UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — To help address the housing and eviction crisis, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office put out a call in August 2021. They asked lawyers and law students to take immediate action to help their communities. University of Oregon’s School of Law was one of the 99 law schools that responded. Dean Marcilynn A. Burke, the Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law at the UO School of Law, was one of those deans who signed the petition. The AG requested help with completing Emergency Rental Assistance applications, volunteering with legal aid providers, and helping courts implement eviction diversion programs, among other initiatives aimed at increasing housing stability and access to justice. “Five months ago, I asked the legal community to answer the call to help Americans facing eviction. Law students and lawyers from across the country stepped up to take on cases and assisted their clients and communities at a time when our country needed it the most,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. “Today, our work is far from over, and making real the promise of equal justice under law remains our urgent and unfinished mission.” In just a few months, law students across the country, including those at the UO, dedicated nearly 81,000 hours to provide legal assistance to households and communities across the country.