Chantal Johnson

Assistant Director, Career Development Office & Part-time Professor of Practice

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Chantal Johnson is an Assistant Director in the Career Development Office. Before joining UA, Chantal worked for several years at Brooklyn Legal Services, first as a staff attorney and then as a Deputy Director in the Housing Unit, where she practiced eviction defense. She held these positions during the implementation of New York City's "universal access to counsel" for low-income tenants facing eviction, the first legislation of its kind in the U.S. Chantal started her legal career at the Bronx Defenders, providing holistic civil legal advocacy for justice-involved clients. She received her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2014. While at Stanford, Chantal was a student attorney with the Community Law Clinic and a volunteer instructor with the Prison University Project. Before law school, Chantal worked at Breaking Ground, a supportive housing non-profit in New York, and received a Master's degree in English and American Literature from NYU.

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School
2014
M.A., New York University
2009
B.A., New College of Florida
2006