Lindsey Greising
As Policy Counsel for The Advocates, Lindsey works on advocacy efforts focusing on immigration, trafficking, and racial justice, in addition to other special projects as they arise. Lindsey leads our efforts to engage pro bono lawyers in drafting and submitting regulatory comments, represents the organization in various coalitions, and participates in advocacy efforts with Congress. She also leads our direct client services for victims of human trafficking, providing training and mentorship to pro bono attorneys, assisting victims of trafficking in applying for T nonimmigrant benefits, and collaborating with community partners to identify and respond to trafficking. With The Advocates, Lindsey has contributed to reports on immigration court and detention and has published several pieces on immigration issues in the U.S.
Lindsey has always been motivated and encouraged to help change the world for good. She is particularly driven to ensure that policies are informed by the needs and desires of impacted communities. Her work with conflict- and trauma-impacted individuals fuels her passion for guarding against abuses and reminds her of the strength of the human spirit.
Before joining The Advocates, Lindsey spent many years working internationally on human rights programs, including work with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on human trafficking research and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on labor rights and gender equity. She also worked with the U.S. Department of State on conflict prevention programming and research, particularly focusing on police professionalism. In addition, she contributed to internally displaced persons (IDP) reintegration and access to justice projects with local NGOs in East Timor (Timor-Leste). Lindsey also brings experience in private immigration practice, where she provided representation on a range of immigration cases, including humanitarian, family-based, and employment-based matters, as well as naturalization and citizenship. She has also served as an adjunct professor of immigration law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis.
While in law school, Lindsey served in the Immigration & Human Rights Clinic, where she worked on asylum cases and helped start a working group on pro bono representation for detained migrants. She also worked as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate International Human Rights Law course, interned for the judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and assisted Amnesty International USA with human rights research and advocacy.
Lindsey graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School with a concentration in human rights law and received her Bachelor of Arts in international studies from the University of Denver with magna cum laude honors and minors in Italian and political science.
Lindsey is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where she serves as Chair of the Advocacy Committee for the Minnesota-Dakotas Chapter.
She is fluent in Tetun (Timor-Leste) and has advanced skills in Italian and Spanish.
Other Publications
Big Shoulders — How the US Can Remedy Its Failures on Refugee Admissions by Lindsey Greising and Lisa Borden (May 10th, 2021)
Biden Approach to Immigration, Outlined at UN Human Rights Council, Leaves Serious Gaps by Lindsey Greising and Lisa Borden (Apr 23rd, 2021)
Center for Security Governance, The Stability-Legitimacy-Accountability Nexus: Striking a Balance through Second Generation Approaches to Security Sector Development in Timor-Leste (Jan. 2017) (co-author: Sarah Dewhurst)
New York University Law School, Legal Research in Timor-Leste (Oct. 2014 and 2019)
Publications
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Minnesota Labor Trafficking Protocol for Law Enforcement
January 5, 2023
News
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In Memoriam: Tom Hyland
January 13, 2025
