David Grossman was a devoted family man – the beloved husband of Stacy and doting father of Lev and Shayna – who dedicated his career to fighting on behalf of struggling tenants, homeowners, and communities. As the Managing Attorney of the Housing Unit at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School and later as the Faculty Director and Managing Attorney of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, David fought tirelessly for the rights of Bostonians in need, while mentoring and inspiring hundreds of his law students to do the same. When the foreclosure crisis threatened to uproot much of Boston, David partnered with community organizers and other legal services organizations and community organizations to create a groundbreaking approach to advocacy that has kept numerous underprivileged Bostonians in their homes.

After David was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, he missed just one semester of classes at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau before returning to continue to fight for social justice. The David Abraham Grossman Fund helps keep David’s work alive by fostering partnerships between lawyers and community organizations in order to serve the most underserved members of our society

The legacy of the late Professor David Grossman: ‘Helping to fix a broken world’, Harvard Law Today, September 2016

The Nation writes about the coalition working to stem the tide of the Boston foreclosure crisis, June 15, 2011

NY Times article on the work of David and coalition responding to Boston’s foreclosure crisis, Mar. 22, 2010

Former student and current legal services attorney Marielle Macher remembers David in the Harvard Law Bulletin, Oct. 2015

Boston Globe article on David, Aug. 2, 2015

Harvard Law Today article on David, July 14, 2015

Article on David in the Jewish Standard, Aug. 27, 2015

Harvard Law Today article on Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Anti-Foreclosure Conference, Nov. 16, 2010