The Breakthrough Award for Advancing Immigration Law Through Advocacy and Action
Presented to an attorney who has moved the needle — through policy advocacy, landmark cases, or courageous action that created real change in immigration law. This award recognizes those who don’t just practice the law, they push it forward.
Danielle Goldman co-founded the Build Fellowship and turned it into one of the most generous pipelines in immigration today — Hosts Breakfast & Immigration, sponsoring the Open Atlas Summit, and connecting fellows to thought leaders who would otherwise be out of reach. She advances the law by advancing the people who will practice and live under it. few founders build community this deliberately across legal, education, and immigrant lines. Fewer still do it while running a practice. Danielle walks the walk because she paved the path.
Nominated by Bisi Obateru