Genevieve Hébert Fajardo

ph: (210) 431-5707
email: gfajardo@stmarytx.edu

Clinical Associate Professor of Law
B.A. 1993, summa cum laude, University of Texas at Austin
J.D., 1997, Columbia Law School

Before St. Mary's

Professor Fajardo was the Executive Director of Shelter Legal Services in Boston, a legal aid organization dedicated to veterans and homeless people. Prior to Shelter Legal Services, she taught in the Housing Rights Clinic at Hofstra Law School, and was a supervising attorney in health insurance litigation, immigration and elder law at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. After law school graduation she clerked for the Honorable Alfred J. Lechner, Jr., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and was a litigation associate at Hughes, Hubbard and Reed LLP in New York City.

Highlights

• Human Rights Law Review, Articles Editor
• Certificate of Achievement in International Law, with Honors
• IOLTA Fellowship
• Human Rights Fellowship in Dakar, Senegal
• Stone Scholar 1996-1997
• Former Member of the New York Bar and Massachusetts Bar
• Current Member of the Texas Bar
• Board Member, South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless

Specialties

• Civil Litigation Practice
• Poverty Law
• Homeless Services