Robert Solomon is a supervising attorney who works with students at CCCC. He was a legal services attorney in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and New Haven from 1972 until 1985, when he started as a Lecturer and Supervising Attorney at LSO. At Yale, Solomon helped to start the Landlord/Tenant Clinic, Community Legal Services (originally Homelessness), Community and Economic Development (originally Workshop on Shelter for the Homeless), Community Development Financial Institutions, and the Education Adequacy Project. From 1999 to 2002, Solomon was the Interim Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven. Solomon is currently a Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of Clinical Studies.
"Calling something impossible is an excellent reason for not attempting the challenge. We accept that challenge on a daily basis and, every once in a while, we succeed."
Stephen Wizner is a supervising attorney who works with students at JUNTA. He is the William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law at Yale University and the Sackler Professor of Law by Special Appointment at Tel Aviv University. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago. After several years as a Trial Attorney with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as a legal aid lawyer in New York City, he joined the Yale Law School faculty in 1970, where he helped establish the law school’s clinical program, and has continued to teach there ever since.
Maureen Furtak is a Senior Administrative Assistant for CLC. She joined Yale and LSO in July 1997. She provides administrative support for Frank Dineen, Carroll Lucht, Jay Pottenger, and the Community Lawyering, Immigration Legal Services, Landlord/Tenant, and Legislative Advocacy Clinics. Prior to working at LSO, she was the Coordinator of the New Haven County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service for 8 years.