C. Benjie Louis (Hofstra)
Prof. C. Benjie Louis previously directed the Disaster Recovery Law Clinic (DRLC), which provided assistance to individuals who have been adversely affected by Superstorm Sandy and Hurricanes Irene and Lee.
Before coming to the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Prof. Louis taught clinical, skills, and seminar courses at Albany Law School. Prior to teaching, she was a staff attorney at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, specializing in affordable housing issues, and a staff attorney at Chemung County Neighborhood Legal Services, where she represented individuals in housing, unemployment insurance, and Social Security disability matters.
Prof. Louis's scholarly interests include clinical pedagogy and affordable housing issues. She is on the board of directors of the Clinical Legal Education Association and the Teaching Methodologies Committee of the Association of American Law Schools' Clinical Section. She has presented at various conferences on clinical pedagogy.
Elissa Mittman (UBalt Law)
Elissa Mittman has been employed in senior roles at several international non-governmental refugee organizations, and by the U.S. government, utilizing her expertise in immigration and refugee law, policies, and procedures, as well as refugee and immigrant programming, services, and integration. Most recently Elissa worked on programs assisting evacuated at-risk Afghans in the United Arab Emirates seeking refugee resettlement in Canada, and immigrants and refugees in Maryland regarding tax outreach, education, and legal services through the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic.
On-Site Program Director
Prof. Janice Shih
International Study Programs
Email: lawstudyabroad@ubalt.edu