Law school deans across the United States issued a statement supporting the call to action in the face of the looming housing and eviction crisis
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Statement of Law School Deans in Support of the Attorney General’s Call to the Legal Community
August 30, 2021
We, the deans of law schools across the United States, agree with Attorney General Garland that the legal profession is well positioned to provide support for tenants, landlords, and courts in the looming housing and eviction crisis. As law school deans responsible for training the next generation of lawyers to be stewards of an effective, equitable, and just legal system, we feel obliged to do our part. Therefore, we are working with our faculty and students to take immediate and meaningful action to combat this crisis. Drawing on resources such as our pro bono programs, clinical offerings, and the service of our larger law school communities, we will help ensure that families and individuals facing eviction have the legal representation, counseling, and assistance they need to exercise their rights, that those entitled to the support of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program are able to access it, and that eviction proceedings are conducted in a fair and just manner.
Alicia Ouellette
Albany Law School
Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.
American University Washington College of Law
Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Boston University School of Law
Michael T. Cahill
Brooklyn Law School
J. Rich Leonard
Campbell Law School
Larry Cunningham
Charleston School of Law
Eduardo R.C. Capulong
City University of New York School of Law
Lee Fisher
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Gillian Lester
Columbia Law School
Jens David Ohlin
Cornell Law School
Joshua P. Fershée
Creighton University School of Law
Kerry Abrams
Duke University School of Law
Luke Bierman
Elon University School of Law
Matthew Diller
Fordham University School of Law
William M. Treanor
Georgetown University Law Center
LaVonda N. Reed
Georgia State University College of Law
Colin Crawford
Golden Gate University School of Law
John F. Manning
Harvard Law School
Gail Prudenti
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Danielle Holley-Walker
Howard University School of Law
Gordon Smith
J. Reuben Clark Brigham Young University Law School
Michael Waterstone
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Zelda B. Harris
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Patricia Bennett
Mississippi College School of Law
Anthony Niedwiecki
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Anthony W. Crowell
New York Law School
Trevor W. Morrison
New York University School of Law
Hari M. Osofsky
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
G. Marcus Cole
Notre Dame Law School
Horace E. Anderson
Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Danielle M. Conway
Penn State Dickinson Law
James W. Houck
Penn State Law
Fernando Moreno Orama
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Law School
Jennifer Gerarda Brown
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Mark Martin
Regent Law School
Gregory W. Bowman
Roger Williams University School of Law
Rose Cuison-Villazor and Kimberly Mutcherson
Rutgers Law School
William P. Johnson
Saint Louis University School of Law
Annette E. Clark
Seattle University School of Law
Kathleen M. Boozang
Seton Hall School of Law
Michael F. Barry
South Texas College of Law Houston
Jennifer M. Collins
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
John Pierre
Southern University Law Center
Darby Dickerson
Southwestern Law School
Michael A. Simons
St. John’s University School of Law
Patricia E. Roberts
St. Mary's University School of Law
Jenny S. Martinez
Stanford Law School
Michèle Alexandre
Stetson University College of Law
Andrew Perlman
Suffolk University Law School
Craig M. Boise
Syracuse University College of Law
Robert B. Ahdieh
Texas A&M University School of Law
Dayna Bowen Matthew
The George Washington University Law School
Katharine T. Schaffzin
The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Elena B. Langan
Touro Law Center
Jennifer L. Mnookin
UCLA School of Law
Aviva Abramovsky
University at Buffalo School of Law, The State University of New York
Mark E. Brandon
University of Alabama School of Law
Ronald Weich
University of Baltimore School of Law
Erwin Chemerinsky
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
David L. Faigman
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Eboni S. Nelson
University of Connecticut School of Law
Jelani Jefferson Exum
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Laura Ann Rosenbury
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Bo Rutledge
University of Georgia School of Law
Camille Nelson
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law
Leonard M. Baynes
University of Houston Law Center
Johanna Kalb
University of Idaho College of Law
Donald B. Tobin
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Eric J. Mitnick
University of Massachusetts School of Law
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
Garry W. Jenkins
University of Minnesota Law School
Susan H. Duncan
University of Mississippi School of Law
Richard Moberly
University of Nebraska College of Law
Sergio Pareja
University of New Mexico School of Law
Marcilynn A. Burke
University of Oregon School of Law
Theodore W. Ruger
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Amy J. Wildermuth
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Wendy C. Perdue
University of Richmond School of Law
Robert A. Schapiro
University of San Diego School of Law
William C. Hubbard
University of South Carolina School of Law
Andrew T. Guzman
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Robert K. Vischer
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Ward Farnsworth
University of Texas School of Law
Renée McDonald Hutchins
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Michael Hunter Schwartz
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Elizabeth McCormick
University of Tulsa College of Law
Elizabeth Kronk Warner
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Risa L. Goluboff
University of Virginia School of Law
Mario L. Barnes
University of Washington School of Law
Chris Guthrie
Vanderbilt Law School
Jane Aiken
Wake Forest School of Law
Carla D. Pratt
Washburn University School of Law
Nancy Staudt
Washington University School of Law
Richard A. Bierschbach
Wayne State University Law School
Amelia Smith Rinehart
West Virginia University College of Law
James McGrath
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Sudha Setty
Western New England University School of Law
Amelia Smith Rinehart
West Virginia University College of Law
Heather K. Gerken
Yale Law School
Melanie Leslie
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Posted August 30, 2021