Gregory Zlotnick

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law | Englehardt Research Fellow

Biography

Greg Zlotnick serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the St. Mary’s University School of Law Center for Legal and Social Justice in San Antonio. There, he teaches in the Consumer Protection Clinic, overseeing student and staff efforts to represent San Antonians at risk of eviction.

Zlotnick has also taught courses on public interest lawyering, client interviewing and counseling, and legal research and writing. Zlotnick’s scholarship has focused on housing rights, homelessness, and access to justice issues. He has provided commentary to various media outlets and has testified before committees of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate.

Prior to his appointment as a visiting clinical faculty member, Zlotnick served as the director and supervisor of Pro Bono Programs at the St. Mary’s University School of Law’s Center for Legal and Social Justice from August 2014 to September 2022. In that role, he facilitated the implementation of the community service graduation requirement for J.D. students at St. Mary’s Law. In 2020, Zlotnick received the Pro Bono Coordinator Award from the State Bar of Texas. Beyond St. Mary’s Law, he is a board member of the Andy Mireles Charitable Foundation, the San Antonio Legal Services Association and the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless.

Before moving to San Antonio, Zlotnick was a trial attorney and law clerk with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Fort Worth. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown University.

Honors and Awards

Pro Bono Coordinator Award, State Bar of Texas, 2020

Publications

Articles in a Periodical

Soup Kitchens, Statelessness, and Sanctuary, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, forthcoming 2026
A Seventh Amendment Remedy for Housing Instability, 77 Maine Law Review 209, 2025 (symposium)
Teaching Client Counseling in the Shadow of Homelessness, 69 St. Louis University Law Journal 619, 2025
Fix the real housing problems in Texas, not the imaginary ones, San Antonio Express-News, Dec. 15, 2024
Inviting the People into People’s Court: Embracing Non-Attorney Representation in Eviction Proceedings, 25 Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review 83, 2023
Facing Emergencies with Equity: Adopting ARPA’s Emergency Rental Assistance Eligibility and Documentation Standards for Undocumented Individuals as a Model for Housing Stability, 32 Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law 31, 2023
Picking the Lock: A Proposal for a Standard Fee Waiver for Texas Identifying Documents, 22 The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice 345, 2020
Halt any proceedings in county that would lead to evictions, San Antonio Express-News, July 6, 2020
Juan Castillo worthy of clemency by Texas board, San Antonio Express-News, May 9, 2018
“One Day, All Americans . . .”: Considering a TFA-Style Lawyer Corps, 23 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 971, 2010

Media Highlights

San Antonio’s Legal Lifeline: How SALSA Fights for Access to Justice, bigcitysmalltown podcast, May 27, 2025
Life on the Fringes: Counting San Antonio’s homeless encampments, San Antonio Current, Feb. 4, 2025
Boarded windows and a pit bull; San Antonio couple describes squatter takeover of their home, San Antonio Express-News, July 5, 2024
SCOTUS Ruling on public camping bans won’t directly affect San Antonio, KSAT 12, July 2, 2024
Why is Squatting So Complicated? KSAT 12, July 1, 2024
Squatters and Property Owners with Greg Zlotnick, Empower Hour: Housing Podcast, June 14, 2024