Kyle S. Clauss

Kyle S. Clauss is the First Amendment Clinic’s Local Journalism Fellow.  A former journalist for The Lowell Sun and Boston magazine, Kyle assists news outlets with open government and First Amendment issues.

Previously, Kyle was a poverty lawyer for Legal Services Vermont, where he defended tenants facing eviction and organized the state’s first union for legal aid professionals, the United Justice Workers VT. He served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Burlington, Vermont, and represented governmental clients in northwestern New Jersey while in private practice. Kyle clerked for the Hon. William G. Young in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Hon. Michael F. O’Neill in the Superior Court of New Jersey. 

Kyle’s incisive reporting on Boston’s ill-fated bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics was featured in Chris Dempsey and Prof. Andrew Zimbalist’s 2017 book No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing on the Torch.  He advised future Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on her plan to overhaul the city’s outdated redevelopment authority and later served on the Redevelopment Authority Board of Easton, Pennsylvania.  A first-generation college graduate, Kyle is an alumnus of Boston University and Vermont Law School.