marcia Zug is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, where she was an editor of The Yale Law Journal and Developments Editor of The Yale Law and Policy Review. Before joining the faculty at The University of South Carolina, she practiced in the white collar and appellate law divisions of the New York office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Her pro bono work included providing legal assistance to Americans Indians with a focus on domestic disputes. Before joining Steptoe & Johnson, Professor Zug clerked for the Honorable Dolores Sloviter, former Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.