Nisha Vyas has joined Stanford Law School as the Jay M. Spears Clinical Teaching Fellow with the Community Law Clinic. Prior to joining Stanford Law School, Vyas served as deputy litigation director and staff attorney in the litigation department of the Southern California Housing Rights Center. There, she represented the claims of plaintiffs in housing discrimination cases in federal and state courts. She also previously served as a legislative aide in the state legislature, as a participant in the California Senate Fellows Program. Vyas received a JD from the UCLA School of Law, and a BA from University of California, Berkeley.