Faculty Spotlight – Meet Professor Jennifer Prusak, Director of the Housing Law Clinic

In Spring 2021, Jennifer Prusak launched the new Housing Law Clinic at Vanderbilt. 

The clinic represents tenants facing eviction proceedings, advances Fair Housing Act claims on behalf of disabled clients, and advocates for affordable and accessible housing in NashvillePrusak previously directed the Nonprofit Legal Clinic at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, a transactional clinic that she created and managed for six years. Before joining the clinical law faculty at Maurer, Prusak was a staff attorney and an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow at Indiana Legal Services. Fun Facts about Professor Prusak: She is an avid knitter who loves spending time with her three cats.

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