The University of Nebraska Law College’s innovative Tenant Assistance Program was recognized by the White House and the U.S. Attorney General in early 2022. Its director, Ryan Sullivan, has received national awards for his work in connecting tenants with volunteer lawyers who can help them navigate the eviction process. With the help of research and outreach by Nebraska Law students, the program has successfully kept most participants in their homes.
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Ryan Sullivan joined the Law College faculty in August 2013 as a supervising attorney in the Civil Clinical Law Program. As the director of the Civil Clinic, he supervises student attorneys providing legal services to veterans and underserved populations in the areas of tenant rights, debt collection defense, criminal record rehabilitation, estate planning, family law, and other civil matters. Sullivan also manages the Advance Directive Clinic (ADC) Project, where Civil Clinic students provide basic estate planning services to senior citizens in rural and semi-rural communities around the state of Nebraska. Sullivan also supervises several outreach projects within the Civil Clinic, including the Clean Slate Project, the Veterans Advocacy Project, the Tenants’ Rights Project and the Family Law Project.
He received his B.A. from Colorado State University-Pueblo while completing his enlistment in the U.S. Army, majoring in business administration. Thereafter he attended California University of Pennsylvania where he obtained his master’s in Health Sciences. After a career in the fitness industry, he enrolled at Nebraska College of Law where he served as an editor of the Nebraska Law Review, the chair of the Moot Court Board, and a member of the National Trial Team. Following graduation, Sullivan joined the law firm of Kinsey, Rowe, Becker and Kistler where he practiced in the area of general civil litigation. He is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Clinical Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and the Clinical Legal Education Association. Updated 12/12/23
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Daniel Tannenbaum is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Nebraska. Tannenbaum’s research is in the field of labor and public economics. He studied evictions in Chicago using large administrative datasets. He can speak on the economics of housing and labor markets, including the impact of eviction on families. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago and his B.A. in economics-math from Columbia University.