TENANTS RIGHTS CLINIC

Tenants’ Rights Clinic Prepares for 2021 Deluge of Evictions

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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...

Season Five of the Miami Law Explainer Podcast Hits 22.1K All Time Listens

Monday, November 16, 2020

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

Defending Evictions During COVID-19: My Semester in the Tenants’ Rights Clinic

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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...

Amid COVID-19, Tenants’ Rights Clinic Student Flexes Creative Thinking to Find Solutions for Clients

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Kimi Robertson, 2L

Rising third-year law student Kimi Robertson works in the Tenants’ Rights Clinic, serves as President of...

Case-by-Case, Tenants’ Clinic Makes a Difference

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

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...

Tenants’ Rights Clinic Defends Retaliatory Eviction of Tenant Leader

Friday, May 10, 2019

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...

HOPE Fellow Awarded Equal Justice Works Fellowship at Legal Services of Greater Miami

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Liberty City needs Teiya Emenike.

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3L Teiya Emenike

As Liberty Square, the oldest housing project in Miami, inches closer toward demolition...

Tenants’ Rights Clinic Changes Career Trajectory of Recent Alumnus Guerby Noel

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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...

Students Represent Clients and Receive Hands-On Experience with the Tenants' Rights Clinic

Friday, November 18, 2016

Law students often want the opportunity to represent clients in court, but that can only happen if they have completed the lengthy background check to become a Certified Legal Intern.

Stephanie Koether handing a...

Tenants’ Rights Clinic Helps Client Avoid Eviction

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Brenda West and Jason Hepperly

Evictions are complicated and confusing for tenants without lawyers. Such was the case of Brenda West and Jason Hepperly, a 3L Certified Legal Intern in Miami Law’s Tenants...