YOLANDA L - Key Persons

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• Adjunct Professor of Law at Wake Forest Law School

Yolanda L. Taylor, Esq. is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Wake Forest Law School and the lead attorney at the law firm, Yolanda L. Taylor Law Firm, PLLC d/b/a The Center for Community Law & Equity. She practices in the areas of Housing Justice, Health Equity, Affordable Housing, and Community Economic Development law. As an adjunct professor of law, she teaches law through the lens of justice in America and how justice relates to concepts like "Power" and "Oppression." Her students engage in community lawyering that supports grassroots residents and their social movements. Attorney Taylor helps students build a lens for racial justice equity while using their legal skills to support residents' push against inequitable zoning, gentrification, and inequitable development in their neighborhoods. Attorney Taylor previously worked at Legal Aid of North Carolina, where she worked for thirteen years, most recently as a managing attorney, supervising the delivery of legal services. Her work at Legal Aid built her passion for helping marginalized and resource-deprived communities. Currently, her client segments include affordable housing developers, municipalities, grassroots coalitions, business start-ups, nonprofits, and community-based groups. She's also a sought-after speaker, equity strategist, and policy attorney. Yolanda L. Taylor, Esq. has been described as a bright and creative lawyer who is solution-oriented. Some of her accomplishments include co-launching an Eviction Diversion project with city leaders in Wilson to examine the high eviction filings and the high percentage of cost-burdened renters. She has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout her career. Attorney Taylor received her bachelor of arts degree in Political Science with a minor in African American studies from North Carolina State University. She earned a Juris Doctorate from Western Michigan University - Cooley Law School.