Nketiah “Ink” Berko

Speaker

Nketiah “Ink” Berko is a former Equal Justice Works fellow, sponsored by the Rossotti Family Foundation, at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). Ink is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and works with legal services programs in the District to provide legal advocacy and representation to Black residents at risk of losing family homes because of unclear or encumbered titles.

Ink is the coauthor of the report, Keeping it in the Family: Legal Strategies to Address the Challenge of Heirs Property and Prevent Home Loss.

Education: 

J.D. Yale Law School

B.A. Tulane University

Featured Work

NYU Law Environmental Law Journal Article: Fractured and Forgotten: Challenging Exclusionary Titling and Co-Ownership Requirements That Displace “Heirs Property” Disaster Survivors

Volume 34, Issue 1 (2026) In the aftermath of a natural disaster, disaster survivors rely heavily on local and federal relief to rebuild their devastated homes. For households without formal legal title to their home, however, such relief is slower to arrive, leading to displaced families and damaged communities. Due to generations of frustrated access…
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