Heather R. Abraham
(She/Her)
Associate Professor;
Director of the Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic
Areas of Interest: Administrative Law, Clinical Legal Education, Civic Procedure, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Disability Rights, Fair Housing, Federal Courts, Legislation, Property, Race and the Law
Links: SSRN, Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
524 O'Brian Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
716-645-2073
habraham@buffalo.edu
Lawsuit accuses Erie County Sheriff of stonewalling, Investigative Post, Mar. 5, 2024
If given the choice: The fight for fair housing in Western NY, University at Buffalo School of Law, Law Links, November 2023
How to Find and Finance a Rewarding Career in Public Interest Law, with Professor Abraham, UB Law Blog, Sept. 26, 2023
Clinic lawsuit prompts release of Bills stadium reports, UB News, Jan. 14, 2022
UB report details the current state of Buffalo’s Black community, UB News, Oct. 21, 2021
Resetting the power imbalance, University at Buffalo School of Law, Law Links, October 2021
Paying it forward, with public interest, University at Buffalo School of Law, Law Links, October 2021
Equal Justice Works Introduces Inaugural Alumni Advisory Council Members, Equal Justice Works News Blog Post, Sept. 22, 2021
UB School of Law joins law schools nationwide to address eviction crisis, UB School of Law, Law Links, August 2021
Career Center Launches ‘Lawyering for Social Justice’ Series; Prof. Heather Abraham ’12 Is First Guest, University of Minnesota Law, Feb. 25, 2021
Lawyering for Social Justice Series (Podcast), University of Minnesota Law School, Feb. 2021
UB Law Clinic Prevails in Niagara County Public Records Case, UB News, Sept. 17, 2020
Heather Abraham: ‘Moving the Needle’ on Housing Equity, University at Buffalo School of Law, Law Links, August 2020
Leading Civil Rights & Housing Groups Condemn President’s Efforts to Gut Fair Housing, Use of Incendiary Racial Rhetoric for Political Gain, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Press Statement, July 23, 2020
Group Blasts Trump Fair Housing Ploy, Our Weekly Los Angeles, July 30, 2020
Cassidy Wang, HUD Proposal Could Reduce Protections Against Discrimination, Housing Advocates Say, Sojourners, March 13, 2020
National Fair Housing Alliance and Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic File Lawsuit to Stop Housing Discrimination in D.C., National Fair Housing Alliance, Press Release, April 23, 2019
Whitney Wild, KKK: What do those letters mean to you? WUSA9, June 11, 2019
Legal Service of Northern Michigan Fights Needless Homelessness, Michigan Country Lines Magazine, December 2017
Patti Brandt Burgess, Homeless Court Works to Move Clients Out of Legal Trouble, Traverse City Record Eagle, Feb. 18. 2018
Patti Brandt Burgess, Volunteers Take to Streets in Annual Count of Homeless People, Traverse City Record Eagle, Feb. 4, 2018
Ross Boissonau, 40 Under 40: The Region’s Most Influential Professionals Under Age 40, Traverse City Business News, Aug. 31, 2017
Carol Thompson, Committee Eyes Off-Campus Outreach Court, Traverse City Record Eagle, April 23, 2017