Liam Veazey

The Housing Clinic provided me one of the rare opportunities in law school to get exposure to the full scope of activities that legal aid attorneys work on. As a student attorney in the clinic, I had the opportunity to work on housing cases with real clients that covered a broad range of issues including eviction defense, discrimination lawsuits, and administrative complaints. This work entailed engaging with a range of substantive law including federal housing and civil rights law, consumer protection law, state property and contract law, and administrative law. The skills I developed were similarly broad, including litigation-focused writing, client communication, negotiation, dispute resolution, and oral advocacy. In all, I found the housing clinic to be a thoroughly rewarding experience with Fred and Nelson serving as wonderful teachers, supervisors, and mentors.