Stevie J. Barachkov

Assistant Professor
B.A. Yale University 1997
J.D. University of Michigan Law School 2000

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Professor Barachkov joined Cooley in February 2006. Previously, she served as Director of Legal Services and Policy for Community Legal Resources in Detroit.

There she supervised the pro bono program, provided direct legal services to non-profit corporations in Michigan, and facilitated the Affordability Preservation Project to discern the most viable mechanism for preserving affordable housing units.

From 2002-2005, she served as a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor/Transactional Attorney for the Urban Communities Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School.

There she directly represented numerous non-profit corporations while supervising law student attorneys’ representation of the same, and co-taught a corporate real estate transactions course specializing in affordable housing.

Professor Barachkov also served as a litigation contract associate with a Lynchburg, Virginia firm.

She is a recipient of the Center for Ethics Service and Professionalism’s 2008 Great Deeds Award. Professor Barachkov is the faculty advisor for the Public Interest Law Students Association. She is also a member of the Michigan Land Title Standards Committee of the State Bar.

At Cooley, Professor Barachkov teaches Property I and Property II.