The Papers of David A. MartinMSS.98.1

The Papers of David A. MartinMSS.98.1


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Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Identification
MSS.98.1
Title
The Papers of David A. Martin 1974-2005
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/132892
Quantity
42 Cubic Feet, 96 archival boxes
Creator
Martin, David A., 1948-
Language
English .
Abstract
This collection of professional and academic papers relate to Martin's expertise as an international law and immigration lawyer, professor of International Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, as an author, researcher and public servant.

Biographical / Historical

David A. Martin, Henry L. & Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law, was born in 1948. He received his B.A. from DePauw University in 1970 and his J.D. from Yale University in 1975. He clerked for Judge J. Skelly Wright, at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia from 1975-1976, and the next year for Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., at the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1977-1978 he worked as an associate with Rogovin, Stern & Huge in the District of Columbia. He left the firm to become Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of State, a position he held from 1978-1980. Later in 1980, he came to the University of Virginia Law School as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 1985.

In 1984-1985, he was a German Marshall Fund and Ford Foundation Research Fellow in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1995, Martin took a leave of absence from the Law School to work as General Counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, D.C., until December 1997 when he returned to Charlottesville. Martin teaches courses in Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, and International Law.

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Container List

MSS 98-1, The Papers of David A. Martin
Martin, David A., 1948-
10 Linear Feet
24 Cubic Feet
1986-1995
Immediate Source of Acquisition

David A. Martin donated his papers to the Law Library in January of 1998.

Scope and Contents

The papers of David A. Martin (24 boxes, 10 linear ft.) document his work as an international law and immigration lawyer and as professor of International Law at the University of Virginia Law School. They consist of twenty-four grey boxes (10 linear feet), organized in alphabetical order.

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MSS 98-1a, Addendum to the Papers of David A. Martin
1990-19941974-1994
Scope and Contents

This addition reflects, almost entirely, Martin's work with the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the development of new asylum reforms during the Clinton administration. There are numerous proposals, reports, drafts, research studies, correspondence, notes, memos and other important documents. Martin believed that with "…a well-designed system capable of resolving cases on the merits within six months, there would be less of a felt need to turn to devices that keep people away from our shore…." (National Journal, 8/7/93, p. 1979) and that the U. S. asylum system could be controlled.

The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) Migrant Project papers consist of proposals, reports, research materials, and Martin's personal notes on migrants health, education, job training, etc. There are also some Farmworkers Conference, Council on Foreign Relations and International Law Association Refugee Committee documents.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This addition of working papers (9 boxes) was donated to Special Collections by Professor Martin in March of 2001.

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MSS 98-1b, Addendum to the Papers of David A. Martin
1984-2005
Scope and Contents

This collection, an addendum to the papers of David A. Martin, was received in June of 2015. It is comprised of 36 boxes (14.4 linear ft.) and conveys the breadth of Martin's career as professor of law, researcher, author, and public servant. The files are grouped in four categories: General (Boxes 1-20); Casebooks and Published Articles (Boxes 20-22); Law School Files and Teaching Notes and Materials (Boxes 22-29) and Asylum and Immigration Research (Boxes 29-36). The files include papers regarding his search for employment as a law professor, his research and work on the casebook he co-authored, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy, his memberships and work with the American Society of International Law and the American Bar Association, and numerous articles, books, and chapters of books authored by Martin. The scope of papers in the collection include memoranda, personal notes, drafts, correspondence, research, and proposals. The collection also includes his notes and outlines for classes he taught in Constitutional Law, International Human Rights, Property Law, and Refugee Law. In addition, the files include memoranda, correspondence for his work with the Nobel Peace Laureates Conference at the University of Virginia and the seminar he created to correspond with the conference. There are documents that relate to the Virginia 2020 Agenda for the Third Century an initiative from UVA president John Casteen to internationalize the University of Virginia.i These files contain proposals, personal notes, research, correspondence, and memoranda regarding his Sesquicentennial Associateship, his work with Administrative Conference of the United States, and attendance at numerous conferences and meetings. A notation by Martin on one of his student's papers for his Nobel Peace Laureate seminar summarizes his philosophy for being a lawyer, professor, and author: "Lawyers need to develop a passion for getting all the details right."

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These papers were transferred to the archives in June of 2015

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MSS 98-1c, Addendum to the Papers of David A. Martin
1982-1997
39 boxes, 17 cubic feet.
Scope and Contents

This addition of professional files were organized in five groups, and retained the original organization found in two file cabinets.

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS): files from Martin's tenure as General Counsel (1994-1996). These files comprise the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act 1996; asylum procedures and reform, refugees; Detention and Deportation program; Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996; naturalization. Also, some cases and internal administrative files and suggestions for reorganization.

Professional files: relate to his work as an expert in asylum, refugee and immigration law. Includes files re American Society of International Law, International Rescue Committee, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

University of Virginia School of Law files (1989-2015): teaching materials, class notes, examinations, charts and notes of his lectures in Citizenship and Membership, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Seminar on Ethical Values, International Law, International Human Rights, Refugee Law. Also some files on Law School committees and projects.

Writing Projects: notes, drafts related to publication of books, articles and op-ed pieces.

Events: these files relate to the numerous invitations and international conferences where he participated.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These papers were transferred to the archives in June of 2017.

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