AG Garland Pushes Major Law Firms and Law Schools to Protect Renters Against Eviction
The Biden administration is calling on law firms and law schools to help fight evictions following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to remove protections created by the federal government in response to the pandemic.
The Biden administration is calling on law firms and law schools to help fight evictions following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to remove protections created by the federal government in response to the pandemic, reports Bloomberg News. Attorney General Merrick Garland urged members of the legal community to take immediate action to help address the “looming housing and eviction crisis.” So far more than 40 major law school deans have committed their students and law clinics to the endeavor, including those at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Howard University, UCLA Legal Services Corp, as well as the American Bar Association and the National Housing Law Project.