Nadiyah J. Humber
Associate Professor of Law
Education/Professional Certification
BS, Vanderbilt University
JD, Suffolk University School of Law
Biography
Nadiyah J. Humber teaches courses in property law, race and the law, housing law, and AI law and policy. Her research examines the intersection of civil rights legislation and emerging technologies. She explores how artificial intelligence operates within the property and financial services industries, and how these tools affect communities disproportionately impacted by them. She presents regularly on her research and pedagogy at regional and national conferences and serves on numerous conference committees.
Prior to joining the UConn Law faculty, Humber was an associate clinical professor of law at Roger Williams University School of Law, where she directed the Corporate Counsel, Government, and Prosecution Clinical Externship Programs. Earlier, she served as director of investigations and outreach, and clinical fellow at Suffolk University Law School’s Housing Discrimination Testing Program, managing housing discrimination investigations and co-teaching an experiential housing seminar. She also held a faculty appointment as a lecturer at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, teaching Introduction to Law to business students. Before transitioning to academia, Humber was a trial attorney with the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In addition to her academic and professional engagements, Professor Humber has volunteered with the Volunteer Lawyers Project in Boston, representing clients in housing court and debt collection cases, and with local fair housing organizations on housing discrimination prevention and initiatives. She also served as a volunteer attorney for the Housing Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services and on the steering committee of the Boston Bar Association’s Commission on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. She has been an active member of several bar associations and affinity organizations, including the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association.
Professor Humber earned her BS from Vanderbilt University and her JD from Suffolk University School of Law.
| nadiyah.humber@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | (860) 570-5228 |
| Curriculum Vitae | Humber_CV_0626 |
| Office Location | Hosmer 312 |
| Link | SSRN |