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Monica Teixeira de Sousa
Contact Information

MTeixeiradesousa@nesl.edu
617-422-7271

Areas of Expertise
  • Legal Services for the Poor
  • Women's Rights
  • Public Interest
  • Property Law
  • Pro Bono Legal Services
  • Poverty Law
  • Juveniles and the Criminal Justice System
  • Family Law
  • Equal Protection
  • Education Law and Policy (including No Child Left Behind)
  • Civil Rights
  • Child Custody
  • Affirmative Action
Courses

Monica Teixeira de Sousa

Professor of Law

Education

BA Brown University
JD Georgetown University Law Center

Professional Background

Professor Teixeira de Sousa serves as the advisor for the Family Law concentration at New England law | Boston and teaches Education and the Law, Education and Class Mobility, Family Law, and Property. She also leads the school's First Generation Students Program. Before joining the New England Law faculty in 2007, she was staff attorney at Rhode Island Legal Services, where she began practicing in 2002 as a Skadden Fellow. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Roger Williams University School of Law and served as a trainer for the Legal Services Training Consortium of New England. She is a founding member and past chair of the Rhode Island Education Justice Council and has been a presenter on issues of equity and education at a number of programs.

Selected Publications

R.I. children cut off from civics, Providence Journal (2019)

It’s time to prioritize fair work schedules, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (2019)

Viewpoint: Supreme Court decision is dangerous and erodes union effectiveness, Boston Business Journal (2018)

Class Houses: Fragility and Disunity in the Ranks of Academe or Democratizing the Future of Legal Education According to the Vision of Ivan Illich, 15 Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal (2018)

As I See It: A steelworker’s daughter calling for end of National Grid lockout, The Telegram & Gazette (2018)

Richards, David L. and Jillienne Haglund. Violence Against Women and the Law, 10 Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought (2017)

Educational Rights for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness, (2017)

Compelling Honesty: Amending Charter School Enrollment Laws to Aid Society's Most Vulnerable, 45 The Urban Lawyer 30 (2013)

The State of Our Unions: How President Obama’s Education Reforms Threaten the Working Class, 50 University of Louisville Law Review 201 (2011)

A Race to the Bottom? President Obama’s Incomplete and Conservative Strategy for Reforming Education in Struggling Schools or The Perils of Ignoring Poverty, 39 Stetson Law Review 629 (2010) (Chosen from articles submitted to the AALS Section on New Law Professors in response to its call for papers.)

In Central Falls, it’s a race to the bottom, Providence Journal (2010) Op-ed, March 5, 2010

The Politics of Supplementing Failure Under NCLB: How Both Left and Right Are Forcing Low-Income Children to Choose Between a Deficient Education and Working Overtime, 10 Nevada Law Journal 118 (2009)