Articles by: josephmarceda

Charles F. Coleman Jr., Esq. civil rights attorney, and social justice expert, will speak at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law Hooding Ceremony

Charles F. Coleman Jr., Esq., civil rights attorney, activist, and one of the country’s leading voices on social justice, will be keynote speaker for the graduating class at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law Hooding Ceremony at 2 p.m. May 12, 2023.  Coleman’s insights […]

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Cahn Legacy Weekend

Cahn Legacy Weekend reminded us that we are Jean Camper Cahn’s and Edgar Cahn’s legacies and with their foundation and our determination, we will continue to train students to practice law, promote justice and change lives. -Twinette Johnson, Interim Dean Last weekend, we celebrated for the first time, Cahn Legacy […]

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UDC Law Lexis Nexis Fellows Nija Bastfield, Alexus McNeal and Songo Wawa present projects for addressing racial inequity in legal system

At the LexisNexis Equity in the Law symposium on Oct. 28, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law students Nija Bastfield, Alexus McNeal and Songo Wawa presented ideas they had developed as fellows with the LexisNexis African Ancestry Network (AAN) and LexisNexis Rule of Law […]

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Class Notes December 2022

Class of 1984 Elizabeth “Scoobie” Ryan ’84 received the 2022 James Madison Award for service to the First Amendment from the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky Class of 1987 Karen Newton Cole ’87 received the President’s Award for Public Service from Washington Council of Lawyers […]

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Prof. Tom Devine ’80 on Whistleblower Protection Clinic history, legacy

Professor Tom Devine ’80 has been part of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law community for nearly its entire 50 years. As a first-year law school student, Prof. Devine helped to organize the clinic that eventually became today’s Whistleblower Protection Clinic. He has […]

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2021-2022 Clinical Law Faculty Scholarship Round Up

UDC Law’s Clinicians, all tenured or tenure-track Professors of Law, not only work daily to practice law, promote justice and change lives with our students but they also take the time to advocate for systemic change through scholarship, media appearances, training and other advocacy. Professor Andrew Budzinski, Co-Director of the […]

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Immigration and Human Rights Clinic wins case before even getting to trial  

Earlier this month, students in the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC Law) Immigration and Human Rights Clinic prevailed in immigration court, securing asylum protection for a Salvadoran family of six.   This family fled El Salvador after a powerful transnational criminal organization (often […]

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Class Notes November 2022

Class of 2019 Maria Suarez ’19 is starting a new job with Immigration Group, LLC as a Senior Immigration Attorney. Class of 2021 Tonée Earle ’21 has accepted a position as an attorney at ChasenBoscolo Injury Lawyers. More Class Notes

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