Ashley Bishel

Ashley Bishel

Ashley Bishel is an attorney who believes everyone has the right to safe and affordable housing. She joins the Shriver Center on Poverty Law as a staff attorney for both the housing justice and community and family justice teams. Her work focuses on increasing housing protections for people with arrest and conviction records. She also supports strategies for families at risk of intervention by the Department of Child and Family Services due to inadequate housing.

Previously, Ashley served as an attorney for the Uptown People’s Law Center. She helped enforce Cook County’s Just Housing Amendment (JHA). The law provides housing protections to people who have encountered the criminal legal system. Her casework included representing tenants in JHA disputes.

Ashley is an Ann Arbor native. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan. In her free time, she enjoys ceramics and is learning Tagalog.