Kate Webster

Kate Webster is the Supervising Attorney overseeing African Services' legal services programs, which advocate for the legal rights of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, including people living with HIV. Kate supervises African Services’ civil legal practice, Superstorm Sandy project, and the Nominal Fee Immigration Clinic. She also provides direct representation in immigration proceedings, family court and administrative hearings to survivors of gender-based violence and individuals living with HIV. Kate joined African Services in 2010, serving as a Skadden Fellow and founding a program to provide immigration remedies and access to support services to victims of human trafficking. From September 2011 through September 2012, Kate served as a law clerk to the Hon. Deborah A. Batts of the Southern District of New York.

Kate completed her undergraduate degree in Political Science at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She also holds a graduate degree in International Relations from the University of Oxford, and obtained her law degree from Columbia Law School in New York City. In law school, Kate interned for the International Center for Transitional Justice, the AIRE Center (a human rights NGO in London, UK), and the ACLU’s Human Rights Program. Prior to law school, she interned with at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown. Kate is originally from Toronto, Canada, and speaks French.