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
Danielle M. Conway, Penn State Dickinson 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