Clinical Faculty, Fellows, and Staff

The Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics has an active and growing faculty. View the directory below.

Associate Dean

Laurie S. Kohn
Jacob Burns Foundation Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; Associate Professor of Clinical Law; Director of Family Justice Litigation Clinic, & Director of Access to Justice Clinic

Clinical Staff

Andrea R. Willis-Johnson
Managing Attorney & Associate Program Director of the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics; Professorial Lecturer in Law
[email protected] | 202.994.3086

Milagros Tudela
Administrative Supervisor
[email protected] | 202.994.7463

Maria Meli, MSW, LGSW
Social Worker
[email protected] | 202.994.6520

Cameron Johnson
Senior Office Assistant
[email protected] | 202.994.7463

Wallis Grant
Senior Office Assistant
[email protected] | 202.994.7463

Kenneth Maben
Office Assistant

Taylor Moorer
Student Director


Clinical Faculty & Fellows

Jonathan Gitlen
Jonathan K. Gitlen

Professorial Lecturer in Law

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Phyllis Goldfarb

Jacob Burns Foundation Professor of Clinical Law Emeritus

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Jeffrey S. Gutman

Professor of Clinical Law; Director, Public Justice Advocacy Clinic

Drake Hagner
Drake Hagner

Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Law

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Lula Hagos

Associate Professor of Clinical Law; Director of the Criminal Defense and Justice Clinic

Kathy Hessler
Kathy Hessler

Assistant Dean for Animal Law

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Laurie S. Kohn

Senior Associate Dean, Academic Development, Graduate Programs & Online Learning; Jacob Burns Foundation Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; Associate Professor of Clinical Law; Director of the Family Justice Litigation and Access to Justice Clinics

Darryl Maxwell
Darryl J. Maxwell

Professorial Lecturer in Law

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Joan S. Meier

National Family Violence Law Center Professor of Clinical Law; Director, National Family Violence Law Center at the George Washington University Law School

Charis Menschel
Charis Menschel

Professorial Lecturer in Law

Peter H. Meyers
Peter H. Meyers

Professor of Law Emeritus

Anne Olesen
Anne K. Olesen

Professor Emerita of Clinical Law