Matthew I. Fraidin
Assistant Professor Matthew I.
Fraidin joined the faculty in 2004 to teach
in the HIV/AIDS Law Clinic. He earned
his Bachelor of Arts degree at Haverford
College and his J.D. at the University of
Wisconsin. He was previously Legal Director
at The Children's Law Center in
Washington, D.C., which provides free legal
services to children, low-income families,
and foster and kinship caregivers in
special education, foster care, adoption,
custody, and government benefits. Prior to
joining the Center, Professor Fraidin was
Supervising Attorney at the Legal Aid Society
of the District of Columbia where he
specialized in family law and supervised
attorneys and law student interns in the pro
bono program.
His teaching experience includes serving
as chair and faculty member of the D.C.
Bar’s Pro Bono training on Child Custody
and Guardian Ad Litem Practice in Child
Custody and Domestic Violence cases. He
has also taught family law topics in training
seminars sponsored by the D.C. Superior
Court, including pre-service training for
newly appointed Family Court magistrate
judges.
After graduation from law school, Professor
Fraidin served as law clerk to U.S.
District Judge Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, as
an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department
of the Treasury Office of the General Counsel,
and as associate counsel in the office of
former Vice President, Al Gore.
Derek M. Alphran
Professor Derek M. Alphran a Visiting Associate Professor during
academic year 2003-2004, joins the
University of the District of Columbia
David A. Clarke School of Law
this fall as a tenure-track Associate
Professor of Law and Director of
Academic Support.
Professor Alphran received his
Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse
College and his J.D. from the
University of California at Los Angeles
School of Law. He has also done
post graduate
study in Constitutional
Law at Stanford Law School.
Professor Alphran was a
law clerk to the Honorable
Elbert P. Tuttle,
Senior Judge, United
States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, from
1986-87 and became a Palmer Weber
Fellow with the American Civil Liberties
Union, Southern Regional Office,
where he worked on a number of
voting rights cases and other civil
liberties issues.
From 1992 to 1994, Professor
Alphran served as Special Counsel to Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson.
His portfolio included constitutional
issues such as crack house legislation,
handgun legislation, and criminal
street gangs. He then worked in a
community-based legal practice,
focusing on state and municipal government
law and federal civil rights
law, also serving as counsel to several
minority-owned businesses.
Professor Alphran was a member
of the faculty at the John Marshall
School of Law in Atlanta,
where he taught criminal procedure,
criminal law, constitutional law, civil
rights litigation, and race and the
law.
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