Gary Klein

Lecturer

Biography

Gary Klein is a long-time litigator and advocate in the field of consumer protection, bankruptcy, and affordable housing. He started his career as a staff attorney and manager in legal services programs in Philadelphia and New Hampshire, where he defended foreclosures for low-income homeowners. He then worked for 10 years at the National Consumer Law Center in Boston where he originated many of its sustainable homeownership projects.  

Gary has also been in private practice, where he litigated national class actions against banks and other lenders.  Among other things, he was lead lawyer in many cases challenging mortgage servicing abuses and lending discrimination. Most recently, Gary worked as Senior Trial Counsel in the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, at Greater Boston Legal Services as a Senior Litigation Consultant, and as an instructor at Boston University Law School. His resume is available online at https://www.gkleinconsulting.net/resume

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Courses

LAW JD 977

Aggregate Litigation

3 credits

This seminar will cover the practice of aggregate litigation from a social justice perspective, with a particular emphasis on cases now pending in courts across the country. Topics will include all aspects of class action practice, cases seeking to invalidate federal and state regulations, and other opportunities to litigate cases of public importance at scale. Each student will be asked to select a case of national importance presently pending in court. Students will be expected to write a paper that satisfies the upper-class writing assignment and to lead a class discussion on their case of choice. ** A student who fails to attend the initial meeting of a seminar, or to obtain permission to be absent from either the instructor or the Registrar, will be administratively dropped from the seminar. Students who waitlist for a seminar are required to attend the first seminar meeting to be considered for enrollment.

FALL 2026: LAW JD 977 A1, Aug 31st to Dec 3rd 2026
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Wed 2:10 pm 4:10 pm 3 Gary Klein