Sean Ahern

Sean Ahern is an attorney and clinical instructor in the Consumer Protection Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School (LSC). Sean supervises and trains law students in representing low-income clients in a wide range of consumer cases in state and federal court. He works with students to learn all of the different civil litigation strategies involved in the defense of debt collection lawsuits and the bringing of affirmative fair debt collection and consumer protection lawsuits.

Before joining LSC, Sean was a senior attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services and a part-time lecturer at BU Law. Sean also comes to LSC with full-time clinical teaching experience. During the spring and summer 2023 semesters, Sean held a temporary appointment as a full-time lecturer in the Civil Litigation & Justice clinic at Boston University School of Law, where he supervised JD students and co-taught a course in trial advocacy. Sean is experienced as a litigator in a range of legal aid practice areas, including in class action litigation. Sean’s experience and research interest is largely in the intersection between consumer rights and housing. He has also provided civil legal assistance in employment, immigration, and government benefits cases as well.