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CLEA Awards recognize two graduates for outstanding clinic and externship work
June 7, 2023
McCoy calls bill that would strengthen landlords' ability to turn away low-income renters "horrific"
May 31, 2023
A veteran comes home, tenants get justice, and other highlights from the Duke Law clinics
March 13, 2023
McCoy named faculty director of PreLaw Fellowship Program
March 1, 2023
McCoy: “Evictions weren’t a crisis just because of COVID – they were a crisis long before COVID” | News & Observer
February 23, 2023
McCoy says people vulnerable to eviction should act quickly to take advantage of tenant resources in the community | News & Observer
February 9, 2023
McCoy says racist housing policies dating back decades reverberate in who gets evicted today | News & Observer
November 21, 2022
McCoy says the scales are tipped in favor of landlords as tenants try to navigate eviction court
July 27, 2022
Holton says legal representation of renters key to avoiding eviction | WRAL
March 9, 2022
Students from Duke Law and 98 other law schools recognized by White House for eviction crisis response
February 1, 2022
McCoy to speak at White House virtual event on law schools' response to the national housing and eviction crisis
January 26, 2022
Weekly Eviction Advice Clinic to return on January 7
December 23, 2021
McCoy tells Indyweek the most common reasons for missed rent aren't legal defenses in eviction court
December 23, 2021
McCoy: CDC eviction moratorium came with little guidance, much confusion for at-risk tenants and those trying to assist them
December 17, 2021
On Duke Week podcast, McCoy says evictions are on the rise again in Durham after national moratorium ends
November 23, 2021
Pop-up clinic offers free legal advice to Durham tenants facing eviction
October 27, 2021
McCoy says pandemic exacerbated Durham's eviction crisis | Duke Chronicle
October 6, 2021
McCoy discusses the eviction moratorium, the role of HBCUs in student debt relief, and other matters on PBS's Black Issues Forum
August 9, 2021
McCoy says "cumbersome" application process is bogging down distribution of $400 million for rent help in NC | CBS 17
August 6, 2021
McCoy says government should have enacted an eviction ban with help for landlords at the pandemic's start
July 7, 2021
McCoy: State's eviction moratorium should be extended so agencies can process rent relief applications
June 28, 2021
McCoy says the long delay in relief from rental aid programs is "the effect of not properly preparing for a pandemic"
June 28, 2021
McCoy says NC eviction courts may be swamped without extension of the eviction moratorium
May 10, 2021
McCoy appears on Black Issues Forum to discuss race and policing, eviction moratorium | Black Issues Forum
April 21, 2021
McCoy: Extending the eviction moratorium without addressing financial need is just "kicking the can" down the road
April 6, 2021

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