Brescia, Raymond H.
Assistant Professor of Law
Phone: 518-445-3247

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B.A., Fordham University
J.D., Yale Law School

Prof. Brescia was previously Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Albany Law School. His recent publications address the sub-prime mortgage crises and legal housing issues. Before coming to Albany Law, he was the Associate Director of the Urban Justice Center in New York, N.Y., where he coordinated legal representation for community-based institutions in areas such as housing, economic justice, workers' rights, civil rights and environmental justice. He also served as an adjunct professor at New York Law School from 1997 through 2006. Prior to his work at the Urban Justice Center, he was a staff attorney at New Haven Legal Assistance and the Legal Aid Society of New York, where he was a recipient of a Skadden Fellowship after graduation from law school. He also served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Constance Baker Motley, Senior U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York. While a student Yale Law School, Professor Brescia was co-recipient of the Charles Albom Prize for Appellate Advocacy; was a student director of several clinics, including the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic and the Homelessness Clinic; and was Visiting Lecturer in Yale College.

Professor Brescia is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.  Click here to read his posts.  Follow him on Twitter to receive notice of his new posts by clicking here.

Courses

Environmental Law Practice and Procedure
Federal Civil Procedure
Law and the Disadvantaged
Legal Profession
Property

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