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Jacob Love joined CHAPA as General Counsel for Policy in 2025. In this role, Jacob advises staff on a wide range of legal issues, collaborates with the policy team to shape CHAPA’s legislative agenda, and champions organizational priorities through amicus briefs and other kinds of government advocacy.

Jacob draws on a wealth of experience from his five-plus years as a fair housing attorney. He cut his teeth at the Legal Aid Society in New York City, where he represented low-income tenant associations seeking improved housing conditions and worked with community groups to preserve affordable housing. More recently, Jacob spent three years at Lawyers for Civil Rights (“LCR”) in Boston, building and litigating impact cases to combat housing discrimination and reduce housing costs. His efforts at LCR earned him the Boston Bar Association’s “President’s Award” in 2023.

Jacob received his J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from Boston College Law School and holds a B.A. in political science from the College of the Holy Cross. Immediately after law school, Jacob also served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Eric Neyman of the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Hon. George Z. Singal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.