The Civil Litigation Program focuses on civil matters, relating to employment, housing, disability, and family issues.
Jade Brown
Professor Jade Brown (BU Law ’16), Clinical Associate Professor of Law, is the founder and Executive Director for the Consumer Economic Justice Clinic, which trains students to advocate for low-income clients who have been unjustly denied credit or who are facing unfair debt collection practices. In the Consumer Economic Justice Clinic, Professor Brown invites law […]
Constance A. Browne
Constance Browne came to Boston University School of Law in 1982 as an instructor in the First-Year Writing Program and joined the full-time faculty of the clinical programs in 1989. As an associate professor in the Civil Litigation & Justice Program, she supervises students who represent clients in special education, unemployment, divorce, disability and housing […]
Mary C. Connaughton
Mary Connaughton, a clinical faculty member in the Civil Litigation & Justice Program since 1993, teaches courses in lawyering skills, trial advocacy, and evidence law. She also supervises students in administrative, state and federal court hearings in social security disability, unemployment compensation, divorce and housing disputes.
Naomi M. Mann
Naomi Mann is the Executive Director of the Civil Litigation & Justice Program. She is Founding Director of the Access to Justice Clinic (A2J Clinic), an innovative clinic which pairs individual client representation with systems change projects. Students in A2J represent individual clients facing multiple systemic barriers (e.g., gender, race, class, and disability) in housing, […]
Christopher Robertson
Christopher Robertson is a tenured professor and N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health & Disability Law. He is also a Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management in the BU School of Public Health. In Fall 2025 he is on leave, serving as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. Professor Robertson is an expert […]