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Metaphors From Housing Court

The looming eviction crisis due to Covid-19.

Margaret Hagan and Daniel Bernal

September 23, 2020

The metaphors described in this essay were selected by Daniel Bernal from interviews conducted by for his dissertation at the University of Arizona. Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Margaret HaganMargaret Hagan is the director of the Legal Design Lab, hosted at Stanford Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession.

Daniel BernalDaniel Bernal is a fellow at the Legal Design Lab.

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