Clinical Faculty, Fellows, and Staff

Clinical Leadership

The Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics are led by Clinic Director and Associate Dean for Experiential Programs Carmia Caesar, Clinic Faculty Director Jessica Steinberg, and Administrative Manager Milagros Tudela.

Clinical Staff

Milagros Tudela
Administrative Manager
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Dassaev Cervantes
Senior Office Assistant
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Clinical Faculty & Fellows

Emily Benfer
Emily A. Benfer

Professor of Law; Director, Health Justice Policy & Advocacy Clinic; Cross-appointment, Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management

Portrait of Associate Dean Carmia Caesar
Carmia N. Caesar

Associate Dean, Experiential Programs; Clinic Director

Ashley Carter
Ashley Carter

Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Law

Portrait of Aram A. Gavoor
Aram A. Gavoor

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of 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 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

Portrait of Laurie S. Kohn
Laurie S. Kohn

Jeff and 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

Waseem Moorad
Waseem Moorad

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