Fulton County Georgia Assistant District Attorney Seth Brown ’18 recently graduated from the inaugural class of the Gate City Bar Association L.E.A.D. Academy, where he was also a graduation speaker. Located in Atlanta, the Gate City Bar Association is the oldest African American Bar Association in the State of Georgia. […]
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Class Notes Oct. 2021
Class of 1981 Andrew S. Birrell ’81, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was sworn in as Secretary of the Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar. Class of 1982 Joyce McConnell ’82, serves as the first woman President of Colorado State University. Listen to her podcast interview on Bizjournals.com. Class of 1983 Karen Clopton ’83, […]
Read More#SimiCares Annual Day of Service and Scholarship will support student service, honor alum
The District of Columbia School of Law Foundation has announced the Simi Cares Scholarship and #SimiCares Annual Day of Service in honor of alumni Simi Abrol, ’16. Abrol died suddenly in 2018, less than two years after finishing her legal education at UDC Law. She had an unwavering dedication to […]
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Waller Fund established to support students in immigration law
The District of Columbia School of Law Foundation has announced the establishment of The Carolyn Waller ’77 Fund for Immigration & Human Rights (Waller Fund). Each year, the Foundation will award a scholarship to one
Read MoreHeather Shaner ’78, featured in Washingtonian, The Washington Post, NPR and Huffington Post for her work with Jan. 6 Insurrection defendants
Heather Shaner ’78 has gained significant media attention since this summer for her representation and education of defendants involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In June, a Huffington Post article profiled Shaner’s unusual approach to defending several of the people charged in the riot, which includes […]
Read MoreAlumni LaRuby May ’06 and Coy McKinney ’12 in the news for affordable housing efforts in D.C.
LaRuby May ’06 has been in the news for her effort to protect the rights of tenants – including her sister – whose D.C.-backed affordable building has been deemed unsafe. In The Washington Post, May said, “We have folk on the property who are not just first-time home buyers, they’re […]
Read MoreStan Myers ’03 becomes first African American military judge in South Carolina history.
Stanley Myers ’03, managing partner and attorney at Moore Bradley Myers (MBM), completed the 64th Military Judge Course becoming the third Military Judge for the South Carolina Army National Guard and the first African-American to hold this position in South Carolina. He is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the National […]
Read MoreFour UDC alumni elected to or honored by Washington Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division
Four UDC Law alumni were recognized by the Washington Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (WBA-YLD) through elected leadership positions or WBA-YLD awards. Robert Baldwin, III ‘15, was sworn in as Chair WBA-YLD and was awarded the Chair Legacy Award for the second time. He also received the Young Lawyer of […]
Read MoreLaFonda Willis to clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald
LaFonda Willis ’20 has accepted an offer for a one-year judicial clerkship with Judge Bernice Bouie Donald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit beginning August 2022. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over district courts in Ohio, […]
Read MoreUDC Law grads gain low bono experience through DCALF fellowship
UDC Law is excited to announce the launch of a partnership with DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF) and Georgetown University Law Center that will provide recent UDC Law graduates with low bono experience.
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