Albany Law School Experts Available to Speak on Biden Plan to Improve Legal Aid For the Poor

As President Biden orders for a plan to improve legal aid for the poor, Albany Law School has a number of experts that can speak about Access to Justice in the United States.

Professor Ava Ayers – Director of the Government Law Center.

Professor Sarah Rogerson – Director of the Justice Center.

Professor Ray Brescia – Chair in Law and Technology; Co-author of Crisis Lawyering from NYU Press.

Jim Sandman – Class of 2020 Commencement Speaker, Outgoing president of the Legal Services Corporation (the nation’s largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income individuals), Member of the Board of Trustees

“As the nation begins to emerge cautiously from the pandemic, and eviction and foreclosure moratoria are expiring throughout the nation, the need for civil legal services to help renters and homeowners avoid homelessness could not be more acute, among many other civil and criminal justice needs that Americans will have in the coming months and years.  The Biden Administration’s steps to promote access to justice are welcome, and desperately needed at this time,” Brescia said.