GW Law commits to helping address the looming housing and eviction crisis. "Housing is a key public health determinant," says Dean Matthew.
Statement of Law School Deans in Support of the
Attorney General’s Call to the Legal Community
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
Eduardo R.C. Capulong
City University of New York School of Law
Gillian Lester
Columbia Law School
Jens David Ohlin
Cornell Law School
Kerry Abrams
Duke University School of Law
Matthew Diller
Fordham University School of Law
William M. Treanor
Georgetown University Law Center
John F. Manning
Harvard Law School
Gail Prudenti
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Danielle Holley-Walker
Howard University 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
James W. Houck
Penn State Law
Rose Cuison-Villazor and Kimberly Mutcherson
Rutgers Law School
Michael A. Simons
St. John’s University School of Law
Jenny S. Martinez
Stanford Law School
Craig M. Boise
Syracuse University College of Law
Dayna Bowen Matthew
The George Washington University Law School
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
Ronald Weich
University of Baltimore School of Law
Erwin Chemerinsky
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Laura Ann Rosenbury
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Leonard M. Baynes
University of Houston Law Center
Donald B. Tobin
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Mark D. West
University of Michigan Law School
Garry W. Jenkins
University of Minnesota Law School
Theodore W. Ruger
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Wendy C. Perdue
University of Richmond School of Law
William C. Hubbard
University of South Carolina School of Law
Andrew T. Guzman
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Renée McDonald Hutchins
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Chris Guthrie
Vanderbilt Law School
Richard A. Bierschbach
Wayne State University Law School
Heather K. Gerken
Yale Law School
Melanie Leslie
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law