Emily Jones, JD

Emily Jones began the immigration legal services office of Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) in Lexington in December of 2013. As the Senior Immigration Attorney, Emily focuses on the practice of humanitarian and family based immigration law assisting immigrant clients with a variety of cases, including but not limited to applications for citizenship and legal permanent residence, family petitions (to bring family members to the United States), U-Visas, violence against women act (VAWA) petitions, and asylum. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law where she teaches immigration law in the Spring and supervises law students participating in the Kentucky Refugee Ministries Externship. During the fall semester, Emily taught pre-law classes to undergraduates in the Political Science Department at the University of Kentucky. She is an At Large Commissioner on the Mayor’s International Affairs Advisory Commission (MIAAC) in Lexington, Kentucky. Prior to joining KRM, Emily practiced in the area of foreclosure defense at Community Legal Aid in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Emily graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. in Political Science and French and holds a law degree from the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law.