Class Notes September 2023

Class of 2005 Anthony “Tony” Albert Fasullo ’05, aged 49, passed away on July 20th, 2023. Anthony was born on June 1, 1974 in Washington, D.C.     Class of 2022 Nate Jones ’22, of the Washington Post, won the Michael A Dornheim Award for his work entitled “Foreign Servants: […]

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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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A Day with the Abrol Family

SimiCares Scholarship recipient, Sonya Williams, 3L meets with the Abrol Family This article is devoted to Simi Abrol ’16. A woman of immense care for others, natural brilliance, exceptional beauty, and devotion to her community. Last semester, I learned that I received the Simi Cares Scholarship because of my activism […]

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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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