Housing Justice Program
The Housing Justice Program at the College of Law is a collaborative legal program that includes the Housing Justice Clinic, the eviction prevention work of the Tenant Assistance Project, which the Housing Justice Program co-facilitates in Lancaster County with the Nebraska State Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project, and the Housing Justice Summer Fellowship Program. The Housing Justice Program works to balance the inequities that exist between residential tenants and landlords–focusing primarily on the eviction process–while providing hands-on opportunities for law students to engage in rewarding and impactful pro bono and clinical work.
Housing Justice Clinic
The Housing Justice Clinic provides third-year law students with the training, support, and ongoing mentorship necessary to act as lead counsel representing tenants facing eviction from their homes in collaboration with the Tenant Assistance Project in Lancaster County.
Tenant Assistance Project
The Tenant Assistance Project works to close the civil justice gap by ensuring that low- to moderate-income residential tenants facing eviction in Lancaster County have access to free, limited scope legal representation and social services support at the courthouse on the day of their eviction hearing.
