About Barbara Ivarine
Barbara Ivarine Suri combined training in public administration and law early in her career. She earned a Master of Public Administration from Howard University in 1977 and later took up legal studies at Georgetown University Law Center, receiving her J.D. in 1984. At Georgetown she studied immigration, an area that would shape much of her professional profile.
Her educational choices suggest an interest in the intersection of government policy and individual rights. Public administration provided a grounding in how agencies operate and how policy choices affect communities. Law school brought a different set of tools: case law, statutory analysis and advocacy. That mix of study often suits lawyers who work on matters that sit between policy and practice.
Suri’s background reflects both academic depth and practical orientation. Earning a master’s degree before law school is less common and indicates a longer view of public service and governance. The Georgetown listing notes immigration as part of her legal studies. Whether in clinic work, internships or coursework, that area tends to require attention to procedural detail and an understanding of evolving federal and administrative rules.
People who follow careers like hers often move through public agencies, nonprofit organizations, or private practice. Each path draws on the same core skills: interpreting regulations, preparing filings, and advising clients on options amid shifting law. Suri’s dual training would allow her to read policy debates in context and to translate abstract rules into practical next steps for individuals and organizations.
Her career spans decades that saw major developments in immigration law and policy. Attorneys who entered the field after the early 1980s have worked through changes in asylum practice, enforcement priorities, and administrative processes. Those developments call for steady attention to regulatory updates and judicial decisions.
Suri’s record in education suggests she has long been positioned to address matters where law and public administration meet. She brings to that work formal study in governance and a law degree earned at a time when immigration issues were increasingly prominent in practice and litigation.
As of 2026 she maintains a practice that centers on immigration matters, applying her combined public administration and legal training to client needs and administrative processes.
