NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Ryan Sullivan has been named the 2022 Access to Justice Award recipient by the Association of American Law Schools. The award, presented by the Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities, honors those who manage pro bono programs and who have removed barriers to justice and/or improved legal services to individuals unable to pay for such services. Sullivan is receiving this Access to Justice Award for his dedication to pro bono and public interest work, and specifically for this timely and transformational work with the Tenant Assistance Project. Sullivan was set to pilot a tenants’ rights project with Nebraska Law students in spring 2020, and although the COVID-19 pandemic put those plans on hold, Sullivan still saw an immediate need in the community. “It was a time when we were asked to social distance and stay home. Nearly all court proceedings had been put on pause, but evictions were still happening,” Sullivan said. “I checked the eviction docket one morning and decided to go to the courthouse and represent any tenant who appeared for their eviction hearing.”