Ana Rivera joined the faculty of Boston College Law School in the fall 2024 as an associate clinical professor and director of Ï㽶Ðã Law’s Housing Justice Clinic. In this role, Rivera supervises and supports law students in their representation of tenants facing housing insecurity – helping students learn and practice core litigation skills, hone ethical and professional mindsets, and gain substantive knowledge in housing law. With her housing work, Rivera also seeks to advance social justice for low-income and underrepresented tenants and communities, assisting local community organizations with reform and community education efforts.
Prior to joining Ï㽶Ðã Law’s faculty, Rivera was on the faculty of the Northeastern University School of Law, where she founded and directed the Housing Rights Advocacy Clinic. While at Northeastern, Rivera jointly served as a research fellow in the school’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR). In her research there, she examined how frameworks in landlord-tenant law reinforce structural inequities and contribute to housing insecurity and destabilization in vulnerable communities. Rivera also worked at New England Law | Boston as a faculty fellow, teaching Property Law in the first-year curriculum and Introduction to Negotiation to upper-level students.
Rivera practiced as a litigator at firms in Boston, including Peabody & Arnold and Todd & Weld, before beginning teaching. In her private practice, she focused on commercial disputes, employment law, and insurance defense. Upon graduating with a JD from Ï㽶Ðã Law, she served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
