Rental Housing Clinic Staff & Clinicians
Elan Stavros Nichols, Staff Attorney
Professor Elan Stavros Nichols was a litigation and appeals associate for property rights advocacy groups and individuals for several years at a Lansing real estate law firm before joining the Rental Housing Clinic. Following graduation from MSU College of Law, Professor Nichols clerked for Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Peter D. O'Connell and former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Clifford W. Taylor. While at MSU College of Law, Professor Nichols was a clinician in the Rental Housing Clinic and was on the Moot Court Board. She was a finalist in the Duke University Medical-Legal and New York Bar National Moot Court competitions. Professor Nichols has served on the Ingham County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Board of Directors for several years and is a former president. She also is a member of her church council and women's charity society board. Professor Nichols has been published in the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, the Real Property Review of the State Bar of Michigan, and various other local and state legal and real estate trade publications.
Contact Professor Nichols at 517-336-8088, ext. 32, or by email at stavros1@law.msu.edu.
Bar Admission: Michigan; United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan; United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Bankruptcy Court
Education: J.D., cum laude, Michigan State University College of Law, 2000; B.A., Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1997
Professional Associations and Memberships: State Bar of Michigan Appellate, Real Property, Litigation, and Young Lawyers sections member; Ingham County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section Board
Amy Graham, Public Interest Fellow and Staff Attorney
Professor Graham graduated from MSU College of Law in December 2005. In law school, she was involved with various student organizations. She also participated in the Rental Housing and Tax Clinics for two semesters each. While attending law school, she worked as a law clerk for Legal Services of South Central Michigan.
Prior to law school, Professor Graham obtained her Master of Science in Rhetoric & Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University. She worked for a year at Focus: HOPE in Detroit prior to her graduate studies. She also earned a Bachelor of Science in Scientific & Technical Communication and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Michigan Technological University. Professor Graham is committed to public interest law and shares this enthusiasm with law students.
Spring 2010 Students
Back (L-R): Jerry Bowman, Adam Burns, Sophia Souffront, Bridget Karns, Dustin McMahon
Front (L-R): Andrew Tauer, Michel Nungisa, Brian Henning, Kevin Flaherty
Missing: Lara Miller, Forrest Pasanski, Chad Garrapy