Biography
Name: Davida Finger
Professional Title : Assistant Clinical Professor
Affiliation : Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Country : United States
Title of Presentation : Redefining Human Rights Lawyering Through the Lens of Critical Theory: Role of Transnational Partnerships in Our Pedagogy and Practice
Short Bio : Davida teaches the Community Justice clinic and Law & Poverty course. She has focused on civil litigation and policy advocacy for government accountability in post-disaster Louisiana rebuilding. Davida has served as counsel on a variety of issues for grassroots organizations and individuals seeking access to subsidized/public housing, public records, education, Constitutional rights and has represented on civil disobedience cases. Davida is the 2011 chair of the AALS poverty law section.