Sam Sachs, 3L
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant housing crisis at both a national and local level. Third-year Miami Law student Sam Sachs has spent the last year and a half on the...
Tenants' Rights Clinic student Hanna Burt, 2L, left
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, 25% of families in Miami-Dade County told the U.S. Census Bureau that eviction or foreclosure is either very...
As the early effects of the pandemic roiled the nation, a wave of protections was thrown over the country's 110 million renters.
"Affordable housing was a challenge even before the pandemic," said Jeffrey Hearne, director of...
As season five of the Miami Law Explainer, the law school’s podcast where expert faculty dive into the headlines, draws to a close, we are hard at work at next season’s show. In the meantime, more than 75 episodes are available to...
Michael Weitzner, Certified Legal Intern
More than midway into the semester, work becomes routine. Most days as a certified legal intern in the Tenants’ Rights Clinic were similar: arrive at Legal...
Kimi Robertson, 2L
Rising third-year law student Kimi Robertson works in the Tenants’ Rights Clinic, serves as President of...
Cicely Hodges, 3L
Rent subsidies, like Section 8 payments, allow individuals and families to pay an affordable rent based upon their income and at a portion of the market price. For those who live...
Michael Mandel (3L) meets with his client Shalonda Rivers after a successful hearing in county court
Evictions may seem like simple legal proceedings, but unrepresented tenants are often unable to...
Liberty City needs Teiya Emenike.
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As Liberty Square, the oldest housing project in Miami, inches closer toward demolition...
One law school course can alter your career trajectory. Just ask Guerby Noel, JD ’14.
Guerby Noel, JD '14
When Noel entered Miami Law, he didn’t know he would dedicate his career to fighting to...