Clinical Faculty, Fellows, and Staff

The Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics has an active and growing faculty. View the directory below.

Associate Dean

Laurie S. Kohn
Jacob Burns Foundation Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; Associate Professor of Clinical Law; Director of Family Justice Litigation Clinic, & Director of Access to Justice Clinic

Clinical Staff

Andrea R. Willis-Johnson
Managing Attorney & Associate Program Director of the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics; Professorial Lecturer in Law
[email protected] | 202.994.3086

Milagros Tudela
Administrative Supervisor
[email protected] | 202.994.7463

Maria Meli, MSW, LGSW
Social Worker
[email protected] | 202.994.6520

Cameron Johnson
Senior Office Assistant
[email protected] | 202.994.7463

Wallis Grant
Senior Office Assistant
[email protected] | 202.994.7463


Clinical Faculty & Fellows

Christine Appah-Gyamfi
Christine Appah-Gyamfi

Professorial Lecturer in Law

Emily Benfer
Emily A. Benfer

Associate Professor of Clinical Law; Director of the Health Equity Policy & Advocacy Clinic

Portrait of Alberto M. Benítez
Alberto M. Benítez

Professor of Clinical Law; Director, Immigration Clinic

Marcya Betts
Marcya Betts

Professorial Lecturer in Law

Peter Calloway

Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Law and Friedman Fellow

Arturo J. Carrillo
Arturo J. Carrillo

Professor of Clinical Law

Ashley Carter
Ashley Carter

Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Law

Lolita Darden
Lolita Darden

Visiting Associate Clinical Professor; Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic

Portrait of Aram A. Gavoor
Aram A. Gavoor

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professorial Lecturer in Law; Professor (by courtesy), Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration

Professor Renée Gentry
Renée Gentry

Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Law; Director, Vaccine Injury Litigation Clinic

Portrait of Phyllis Goldfarb
Phyllis Goldfarb

Jacob Burns Foundation Professor of Clinical Law Emeritus

Jeff Gutman headshot
Jeffrey S. Gutman

Professor of Clinical Law; Director, Public Justice Advocacy Clinic