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If you're interested in hearing from longtime practitioners turned law professors, this episode is for you! In Episode 59, Elizabeth Elia and Serge Martinez share how the many different jobs they had before becoming professors shaped who they are, their legal practice, and how they approach teaching. Elizabeth discusses the importance of not losing track of your passions in the early years of practice, and Serge highlights the fact that there are an infinite number of ways to be a lawyer. Serge and Elizabeth also discuss the awesome and varied types of housing work they did prior to academia, and how they are continuing that work today.
We also flip the mic, and chat with Serge, Elizabeth, and Allison (PJx co-host) about their recently founded nonprofit--the New Mexico Center for Housing Law (also known as NMCHL or CHL), which is dedicated to promoting housing stability and justice for people of the state of New Mexico. During this episode, they share why they started the Center, what their goals are for the work they are beginning to engage in, and how NMCHL can best serve New Mexicans. This is not one to miss!
Serge Martinez is a Professor at UNM School of Law, where he teaches, writes and practices in the area of housing law, with a focus on the rights of renters and improving housing stability. He has served as Associate Dean for Experiential Learning since 2019, meaning he heads up all of the clinic and externship programs at the law school. In 2020, Serge also helped launch Amparo, a nonprofit that assists renters facing eviction and supports tenant organizing in Albuquerque.
Before joining the faculty at UNM, Serge taught at Hofstra University School of Law and National Taiwan University College of Law, and worked as a senior staff attorney at the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project, where he represented tenants and tenant associations in New York City. Serge is a graduate of Yale Law School and Brigham Young University.
Elizabeth Elia is an Associate Professor at UNM School of Law, where she Elizabeth teaches courses related to property law, land use, real estate development, renewable energy development, environmental law, poverty law and clinic. She is also an active participant in shaping housing policy in New Mexico at both the state and local levels.
Before moving to New Mexico in 2017, Elizabeth worked in D.C. as a transactional lawyer specializing in the development and preservation of affordable housing across the US and its territories and served on D.C.’s Affordable Housing Strikeforce. Elizabeth holds an LLM degree from Georgetown Law, a JD from American University Washington College of Law, and a BA from New College of Florida.
Serge, Elizabeth and Allison (PJx co-host) recently founded the New Mexico Center for Housing Law (also known as NMCHL or CHL), a nonprofit dedicated to promoting housing stability and justice for people of the state of New Mexico. To learn more about CHL and its mission, please visit nmchl.org.
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