Michael K.T. Tan is a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Clinical Lecturer in Law, Associate Research Scholar in Law, and Executive Director of The Movement Project at Yale Law School. The Movement Project is an initiative to reform migration laws and frameworks to manage climate and demographic change, advance the interests of working people, and honor humanitarian goals. Tan previously served as Senior Advisor to the Co-Presidents of Community Change, a nationwide organization that empowers low-income people, particularly low-income people of color, to lead movements for social change. From 2008 to 2022, Tan held a range of roles at the Immigrants’ Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, where he began as a recipient of Yale Law School’s Arthur Liman Fellowship and later worked as a Skadden Fellow. Most recently, he served as the Project’s Deputy Director. In 2017, Tan received the Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40 Award from the National LGBT Bar Association. He was also recognized with the Best Under 40 Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association in 2016 and named California Lawyer of the Year in Immigration Law by California Lawyer in 2014. He clerked for the Hon. M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Tan received a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.A. in Comparative Literature from New York University, and a B.A. from Harvard College.
