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An expert on international law, Gitanjali Gutierrez joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in August 2005. Gutierrez was a member of the original legal team for Rasul v. Bush, the landmark Guantánamo case in the United States Supreme Court. She was the first civilian attorney to visit a client at Guantánamo in September 2004, has made several trips to the prison since, and now advises the hundreds of pro bono attorneys working with CCR regarding Guantanamo. Gutierrez also plays a key role in habeas counsel and legislative strategy with other rights groups.

Before coming to CCR, Gutierrez was a Gibbons Fellow in Public Interest & Constitutional Law at the law firm of Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, she clerked for the Honorable Guido Calabresi, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and taught International Human Rights Law and Terrorism at Cornell Law School.

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