 Human Rights Statute of Limitations Extension
In addition, Debbie Anderson, ‘05,
worked with the Partnership
for Civil Justice to propose
the enactment of a three-year
statute of limitations
under the D.C. Human
Rights Act, making the
limitations period
coextensive with tort and other comparable
actions and eliminating
the exceptionally harsh one-year
period currently imposed.
 D.C. Voting Rights and Parks Research
Gracie Cook, ‘05, developed
an extensive analytical
paper describing
the historical
background of voting
rights in Congress for
the District of Columbia
for the office of D.C. Congressional
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton;
she also researched and reported
on the Central Park Conservancy and the Golden
Gate Park Conservancy as
possible models for augmenting
the funding of Rock Creek Park.
Multilateral Development Bank Immunity
Todor Hinov, ‘05, undertook and successfully
completed an in-depth research project for the
Government Accountability Project
on immunity of multilateral international development banks, in
which he addressed relevant international
laws, court decisions, and
conceptual approaches.
Health Care Policy
Marisa Marinos worked for the
Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the U.S. House of
Representatives conducting wide-ranging
research on health care policy,
including such issues as reducing
premium levels, tax incentive
proposals, generic drugs, and approaches for
achieving universal health care.
 Private Right of Action for Persons with Disabilities on Air Carriers
Dwayne Burns, ’05, wrote a position
paper, "Amending the Air
Carrier Access Act to Allow for a
Private Right of Action," for the
National Council on
Disability (an independent
federal government agency) that
was adopted by the Council and published
on its website.
Education and Homeland Security
Patricia Romulus, ‘05, worked on
two major projects for the office Rep. Sanford Bishop of the U.S.
House of Representatives — the
Higher Education Reauthorization
Act and reforms to address problems
with U.S. immigration resulting from or
exacerbated by the Homeland Security Act,
including particularly problems with the H1-B
Visa program. For each of these projects, she
performed research, monitored pending legislation,
and analyzed potential legislative approaches.
D.C. Councilmember David Catania Speaks to Legislation Clinic
On September 23, David A.
Catania, an at-large member of
the Council of the District of Columbia,
made a presentation on
"The Legislative Process in the
District of Columbia"
for students in the Legislation
Clinic. Introduced to the class by Dean Shelley
Broderick, Councilmember
Catania infused his discussion
of the structure and procedures
of law-making in the District
with examples based on new provisions
regulating the purchase of prescription drugs by D.C. residents
— legislation co-authored
by Catania and Councilmember
Sandy Allen — and gave a spirited
and frank description of the
methods and pitfalls of trying to
enact a law in D.C. He also graciously
entertained a wide range of questions from the students,
many of whom are working with
Council offices on various legislation
projects this semester.
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