Heather R. Abraham

I investigate how the law influences where people live. My research agenda centers on what legal tools exist, or should exist, to reduce racial segregation. My ambition remains practical as well as theoretical—creating a roadmap for litigators and policymakers to leverage existing statutes, administrative regulation, and case law to meaningfully deconstruct the systems that perpetuate racial segregation.” ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS & TRANSPARENCY 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 CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DISABILITY RIGHTS FAIR HOUSING FEDERAL COURTS FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS LEGISLATION PROPERTY

ARTICLES Segregation Autopilot: How the 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).