Student Housing Legal Clinic

Clinic Staff

Nicole Wilkinson

Director and Supervising Attorney, Student Housing Legal Clinic

Phone: (614) 247-7803
Email: hall.640@osu.edu
Office: 33 West 11th Ave., Suite 209

Education
J.D., The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Nicole Wilkinson joined The Ohio State University Student Housing Legal Clinic as the Director and Supervising Attorney in January 2008.

Upon graduating from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, she accepted a position with Lexis-Nexis as a training consultant for law students at the University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton and Northern Kentucky University.

A year later she accepted an attorney position with The Legal Aid Society of Columbus as a member of Project Dignity, a position funded by a grant from the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence. Through her work at Legal Aid, she primarily handled civil protection orders, uncontested divorces and ancillary cases for her clients.

In July of 2003, Nicole took a staff attorney position at Capital University Law School in its Family Advocacy Clinic, Contested Custody Unit which was a position funded by the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence. She worked at Capital for the last 4½ years representing victims of domestic violence in divorce and juvenile cases where custody of their minor children was contested.

As a former legal intern at The Ohio State University, Student Housing Legal Clinic from 1999 – 2001, the opportunity to return as the Director was her chance to come full circle. Nicole returns to OSU with enthusiasm about the position and the clinic.

In her job, she represents Ohio State student tenants with landlord/tenant disputes, supervises Moritz law students and teaches landlord/tenant law at the Moritz College of Law.

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Paul G. Wilkins

Supervising Attorney, Student Housing Legal Clinic

Phone: (614) 247-5853
Email: wilkins.10@osu.edu
Office: 33 West 11th Ave., Suite 209

Education
B.A., The Ohio State University
J.D., The Ohio State University

Paul Wilkins joined the Ohio State University Student Housing Legal Clinic as a staff attorney in November of 2004. Paul's service to the campus community is a continuation of his deep commitment to public service.

He has served in the United States Marine Corps, volunteered for the Salvation Army and Ohio State Legal Services Association and worked for the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO).

Upon graduating from the Moritz College of Law, he accepted an Equal Justice Works Fellowship to work at EJF in Columbus. His fellowship addressed predatory lending through aggressive class action litigation, legislative lobbying, community outreach, and education. While at EJF, Paul testified in front of a joint committee of the Ohio General Assembly and developed a credit management class for consumers. He continues to provide pro bono assistance to EJF.

Paul became director of voter protection for COHHIO in September of 2004. He worked with housing advocates throughout the state to protect the right to vote of the lowest income Ohioans.

A double Ohio State grad, Paul jumped at the opportunity to return to campus to work.

"Ohio State is my home town," he says. "I have always enjoyed working with students and this job gives me the opportunity to work with both law students and undergraduate students."

In his job, he represents Ohio State student tenants with landlord/tenant disputes and supervises Moritz law students in those activities.

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Molly Roe Hegarty

Program Coordinator, Student Housing Legal Clinic

Phone: (614) 247-5853
Email: hegarty.14@osu.edu
Office: 33 West 11th Ave., Suite 209

Education
B.A., Loyola College
J.D., The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Molly Roe Hegarty joined The Ohio State University Student Housing Legal Clinic as the Program Coordinator in December 2007.

Upon receiving her undergraduate degree from Loyola College in Maryland, Molly worked as a Legal Assistant in a large law firm in Washington, D.C.

Molly left the East Coast to become a Buckeye and to attend The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.  While at Moritz, Molly was a managing editor of the Ohio State Law Journal.  She graduated from Moritz College of Law in 2006 and accepted an attorney position in a small law firm in Marysville, Ohio, where she practiced civil litigation and landlord-tenant law.

A Moritz alum, Molly is truly excited to be back on campus working with OSU students.

As Program Coordinator, Molly oversees the administrative functions, manages student employees and coordinates outreach/publicity opportunities for the clinic.

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