Community Development Law Clinic and
Small Business Law Project Highlights

Over the summer, the D.C. Bar Foundation renewed its grant to the Community Development Law Clinic, which funds the position of clinic fellow Theodora Brown. Professor Brown’s expertise in intellectual property and small business representation is a great asset to the clinic and enables UDC-DCSL to provide much needed legal assistance to small, disadvantaged business entrepreneurs.

CDLC/SBLP clients include for-profit entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations who are engaged in a wide variety of endeavors, such as day care centers, youth programs, media production companies, food preparation enterprises, concierge services, natural skin care product production and small business networking. It’s going to be a busy semester and a great learning opportunity for CDLC/SBLP students Chris Brown, Vanessa Carlo Miranda, Latrice Flucas, Raul Villalobos and Shala Zokaie.

The Clinic continues to develop mutually beneficial ties with University-based organizations. Shala Zokaie and Professor Louise Howells assisted the D.C. Student Nurses Association (DCSNA) in a successful application for tax exempt status. DCSNA is a District-wide organization, representing four area nursing schools, in which the UDC chapter plays an active role. The achievement of section 501(c)(3) status will enable DCSNA to raise funds for its educational activities, such as the first annual HIV/AIDS conference held at UDC on September 19-20, 2002. In return for the Clinic’s help, DCSNA provided a booth at the conference to the DCSL HIV/AIDS Clinic and recognized its program in its conference pamphlet. The Clinic is also pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with the UDC Business School’s newly established Small Business Development Center. The Clinic has accepted small business clients referred by the center and looks forward to future collaborations.