Zack Albun
Zack supervises legal strategy and pro bono support within RIP, with a particular emphasis on removal defense, federal litigation, and affirmative asylum applications.
Prior to serving as Legal Director, he was an Interim Supervising Staff Attorney with RIP. Before that, he was a Staff Attorney with the Afghan Legal Clinic, representing or supporting pro bono attorneys assisting many of the thousands of Afghan citizens evacuated to Minnesota and North Dakota following the fall of Kabul in August 2021.
He is motivated by the strength and resilience of his clients, the memory of his immigrant ancestors, and his confidence that America can be a welcoming country that respects human rights and inherent dignity.
Zack was a Clinical Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinical Program in Cambridge, MA, from 2018 to 2021. Before that, he was an Associate Attorney at Eisenberg Law Firm PLLC in New York, NY, from 2016 to 2018.
He graduated cum laude with a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2016 and earned a B.A. in Political Science from Macalester College in 2012.
Zack is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is frequently invited to speak on asylum topics at chapter conferences and the nationwide AILA Annual Conference.
Other Publications
Zachary Albun & Sabrineh Ardalan, The Role of Federal Courts in Shaping Gender-Based Asylum, 6 AILA L.J. 1, 53 (Apr. 2024).
