Fordham Consumer Law Advocates

New York provides relief to thousands of victims of fraudulent debt collector.

Consumer Debt and Poverty Law with Professor Marcella Silverman Part of the Public Service Faculty Profiles series Thursday, March 6th, 12:30 to 1:30 PM, Room 310 Lunch will be served!... This is a part of a series of programs, co-sponsored by the Faculty Fellowships and Public Interest Placement Committee, and the Public Interest Resource Center to enable Fordham Law professors to profile their public service workpast and presentand share with you how they have shaped their career path. This event is also co-sponsored by the Consumer Law Advocates and the Feerick Center for Social Justice. Marcella Silverman teaches and supervises students in the Consumer Litigation Clinic, and has previously served in the Tax & Consumer Litigation Clinic, Securities Arbitration Clinic, Civil/Criminal Justice Externship seminars and Welfare Rights Clinic. Before joining Fordham Law in 1996, she served for close to 15 years practicing poverty law (public benefits, housing, law reform litigation) with The Legal Aid Society.

Access to the American Dream of homeownership falls increasingly along racial lines.

"If the Postal Service offered basic banking services -- nothing fancy, just basic bill paying, check cashing and small dollar loans -- then it could provide affordable financial services for underserved families, and, at the same time, shore up its own financial footing."