Clinical Faculty, Fellows, and Staff

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

Clinical Leadership

Clinic Director and Associate Dean for Experiential Programs and Equity Carmia Caesar, Clinic Faculty Director Jessica Steinberg, Managing Attorney & Associate Program Director for the Clinics Andrea R. Johnson, and Administrative Manager Milagros Tudela.

Clinical Staff

Andrea R. Johnson
Managing Attorney & Associate Program Director of the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics; Professorial Lecturer in Law
willisjohnsonatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (willisjohnson[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu) | 202.994.3086

Milagros Tudela
Administrative Manager
mtudelaatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (mtudela[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu) | 202.994.7463

Bekah Bass
Graduate Fellow

Sabina Dauzhankova
Social Work PhD Student
sabina [dot] dauzhankovaatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (sabina[dot]dauzhankova[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

Dassaev Cervantes
Senior Office Assistant
dassaevcatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu (dassaevc[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

Sona George
Graduate Fellow

Kenneth Maben
Office Assistant

Taylor Moorer
Student Director

Michael Omaye
Office Assistant
michael [dot] omayeatlaw [dot] gwu [dot] edu


Clinical Faculty & Fellows

Portrait of Lula Hagos
Lula Hagos

Associate Professor of Law; Director of the Criminal Defense and Justice Clinic

Kathy Hessler
Kathy Hessler

Assistant Dean for Animal Law

Andrea Willis-Johnson
Andrea R. Johnson

Managing Attorney & Associate Program Director of the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics; Professorial Lecturer in Law

Portrait of Laurie S. Kohn
Laurie S. Kohn

Jeffrey & Martha Kohn Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Law; Director of the Family Justice Litigation and Access to Justice Clinics

Darryl Maxwell
Darryl J. Maxwell

Professorial Lecturer in Law

Portrait of Joan S. Meier
Joan S. Meier

National Family Violence Law Center Professor of Clinical Law; Director, National Family Violence Law Center at the George Washington University Law School

Anne Olesen
Anne K. Olesen

Professor Emerita of Clinical Law

Kelly Orians
Kelly Orians

Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Law

Portrait of Stephen A. Saltzburg
Stephen A. Saltzburg

Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program

Jessica K. Steinberg
Jessica K. Steinberg

John Marshall Harlan Dean's Research Professor of Law

Tania Valdez
Tania N. Valdez

Associate Professor of Law

Paulina Vera
Paulina Vera

Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Law; Director, Immigration Clinic