Class of 1976/Class of 2008 Yancey Burns ’08 (Producer) and Aviva Kempner ’76 (Director and Producer) won the Indie Spec Best Documentary Award at the Boston International Film Festival for “Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting.” Class of 1977 Sherri Myers ’77 joins mayoral race in Pensacola, […]
Read More Class of 2009 Keri Nash ’09 joins the National Legal Aid & Defender Association as its new Director of Racial Equity Initiatives. Class of 2013 Alicia Altamirano ’13 is running for Circuit Court Judge in Howard County, MD. Class of 2016 Adrian Madsen ’16 was on the winning side of […]
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Maria Suarez ’19 has created a book scholarship to support Latinx students in pursuit of their dreams and legal education. Buying textbooks is often a worry for low-income and minority students who often lack financial support. A book scholarship helps a student focus on studying without the stress of needing […]
Read More Class of 1985 Rev. Dr. Cynthia Jackson ’85 was interviewed on NorthJersey.com about her church leadership. Class of 1987 Tim Gresback ’87 is running for the Idaho state legislature. Class of 2011 Evan Mascagni ’11 produced Persistent: A Challenge to Kentucky’s PFO Law, a short film on the work of returned […]
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While continuing her work from Spring 2021 to present in the Whistleblower Protection Clinic (WPC), UDC Law 3L Gloria Cannon is working with Congress to challenge the ongoing public health and environmental disaster resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Read MoreEarlier this month, Haute Living San Francisco interviewed Karen V. Clopton ’83 about her advocacy and equity work in corporate and public organizations. Clopton is a Human Rights Commissioner in San Francisco and served as the commission’s chair in 2021. In the piece, Clopton talks about how her cultural identity […]
Read MoreClass of 1979 Garrick Byers ’79 has been appointed Interim Director of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach. Class of 2011 Evan Mascagni ’11 was interviewed by his alma mater Rollins College about how he and his filmmaking partners are “helping shape the world through documentary film.” […]
Read MoreThe University extends deepest condolences to the families, colleagues and friends of our alumni. Walter Paul “Father Wally” Kasuboski ’82 B. Michael Rauh Sr., Chair Emeritus, DC School of Law Foundation Don Aplin ’86 Reginald M. Felton, former UDC Trustee Marie Small-Smith ’96 Michelle Louise Hankey ’88 George Eng ’80 […]
Read MoreAndrea Lyon ’76 leads a coalition of organizations and individuals calling for the development of an Office of the Defender General of the United States to better address racial inequities in the criminal justice system. The defender general would function on par with the Solicitor General and Attorney General. Because […]
Read MoreClass of 1981 Claudia Schlosberg ’81 was elected President of Advancing States Alumni Leadership Network. Class of 1984 Jonathan Smith ’84 and Shelley Broderick ’82 MAT wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post on the need to close the DC Jail. Class of 2003 Honorable Nichole Opkins ’03 was appointed […]
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