Anika Singh Lemar will join the Yale Law School faculty as Clinical Associate Professor of Law, effective July 1, 2014.
Lemar is currently a Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of
Law at Yale Law School. Previously, while in private practice in New
Haven, she represented clients in land use matters, affordable housing
development, and urban revitalization efforts. Prior to that, she was a
Skadden Fellow at the Urban Justice Center’s Community Development
Project. She helped to found and later served on the Board of Directors
of Next City, a highly-regarded urban affairs magazine.
Lemar holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from New
York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar.
While at NYU, she was named a Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellow.
Following law school, she clerked for The Honorable Janet C. Hall of
the United States District Court in Bridgeport, Conn.
Lemar will teach the Community and Economic Development Clinic during the 2014-2015 academic year.
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