Phone: 217-333-4461
Email: cgeerdes@law.uiuc.edu
B.A. Calvin College
J.D. New York University
Courses
Transactions and Community Economic Development Clinic
Vita
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Before joining the faculty, Professor Geerdes served as Senior Corporate Attorney at Hughes Electronics Corporation in Southern California where she was the sole in-house counsel responsible for a real estate portfolio of 25 million square feet. She is Founder and Director of the Transactions and Community Economic Development Clinic at the College of Law that focuses on issues of economic justice. The Transactions Clinic is unique in its approach to providing low-income clients with needed legal assistance. The Clinic not only represents individual consumers in financial matters, but it is also deeply involved with promoting asset accumulation among the working poor and developing positive alternatives to high-cost financing. In addition, the Clinic assists clients in starting and growing their small businesses and not-for-profit tax-exempt corporations. Professor Geerdes is the editor-in-chief of the American Bar Association’s Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. She is a member of the Campus Advisory Committee of the East St. Louis Action Research Project, a multi-disciplinary service learning project of the University of Illinois. She is also active in several community programs that focus on asset building among the low-income population.
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