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 creates book scholarship to assist Latinx students
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 MoreThree 2021 alums start nonprofit to increase access for minority students in professional spaces
Tonée Earle ’21, Pejumae Guscott ’21 and Nancy Thach ’21 have founded The Social Justice Movement, Ltd. (SJM), a nonprofit aimed at bridging the gap between minority persons and professional spaces (e.g., legal field, medical field, elected office, home ownership).
Read MoreImmigration and Human Rights Clinic obtains asylum for voting rights activist from Nigeria
Students in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) worked to obtain asylum for a voting rights activist from Nigeria.
Read More3Ls Nija Bastfield and Darby Hickey win D.C. Bar’s 2022 D.C. Cup Moot Court Competition
UDC Law congratulates 3Ls Nija Bastfield and Darby Hickey for winning the 2022 D.C. Cup Moot Court Competition hosted by the D.C. Bar.
Read MoreClass Notes Feb. 2022
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 […]
Read More3L Gloria Cannon carries on Deepwater Horizon work with Whistleblower Protection Clinic
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 MoreProf. Budzinski fights for better, safer rules for service of process in domestic violence cases
Last year, Prof. Andrew Budzinski proposed relaxing the rules on service of process in the domestic violence division of the D.C. Superior Court, resulting in the implementation of a temporary amendment through the end of 2021. Budzinski worked to reinstate the amendment as omicron surged, succeeding earlier this month.
Read MoreLibrary Technician William Thomas and 3L Francesca Bryce take home 2022 Founders’ Day awards
UDC Law staff member William Thomas and student Francesca Bryce took home awards at the 2022 University of the District of Columbia Founders’ Day convocation. Thomas, Library Tec
Read MoreRemembering Edgar Cahn, social justice champion and co-founder of UDC Law’s predecessor school
The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC Law) mourns the loss of Dr. Edgar S. Cahn, who – along with his late wife Jean Camper Cahn – co-founded the Antioch School of Law, a predecessor school to UDC Law.
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