Housing Justice Alumni Networking Event

DATE
Thursday, February 6, 2025

TIME
5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

LOCATION
Events Center (W201)

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Please join us in connecting with NYLS alumni who are leading the charge in housing rights advocacy. This event will feature a panel where alumni, now housing justice attorneys, will share their invaluable insights and experiences.

Light refreshments will be served.

This event is co-sponsored by the Housing Rights Clinic.

Welcoming Remarks
Professor Andrew Scherer, Policy Director of the Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law and Director of Housing Rights Clinic, New York Law School

Panelists
Catherine Barreda ’15, Director of Tenant Rights Coalition, Brooklyn Legal Services 
Michelle Blaifeder ’24, Excelsior Fellow, Department of Housing and Community Renewal, Tenant Protection Unit
James Fishman ’79, Partner, Fishman Law Group, PLLC
Matthew Tropp ’06, Interim Attorney-in-Charge and Director of Housing, The Legal Aid Society, Bronx Neighborhood Office

Moderators
Maya Moskowitz ’25
Jessica Chan ’25