Longtime coal miners’ lawyer Tony Oppegard ’80 is in the news again for his representation of a Kentucky coal miner. “Federal law gives miners the right refuse to work in unsafe conditions, said Lexington attorney Tony Oppegard who represents Rice along with attorney Wes Addington of the Appalachian Citizens’ Law […]
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2L Jamal Bailey receives Hennessy Fellowship
UDC Law student Jamal B. Bailey was named to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Hennessy Fellows Program, a partnership with Hennessy & Co. awarding a total of $10 million to high-achieving graduate students studying at HBCUs.
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Debo Adegbile named Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Civil Rights
The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC Law) is excited to announce that Debo Adegbile will serve as the 2019-2020 Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Civil Rights. Adegbile is a member of the Government and Regulatory Litigation group at WilmerHale. He was chosen as the newest Rauh […]
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Richard L. Trumka talks history, future of unions and labor at 27th Annual Rauh Lecture
On Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka delivered the 27th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture, linking the history and future of labor rights and reminding the audience of Joseph L. Rauh’s role in paving the way for union democracy. Trumka’s long-time mentor and friend Joseph “Chip” […]
Read MoreBeloved UDC Law Professor Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke dies at 72
Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, a beloved member of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) family since 2003, died Oct. 22 at the age of 72. Prof. Reuben-Cooke joined the UDC Law faculty in 2007 after serving as an administrator at UDC for four years. As a member of the UDC […]
Read MoreLaFonda Willis ’20 Turns Award-Winning Brief into Yearlong Opportunity
LaFonda Willis ’20 took home the UDC Law Legal Writing Program’s Terri LeClercq Award for best brief by a first-year law student and she has no plans to put down her pen just yet. The award-winning brief, which she used as her writing sample when applying for legal internships, helped […]
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“Despair is the Luxury of the Privileged:” 26th Annual Rauh Lecture by Vanita Gupta
On Tuesday, Nov. 27, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Vanita Gupta delivered the twenty-sixth annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture to a rapt audience at UDC Law.
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Stephen Bright talks death penalty, debtors’ prisons, mass incarceration at 25th Annual Rauh Lecture
On Nov. 29, Stephen B. Bright delivered the 25th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture, titled “Race & Poverty in the Criminal Courts: The Death Penalty, Debtors’ Prisons, Mass Incarceration and Other Injustices,” to a packed house at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law.
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Sen. Cory Booker Delivers Energetic 24th Annual Rauh Lecture
On Nov. 16, barely a week after the 2016 Presidential Election that left many reeling, Sen. Cory Booker visited the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL) to deliver the 24th Annual Rauh Lecture.
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Bryan Stevenson Delivers Captivating, Inspiring Rauh Lecture
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, delivered a motivating and inspiring speech to a crowded auditorium at the University of the District of Columbia for the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture.
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