Heather R. Abraham A S S O C I ATE P R O F E S S O R DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS & TR ANSPARENCY CLINIC LLM, Georgetown University Law Center JD, University of Minnesota MPP, University of Minnesota BA, Kalamazoo College (716) 645-2073
habraham@buffalo.edu
AREAS OF INTEREST ADMINISTRATIVE LAW CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION CIVIC PROCEDURE
I investigate how the law
CIVIL LIBERTIES
influences where people live.
CIVIL RIGHTS
My research agenda centers
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
on what legal tools exist, or
DISABILITY RIGHTS
should exist, to reduce racial
FAIR HOUSING
segregation. My ambition
FEDERAL COURTS
remains practical as well as
FIRST AMENDMENT
theoretical—creating a roadmap
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
for litigators and policymakers
LEGISLATION
to leverage existing statutes,
PROPERTY
administrative regulation, and case law to meaningfully
ARTICLES
deconstruct the systems that
Segregation Autopilot: How the
perpetuate racial segregation.”
Government Perpetuates Segregation and How to Stop It, Iowa Law Review (forthcoming 2022). “Don’t Blame Stokely Carmichael?”: The Need for Federal Fair Housing Leadership, 29(3) ABA Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law 555 (2021). Fair Housing’s Third Act: American Tragedy or Triumph?, 39 Yale Law & Policy Review 1 (2021).
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