27 Mar 2023
Amanda Korber
Director of Community Engagement and Advocacy & Project Director, Reentry Justice Project
Education
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School Harvard Journal on Racial and Ethnic Justice, Articles Editor & Executive Editor
B.A., summa cum laude, Stony Brook University
Amanda Korber is a Supervising Attorney in the Housing Law Unit. She represents low-income tenants in eviction and housing conditions cases before the D.C. Superior Court. She also litigates housing law claims before administrative bodies, such as the D.C. Housing Authority and the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Prior to joining Legal Aid in January 2015, Amanda was an attorney at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she worked on fair housing matters.
Amanda received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Stony Brook University. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where she was an Articles Editor and Executive Editor for the Harvard Journal on Racial and Ethnic Justice. While in law school, she also served as a student attorney in the Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection Clinic, and worked as a legal intern at Greater Boston Legal Services and the ACLU of Michigan.
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