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 […]
Read MoreDear Fellow Alumni, In the face of growing multiple dire threats to our people, to nature and to our democracy, I feel the urgent need to “up my game” as an activist. As a result, after over two decades working for the School of Law, I am stepping down as […]
Read MoreIn State v. Andujar, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a murder defendant was denied a fair trial when the prosecution, without Court permission, singled out a Black prospective juror for a background check. Deputy Public Defender Joseph Russo ’86 of the statewide Appellate Section represented the defendant. According […]
Read MoreClass of 1980 Tony Oppegard ’80 continues the fight against corporate criminals in the mining industry. Oppegard told Yahoo! News that dusty conditions are “rampant” in mining, adding, “It’s not just illegal, it’s immoral to knowingly expose miners to a disease that basically strangles them to death.” The piece focuses on […]
Read MoreChristian Cooper ’19 was appointed General Counsel for Performance Software Corporation, a software firm that works in avionics, aerospace/defense, healthcare and energy. “UDC is known across the country for preparing some of the best public practicing attorneys, and I happily say I know many in my class who are […]
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